يا من توَسلتُ إليهِ بهِ

وشوّهَ الإغِراق في حُبهِ

O you whom I implored with Him

And immersing myself excessively in His love disfigured me

أنا الذي أصبحت مولى له

بوجدهِ فاعمل على حسبه

I who have become a devotee of His

With His passion so act according to it

إن الهوى قد ذقت من مرهِ

في سالفِ الدهرِ ومن عذبهِ

Verily I have tasted the bitter of love

In the past and its sweetness

فما أرى إلا فتىً ميتاً

عيناه آفاتٌ على قلبهِ

Thus I see naught but a lad dead

His eyes blights upon his heart