يا من أعوذ بوصله من صدهِ

وبعطفهِ من قربهِ في بعده

O you whom I seek refuge in being united with from being estranged

And in your kindness from your remoteness in your nearness

بكمالِ صورتهِ وزهرةِ وجههِ

وضياء وجنتهِ وحمُرةِ خده

In the perfection of your image and the bloom of your face

And the radiance of your cheeks and the redness of your cheeks

وفتور مقلتهِ وعطفةِ ناظرٍ

يزهو بما في قده من قدهِ

And the languor of your eyelashes and the tenderness of an observer

Who prides himself on what is in his stature of his stature

ما قلت أهوى قبله أو بعده

حاشاه أن يبقى هوى من بعدِه

I did not say I love before him or after him

Far be it that any love should remain after him