وَسارِيَةٍ لَم تَسرِ في الأَرضِ تَبتَغي

مَحَلّاً وَلَم يَقطَع بِها البيدَ قاطِعُ

A carrier that did not carry on earth, seeking

A place, nor did a separator separate it

سَرَت حَيثُ لَم تَجِدِ الرِكابَ وَلم تُنَخ

لِوِردٍ وَلَم يَقصُر لَهُ القَيدَ مانِعُ

It went where it did not find riders, and was not

Prevented from reaching the watering place by any barrier

تَمُرُّ وَراءَ اللَيلِ وَاللَيلُ ضارِبٌ

بِجُثمانِهِ فيهِ سَميرٌ وَهاجِعُ

It passes behind the night while the night

Strikes with its body, therein a murmur and slumber

إِذا وَرَدَت لَم يَردُدِ اللَهُ وِفدَها

عَلى أَهلِها وَاللَهُ راءٍ وَسامِعُ

When it arrives, God does not turn away its delegation

From its people, and God is seeing and hearing

تَفَتَّحُ أَبوابُ السَمَواتِ دونَها

إِذا قَرَعَ الأَبوابَ مِنهُنَّ قارِعُ

The gates of the heavens open for it

When it knocks on those gates, a knocker

وَإِنّي لَأَرجو اللَهَ حَتّى كَأَنَّني

أَرى بِجَميلِ الظَنِّ ما اللَهُ صانِعُ

And indeed I hope in God as if I

See with the beauty of thinking what God will do