أخلصتَ إخلاصَ المحبِّ المغرمِ

ووفيتَ حتّى جزتَ حَدَّ تَوَهُّمي

You gave loyalty with the utmost devotion of an enamored lover,

And remained faithful to the extent of surpassing my imagination.

ومنَحتني مكنونَ حُبِّك خالصاً

مَحْضاً مَشُوباً بالمفَاصِلِ والدَّمِ

You granted me the essence of your pure love,

Utterly unadulterated, mingled with joints and blood.

والمرءُ أكرمُ ما يكون إذا غَدَا

وَقْفاً على عَهدِ الحِفاظ الأقدَم

A man is most honorable when he becomes,

An adherent to the covenant of the most ancient preservers.

ولِذَاك لا يَصْفُو الثناءُ لفاعل

خيراً ولا يُجْزاه إن لم يُتْمم

Thus praise does not become pure for one who does good,

Nor is he recompensed unless he completes it.

فأقلُّ حَقِّك ليس يَبلغُ كُنْهَهُ

وَصْفي له ولو انّه مِلْءُ الفَم

My least right to you does not reach its essence

In my description of it, even if my mouth were full.

يَلقاكَ من قلبي وإن لم تَلقَني

وُدَّانِ مكتومٌ وبادٍ فاعلَم

It comes to you from my heart even if you do not come to me,

A hidden passion and evident doer, so know.

لا والّذي بِيديهِ ما أنا آمِلٌ

ما بِتْنَ عنكَ خواطِرِي بالنُّوَّم

No - by Him in Whose hand is my soul - I do not hope

That my thoughts of you are dispelled through sleep.

فلو أنَّ شخصَكَ وَسْطَ أسَودِ ناظِري

ما كان طَرْفي مِنه بالمتألّم

If your image were amidst the blackness of my sight,

My eye would not be pained by it.

ولقد سألتُ الله ربَّ محّمدٍ

ودعوتُ فِيكَ له دعاءَ الأبكَم

And I asked Allah, Lord of Muhammad,

And supplicated to Him for you with the prayer of the mute.

وَغدٌ لمِن يرجو السعادةَ في غَدٍ

أَشْهَى له من يَومِهِ المتقدم

And tomorrow for one who hopes for happiness tomorrow,

Is more delicious for him than his preceding day.