يا كثير الشوق والشجنِ

دائماً في السر والعلنِ

O one so full of longing and lament

Always in secret and openly

راح يشكو هجر ممتنع

فهو عن وصف الجميع غني

Went to complain of the estrangement of the inaccessible one

For he is needless of all description

ما له إن رمته جهة

فانتبه من غفلة الوسن

It matters not in which direction you cast him

So be aware of the heedlessness of oblivion

ما له في ديننا أبداً

من مكان لا ولا زمن

He has no place whatsoever in our religion

Neither time nor space

كان قبل الكون وهو على

ما عليه كان فاستَبِن

He was before the universe and he is as

He was, so perceive

إن تَرُمْ تحظى برؤيته

طبق ما قد جاء في السنن

If you seek you will be granted sight of him

According to what has come in the traditions

ألق منك النفس وهو بأن

تعرف المودع في البدن

Cast off from yourself the self while he is with

You know the one deposited in the body

واستمع واصغ لذاك ولا

تشتغل عنه بلوم دني

And listen and incline toward that one and do not

Occupy yourself with blaming the base

كل من في الكون عنه إذا

لم تجدهم فيه في فتن

Everyone in the universe, when

You do not find them in him, is in tribulation