أَقُولُ وَحَمْدُ اللهِ أَوَّلُ مَنْطِقِي

فَفِي بَخْتِيَارٍ اِخِتْيِاَرُكَ فَانْتَقِ

I speak, and praising Allah is my first utterance,

For in 'Bakhtiyar' is your choice, so make your selection.

فَنِصْفُ اسْمِهِ بَخْتٌ وَلَوْ كَانَ لِي غَدَا

حَبِيبِي مُحِبّاً لِي عَظِيمَ التَّعَشُّقِ

Half of his name is 'Bakht' (fortune), and had it been mine, he would become

My beloved, loving me with immense and passionate devotion.

وَلِوْ كَانَ لِي عَكْسٌ لِيَارِ الذِي بَقِي

وَذَلِكَ رَأْيٌ لَمْ أُحَرَّقْ بِأَخْرَقِ

And if I had the reverse of 'Yar', the portion that remains,

That forms 'Ray' (insight), leaving me unscorched by any fool.