رِضاكَ لَنا قَبلَ الطَهورِ مُطَهِّرُ

وَقُربُكَ مِن دونِ البَخورِ مُعَطِّرُ

Your approval before purification is purifying for us,

And your nearness without incense is perfuming.

فَلَو عَزَّ حَمّامٌ لَأَدفَأَنا ذَرىً

يَفيضُ بِهِ ماءُ النَدى المُتَفَجِّرُ

So if a dove cooed, we would kindle embers

With water overflowing with dew.

وَلَو لَم يَكُن طيبٌ لَأَغنَت حَفاوَةٌ

تُمَسَّكُ مِنها حالُنا وَتُعَنبَرُ

And if there were no perfume, tenderness would suffice,

Our state clinging to it and scented.

فَلا فارَقَ الدُنيا سَناءٌ مُقَدَّسٌ

بِعَيشِكَ فيها أَو ثَناءٌ مُجَمَّرُ

So neither sacred glory parted from the world

By your life in it, nor praise kindled.

وَدُمتَ مُلَقّىً كُلَّ يَومٍ صَبيحَةً

يُغاديكَ فيها بِالفُتوحِ مُبَشِّرُ

And you remain, every morning greeted

With good tidings of openings coming to you.