بكعبة أنوار أنخت مطيتي

وأنزلت حاجاتي لأحظى ببغيتي

With a Kaaba of lights I saddled my steed

And embarked to attain my wish

نحتت أوزاري وتقضى مآربي

وتغفر حويتي وتقبل دعوتي

I girded my loins and went about my goals

That my sins may be forgiven and my prayers accepted

ويرفع مقداري وأكسى جلابيبا

من العز في أوطانها دون حيلتي

And my status raised as I don my robes

Of glory in their lands without my ruses

تدوم مع الفتح المؤزر نصره

بتأييد رحماني وتمكين حجتي

May victory endure with the triumphing opening

With the support of the Merciful and the authority of my proof

وإظهارها مع سؤدد ومهابة

وإقبال نور الفهم من فوق رغبتي

And its manifestation with tranquility and reverence

And the light of understanding descending from above my whims

وأنس بما تتبىء الحضائر منة

معارفها في كل صبح وروحتي

And intimacy with what the dwellings radiate

Its wisdoms at every dawn and eve of mine

فلباني الحادي ببذل مهورها

اختيارا فقلت لا علي بمهجتي

So the guide offered me his treasures as a dowry

I chose to say no though it delighted me

فلا لوم إن أبديت فيها تغاليا

لأحيي حياة العارفين بنشأتي

So blame me not if I acted vain

To revive the life of the knowing through my upbringing

فقال اذكرن شيئا سمحت ببذله

فقلت اقترح شيئا فقال اسل وصلتي

He said mention what you allowed taken as a gift

I said suggest what is meet, he said ask and you'll attain

فخرط القتاد قلت دونها إنما

مرادي مهر الوصل من دون فرقتي

He untied his purse, I said without her I only

Want the bride-price of union without our separation

تلطف على من أتلفته صبابة

وصار رقيقا دون آلاف حجتي

Be gentle with whom youth has corrupted

And became soft without my thousands of proofs

تقوم له إن أنركته أحبة

وقالوا كذوب في الهوى دون مثبتي

They will stand for him if loved ones slandered him

And said lies in love without my evidence

فكم دهمتنا النائبات فصرنا في

زوايا خطوب لا تسام بلفتتي

How often have we been attacked and ended up

In corners of misfortunes beyond my capacities

وكم قفصت أرواحنا إذ تغربت

عن الوطن الأسنى بمربع وحشتي

And how often have our souls been caged when

Our homelands were deserted with the squares of my loneliness

وركم من نبال أجدتنا سهامها

وصارت جسوم مثل حاجب جبهتي

And how many arrows of enemies found us

And became bodies like my frown

وكم طرحتنا مقلة الحرب بغتة

فصرنا أحاديثا بألسن سوقتي

And how many times did the calamity of war strike us suddenly

And we became tales on the tongues of my markets

وكم أسلمتنا الحادثات وما رنت

على من غدا مستنجدا بالأسنة

And how often did tribulations make us surrender without

Crying for those who asked for help with tongues

وكم قد غزتنا الصافنات بمهمه

على غفلة وكم رزينا بنكبة

And how often were we ambushed negligently

And how much did we suffer from tribulation

وكم صار ملذوذا عذاب عذابها

وكم فاوضتنا القارعات بسطوتي

And how enjoyable became the torment of its torment

And how often did calamities bargain with my will

وكم لذغتنا في الطريق أفاعي

على حبها حتى رمتني أحبتي

And how often on the path were we stung by snakes

For loving her until my beloved stoned me

وكم عبثت فينا الثعاليب تدين

أفاعل آساد لقمعي همتي

And how often did cubs play with us pretending

To be lions to suppress my resolve

وكم سهرت منا الجفون وما لها

مذاق لطعم النوم في جنب طاعتي

And how our eyes stayed up without

A taste for sleep next to obeying her

وما سمحت بالطيف لو كان واقعا

وصال جسوم ما له وجه صحتي

And how it did not allow but phantom

Unions with no truthful essence

وكم كفكفت منا الدموع غوادقا

كأنبنا الظوفان من حر هجرتي

And how it held back our tears like we are

The deluge with the heat of her estrangement

وكم أججت نيران شوقي كأنها

نيران خليل قد تبدت بلوعتي

And how it kindled the fires of my passion as if

They are the fires of Khalil that appeared with my agony

وكم عسعست أحزان شوقي كأنني

توضأت مع يعقوب في عين قصتي

And how it stirred the sorrows of my fervor as if

I did ablution with Jacob at the well of my story

وكم نحت لما أن تناء خيالها

كأني أنا موسى بميقات صعقتي

And how often for her imagination I sculpted

As if I am Moses receiving revelation at my fainting

وكم فتنت منا القلوب كأنني

أنا الطور حيث لم يقو بقوتي

And how often did it seduce our hearts as if

I am the mount where none could stand my powers

وكم طردتنا من مناهل قربها

خواطر لم تنبت على ساق هفوتي

And how often did passing thoughts expel us

From the springs of her nearness without my oversight

وقالت أيبدو لالهم في جنب وصلنا

كذبت لذا جاءت خواطر شقوتي

She said does confusion appear next to our union

You lie so passing thoughts of misfortune came

فبين أنا أغدو كآدم إذ غدا

بمرتع أنس في مسالك جنتي

So while I rise like Adam when he walked

In the pasture of intimacy in the paths of my paradise

إذ بالقضا نادى ألم تدر أنني

نهيتك فانزل أرض نفس وشهوتي

Behold destiny called "Did you not know that I

Forbade you so descend earth of lust and desires"

فأخرجنا من مرتع القدس حيث لا

مدافع بل تنزيلنا عين رفعتي

So we were brought out from the sanctuary where no

Defenses only our expulsion from the spring of my ascension

قد انبسطت فينا الشؤون وأخرجت

بإخراجنا كل الشؤون بحوبتي

The affairs stretched in us and brought out

With our expulsion all the affairs in my grasp

وكم قد علتنا فاعلات فواعل

لترتاض منا النفس في كسر سورتي

And how often did doers ennoble us

To shake the soul in breaking my authority

وكم أججت نار القضا بحروبنا

فأظلم منا الجو في جلب شبهتي

And how often did the fire of destiny ignite with our wars

Darkening our sky in bringing my doubts

وكم منعت منا البنات ما نثن

ي عنها حروف الدهر في كل رتبتي

And how it denied what we construct

Though the eras' letters acquiesce in every arrangement of mine

وخضت مقامات تحار بوصفها

لديها قضى العرفان دون هويتي

And it waded through stations that confuse description

For it fulfilled the creed of gnosis without my existence

وما برحت تسعى بظل حضائر

معاطف أرواح بنعت رزيتي

And it never stopped roaming in the shadow of dwellings

With mantles of spirits in describing my misery

تخوض بحارا لا تنال بحيلة

على رغم من باءوا بخبث الطويتي

Navigating seas that cannot be attained by ruse

Despite those who perished in the evil of my twist

وقد أبدت الأقلام أسرار سالك

تبدت له في سيره دون خلوتي

And the pens have shown the secrets of wayfarers

Revealed to them in their journey without my privacy

وثم أمور يدريها أهل ذوقنا

ومن لا له ذوق فينكر قولتي

Then there are matters known to the people of our taste

And whom tasteless denounces my saying

على كل حال فيهواها مقصر

ظلوم جهول لا أراع بنكبتي

In any case in loving I was neglectful

Oppressive ignorant not heeding my setback

فشنف مسامعي بآداب وصلها

فقال استمع واثبت تنل كل وجهتي

So he sharpened my hearing with etiquette of her union

And said listen, ascertain, you'll attain every destination of mine