أَيا مَن دَعاني لِلوِصالِ كِتابَةً

مِراراً وَمِن بَعدِ الكِتابِ رَسولُ

Oh you who called me to meet

O you who summoned me to union through the written word,

Repeatedly, and after writing sent a messenger

Time and again, with messengers arriving after scrolls,

وَما سَرَّني أَنّي أَكونُ بِحالَةٍ

لِمِثلِكَ في الدُنيا عَلَيَّ سَبيلُ

Yet I was not pleased to be in a state

It brings me no joy to find myself in such a plight,

For the likes of you I am accessible

Where the likes of you can find a path to me in this world.