مَنْ لي بِهِ كَالبَدْرِ في إِسْفارِهِ

نَفَرَ المُحِبُّ عَنِ الكَرَى بِنِفارِهِ

Who is like the full moon in its rising

The lover fled from grief through his aversion

قَدْ كُنْتُ أَرْجُو جَنَّةً بِمُحَمَّدٍ

وَاليَوْمَ أَخْشَى في الهَوَى مِنْ نَارِهِ

I used to hope for heaven through Muhammad

Today I fear the fire of his passion

يَا نَجْمُ بَلْ يَا بَدْرُ بَل يا شَمْسُ بَلْ

كُلٌّ أَراهُ يَلُوح مِنْ أَزْرارِهِ

O star! O moon! O sun! Each one

I see shining from his buttons

ما في صُدُودِكَ رَحْمةٌ لِمتيَّمٍ

إِلّا احْتِمالُكَ عَنْهُ مِنْ أَوْزارِهِ

There is no mercy in your bosoms for the lovesick

Except your enduring his burdens

فَارْفِقْ بِهِ واحْذَرْ فَدَيْتُكَ أَهْلَهُ

في الحُبِّ أَن يتطلَّبوكَ بِثارِهِ

So be gentle with him, and beware - I sacrifice you - his family

Lest they demand you repay his love

وَافى هَواكَ فَلَمْ يُزِلْ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ

جَلَدٌ وَزَالَ الصَّوْنُ عَنْ أَسرارِهِ

He fulfilled your love but did not cease from his heart

A patience, though modesty left his secrets

هَيْهَاتَ يَطْمَعُ في لِقَاكَ وَدُونَهُ

خَطْرُ القَنا الميَّادِ مِنْ خُطَّارِهِ

Alas! He who hopes for meeting you - and unlike him

The danger of arrows from his quiver

حَاشاه يا أملَ النُّفُوسِ بأَنْ يُرَى

مُتَعدِّياً في الحُبِّ عَنْ مِقْدارِهِ

Far be it, O hope of souls, that he be seen

Transgressing in love beyond his measure