يا مَن إِذا نادَيتُ في ظُلَمٍ

فَكَأَنَّما نادَيتُ بِالشَمسِ

O You who when I call in the darkness

It is as though I called the sun

وَإِذا اِجتَلَيتُ عُقودَ أَشطُرِهِ

ظَفِرَ الهَوى بِمَراشِفٍ لُعسِ

And when I string together his couplets

Passion finds pillows of happiness