مَتى اِدَّعَيتُ وُصولاً بِالغَرامِ وَلي

فِيَّ اِختِيارٌ فَإِنّي عَنهُ مُنقَطِعُ

When I profess to have attained the heights of love, believe me

I have cut myself off from that;

وَهَل يَنالُ مَقامُ الواصِلينَ بِهِ

صَبٌّ وَلَم يَفنَ مِنهُ اليَأسُ وَالطَمَعُ

Can one reach the station of the attained by passion

When despair and hope in it are not yet dead?