أَثَمَّةُ أَربابِ الصَبابَةِ يَمَّموا

هَوىيَ وَبِالتَسليمِ لي فيهِ سَلَّموا

The young lovers have surrendered

To my love and bowed to me in submission

وَوَجهي تَوَلّوا قِبلَةً في صَلاتِهِم

وَنَحوَ مَقامي سَلَّموا حينَ أَسلَموا

They turned their faces to me in prayer

And bowed to my station when they became Muslims

وَبَينَ يَدي نَجواهُمُ لي تَصَدَّقوا

بِبِرِّهِمُ في أُسرَتي وَتَكَلَّموا

They whispered their secrets before me in alms

Speaking gently in my ear

وَلَو بَلَغوا في الهَديِ بِالحُبِّ كَعبَةً

سِوى كَعبَتي لَم يَقبَلِ اللَهُ مِنهُمُ

Had they reached the Kaaba in their love

Besides my Kaaba God would not accept them

فَمُؤمِنُهُم بي مُؤمِنٌ وَمُصَدِّقٌ

وَمُسلِمُهُم فيما قَضَيتُ مُسَلِّمُ

Their believer believes in me

And the one who affirms me affirms

وَكُلُّهُم هاموا بِحُبّي وَمَوَّهوا

بِغَيري لِأَغيارِ الغَرامِ وَأَوهَموا

They were enraptured with love of me and raved

With others for the sake of strangers' love and fancied

وَبي في سَبيلِ العاشِقينَ تَبَصَّروا

وَسائِرُ أَهلِ الزيغِ عَن مَذهَبي عَمّوا

And through me they saw the way of lovers

While the people of deviance were blind to my creed

فَباطِنُ قَولي في المُحِبّينَ ظاهِرٌ

وَلِكِنَّهُ عِندَ البَهائِمِ مَبهِمُ

So the inner meaning of my words is clear to lovers

But to beasts it is ambiguous

وَلَستُ عَلى أَهلِ الغَرامِ بِمُدَّعٍ

وَلَكِن لِساني عَن هَواهُم يُتَرجَمُ

I make no claims upon lovers

But my tongue translates their passions

وَأَتباعُهُم لي في الهَوى أَنا تابِعٌ

لَهُم وَهُمُ فيهِ أَنا وَأَنا هُمُ

And their followers in love are my followers

They are me in it, and I am them