لبانَتُنا هَواكِ وَما لُبينى
سِوى إِسمٍ بِهِ عَنهُ كَنينا
Our hearts have fallen for you, though we have no intimacy with you
Except for a name we call you by, keeping you hidden
لِنَطِوي مِن حَديثِكَ ما نَشَرنا
وَنَنشُرُ مِن جَمالِكِ ما طَوَينا
To fold up whatever news of you we have spread
And to unfold whatever beauty of yours we have concealed
وَلَو لَم تَظهَري بِحِمى المُصَلّى
لِما طُفنا هُناكَ وَلا سَعَينا
Had you not appeared protected in the pilgrim’s sanctuary
We would not have wandered there or made any effort
وَلَولا لَيلُ شَعرَكِ ما ضَلَلنا
وَلَولا صُبحُ ثَغرَكِ ما اِهتَدَينا
And were it not for the night of your hair, we would not have lost our way
And were it not for the dawn of your smile, we would not have found guidance
وَمِثلُ جَميلِ ذِكرِكِ ما سَمِعنا
وَمِثلُ جَزيلِ بَرِّكِ ما رَأَينا
We have never heard the like of your beautiful mention
Nor seen the like of your abundant kindness
وَغَيرُ غَديرِ جودِكِ ما وَرَدنا
وَلَكِن مِن شَرابِكِ ما اِرتَوَينا
And we have never arrived at another spring of your generosity
Yet from your drink we have quenched our thirst
وَلَمّا أَن حَجَجتِ بِنا حَجَجنا
إِلَيكِ وَبُدنَ أَنفُسَنا هَدينا
And when you made pilgrimage to us, we made pilgrimage
To you, and offered up our souls as gifts
وَلِلمَثَلِ الَّذي أَظهَرتِ فينا
سَجَدنا طائِعينَ وَما عَصَينا
And to the ideal you manifest in us
We bow obediently and do not disobey
وَأَثنَينا عَلى أَوصافِ سُعدى
وَمَعنىً غَيرَ حُسنَكِ ما عَنَينا
And we praise the marks of good fortune
And no other meaning occupies our minds but your beauty
وَكَم رامَ العَذولُ عَلَيكَ مِن
نا اِنثِناءً عَن هَواكِ وَما اِنثَنَينا
And how often the flirts try to distract us
From passion for you, but we do not get distracted
بِروحي مِن تُهَروِلُ نَحوَ وَصلي
إِذا ما جِئتُها أَمشي الهَوَيني
I swear by my soul that goes running ecstatically towards our union
Whenever she comes walking gently towards me
بِنا عَنّا اِختَفَت مِنّا وَفينا
بَدَت تُهدي لِطائِفَها إِلَينا
She hides from us, though she is with us
Appearing to lead her followers gently towards us
فَمَغرِبُ شَمسِ بَهجَتِها بِعَي
نِ الشَهادَةِ عَينُ مَشرِقِها عَلَيها
So the setting of the sun of her delight is in the eye
That beholds the rising of its witness over it
