أبا محمدٍ المكسوَّ نُورَ علاً

لم يَكْسُهُ اللهُ شمساً ولا قمرا

O Abu Muhammad, you who are clothed in light

Allah has not clothed you with sun or moon

هَبْكَ استترتَ للا معنىً فخيرُكَ يا

من كان بالخيرِ مسروراً لم استترا

It is as if you have concealed from Allah a meaning, so the best thing for you, O you who rejoice in good, is not to conceal

Just as you have hidden from my eyes, so you are not seen

كما تغيَّبْتَ عن عيني فلستَ تُرى

كذا تغيَّبَ عن عيني فليسَ يُرى

So has He who made a pact with me that nothing

Of what I was promised will accrue to me hidden from my eyes, so he is not seen

مَنْ كان بَايَعَ أني ليسَ يحصلُ لي

مما وَعِدْتُ به شيء فقد قَمَرا