يَا مُعْرِضاً عنّي أُص

رِّحُ لا أَقولُ مُعَرِّضَا

O you who turn away from me—I love

my Lord; I do not say it by allusion.

لَوْ كُنتَ عِندي مُقْبِلاً

مَا كُنتَ عِندِيَ مُعْرِضَا

Had you been with me, turning toward me,

you would not have been with me, turning away.