أَأُمُّ عَبيدَةٍ أَقلَقْتِ رَكبي

وقَلْقَلْتِ العِواجَ إلى حِمَاكِ

O mother of Ubaydah, you have wearied my knees

And jarred the camel's saddle to your tent

فأَفناها المَسيرُ فقُمْتُ أَسعى

على القَدَمَيْنِ مُنْبَتَّ الشِّرَاكِ

The journey exhausted it, so I began to run

On feet shod with interlaced straps

وأَعملْتُ العَزيمَةَ جهدَ طَوْقي

عَسى عَيْني بناظِرِها ترَاكِ

And I summoned my will with all my strength

That my eyes might see you again

وقلتُ لهِمَّتي جدِّي وسيري

لأُمِّ عُبادَ بورِكَ في سُرَاكِ

And I said to my resolve: "Be serious and walk

To Umm Ubada, blessings in your abode"

فطُفْتُ الأَرضَ شبراً بعدَ شبرٍ

فما التَفَتَ العِيانُ إلى سِوَاكِ

So I roamed the land inch by inch

But my eyes saw none but you

ولا قيَّدْتُ ذاتي في نِطاقٍ

يُميلُ بها شُهودي عن رُبَاكِ

And I did not confine myself within bounds

That would divert my witnesses from your love

ضحِكْتُ مسرَّةً مذْ ضِئْتِ صُبحاً

لعَيْني لا عَدا عَيْني هُدَاكِ

I laughed with joy when dawn shone

For my eye, none but you is its guide

مَقامُ القُربِ أَضحَكَني كبُعْدٍ

أَسالَ سَحابَ أَجفاني البَواكي

The nearness of station made me laugh like distance

My eyelids rained clouds that poured out laments

أطيرُ إلى حِماكِ بلا جَناحٍ

لأَغنَمَ فيضَ هِمَّةِ من حَمَاكِ

I fly to your tent without wings

To gain in full the bounty of your shelter

فأنتِ مَنارُ قبلَةِ كلِّ قلبٍ

تسلَّقَ بالهُدى دَرَجَ السَّمَاكِ

For you are the beacon of every heart's desire

That climbed the heights of sublimity by guidance

عَرَفْتُكِ في مَناطِ الرُّوحِ حتَّى

غَدَوْتُ بكلِّ بارِزَةٍ أَرَاكِ

I knew you in the realm of the soul until

I saw you in every revealed thing

رَعاكِ اللهُ من طَوْرِ روحي

يدٌ عَلِقَتْ بهِمَّتِها عُرَاكِ

May God protect your spirit from my soul

A hand attached to its resolve by your necklace

جَذبْتِ الرُّوحَ من دَرَكاتِ كَوْني

وها أَنا جِئْتُ مَجْذوباً فَهَاكِ

You pulled the soul from the pits of my being

And here I come, drawn, so receive me

فأنتِ أَقامَكِ الرَّحمنُ طُوراً

وقدَّسَكِ المُهَيْمِنُ وانْتَقَاكِ

For God established you as a Mount Sinai

And the All-Powerful sanctified you and selected you

وشادَكِ في مَطافِ الغَيْبِ داراً

وللغَوْثِ الرِّفاعِيِّ اصْطَفَاكِ

And erected for you in the sphere of Mystery a house

And for the Most Lofty Aid, He chose you

ومدَّ عليكِ أَسجِفَةَ التَّدَلِّي

وقد طَبَعَ القُلُوبَ على هَوَاكِ

And extended over you the canopy of subtlety

And stamped hearts with passion for your love

فلا بَرِحَتْ ترِقُّ بكِ المَعاني

وتنْفَتِقُ الفُهومُ لمن أَتَاكِ

So meanings continue to rise in you

And insights burst forth in those who came to you