زِدْني بفَرْطِ الحُبّ فيك تَحَيّرا

وارْحَمْ حشىً بلَظَى هواكَ تسعّرا

Increase me in excessive love for you, confused

And have mercy on one whose heart your love has set aflame

وإذا سألُتكَ أن أراكَ حقيقةً

فاسمَحْ ولا تجعلْ جوابي لن تَرى

And if I ask to see you in reality

Allow it, and do not make your answer "You will not see."

يا قلبُ أنتَ وعدَتني في حُبّهمْ

صَبراً فحاذرْ أن تَضِيقَ وتَضجرا

O my heart, you promised me patience in loving them

So beware narrowness and annoyance

إنَّ الغرامَ هوَ الحياةُ فمُتْ بِهِ

صَبّاً فحقّك أن تَموتَ وتُعذرا

Passion is life, so die of it

Vigorously, for you have the right to die excused

قُل لِلّذِينَ تقدَّموا قَبلي ومَن

بَعدي ومَن أضحى لأشجاني يَرَى

Say to those who preceded me, and those

After me, and those who have seen my anguish

عني خذوا وبي اقْتدوا وليَ اسمعوا

وتحدّثوا بصَبابتي بَينَ الوَرى

Take from my eyes, follow my example, listen to me

And speak of my youthfulness among people

ولقد خَلَوْتُ مع الحَبيب وبَيْنَنَا

سِرٌّ أرَقّ منَ النسيمِ إذا سرى

And I was alone with the beloved, and between us

A secret gentler than the breeze when it blows

وأباحَ طَرْفِي نَظْرْةً أمّلْتُها

فَغَدَوْتُ معروفاً وكُنْتُ مُنَكَّرا

And he allowed my glance a look I wished for

So I became known though I was a stranger

فَدُهِشْتُ بينَ جمالِهِ وجَلالِهِ

وغدا لسانُ الحال عنّي مُخْبِرا

I was amazed between his beauty and his majesty

And the tongue of my state began to inform about me

فأَدِرْ لِحَاظَكَ في محاسنِ وجْهه

تَلْقَى جميعَ الحُسْنِ فيه مُصَوَّرا

So turn your gaze to the beauties of his face

Where you will find all beauty depicted

لو أنّ كُلّ الحُسْنِ يكمُلُ صُورةً

ورآهُ كان مُهَلِّلاً ومُكَبِّرا

If all beauty were to be made into an image

And he saw it, he would swoon and pronounce God's greatness