قُل لِذاتِ النِقابِ إِنَّ مُحِبّاً

قَد قَرا مِن سُطورِ حُسنِكِ حَرفا

Tell the veiled one that a lover

Has read from the lines of your beauty a letter

يَسأَلُ اللَهُ مِنكِ رَحمَةَ قَلبٍ

بَينَ وَصلٍ وَهِجرَةٍ تَتَكَفّا

Asking God for the mercy of a heart

That wavers between union and separation