صَاحِ مَا أَعْطَرَ الْقَبُول بِنَمَّهْ

أَتَرَاهَا أَطَالَتِ اللَّبْثَ ثَمَّهْ

O companion, how fragrant are the settlements with dew!

Do you think it has prolonged its dampness?

هِيَ دَارُ الْهَوَى مُنَى النَّفْسِ فِيهَا

أَبَدَ الدَّهْرِ وَالأَمَانِيُّ جَمَّهْ

It is the abode of love, the aspiration of the soul within,

For ever and ever, and desires gathered.

إِنْ يَكُنْ مَا تَأَرَّج الْجَوُّ مِنْهَا

وَاسْتَفَادَ الشَّذَى وَإِلاَّ فَمِمَّهْ

If it was from which the air was perfumed,

And drew fragrance, else it was from them.

مَنْ لِطَرْفِي بِنَظْرَةٍ وَلأَِنْفِي

فِي رُبَاهَا وَفي ثَرَاهَا بِشَمَّهْ

Who will give my eyes a glance, and my breath,

In its winds and in its soil, a smell?

ذُكِرَ الْعَهْدُ فَانْتَفَضْتُ كَأَنِّي

طَرَقَتْنِي مِنَ الْمَلاَئِكِ لَمَّهْ

The past was remembered, so I shuddered, as though

An angel had slapped me suddenly.

وَطَنٌ قَدْ نَضَيْتُ فِيهِ شَبَاباً

لَمْ تُدَنِّسْ مِنْهُ الْبُرُودَ مَذَمَّهْ

A homeland I lived my youth in,

Not sullied by the cold, blameworthy.

بِنْتُ عَنْهُ وَالنَّفْسُ مِنْ أَجْلِ مَنْ قَدْ

خَلَّفْتُهُ خِلاَلَهُ مُغْتَمَّهْ

I turned from it while my soul, because of whom I

Left behind threading through it worried,

كَانَ حُلْماً فَوَيْحَ مَنْ أَمَّلَ الدَّهْ

رَ وَأَعْمَاهُ جَهْلُهُ وَأَصَمَّه

Was a dream. So woe to him who hoped for life

And blinded and deafened him, his ignorance!

تَأَمُلُ الْعَيْش بَعْدَ أَنْ خَلِقَ الْجِس

مُ وَبُنْيَانُهُ عَسِيرُ الْمَرَمَّه

I contemplate life after the body was created

And its structure difficult, blameworthy.

وَغَدَتْ وَفْرةُ الشَّبِيبَةِ بِالشَّيْ

بِ عَلَى رَغْمِ أَنْفِهَا مُعْتَمَّهْ

And the plentitude of youth turned, despite

Itself, blind.

فَلَقَدْ فَازَ سَالِكٌ جَعَلَ الل

ه إلى الله قَصْدَهُ وَمَأَمَّهْ

So he who made his path to God his destination and refuge

Has indeed succeeded.

مَنْ يَبِتْ مِنْ غُرُورِ دُنْيَا بِهَمٍّ

يَلْدَغُ الْقَلْبَ أَكْثَرَ اللهُ هَمَّهْ

Whoever spends the night anxious

From the delusion of worldly life, God will increase his worries.