مَوْلاَيَ خَمْسٌ تَوَلَّتْ

وَبالْمُنَى قَدْ تَجَلَّتْ

My Master, five have passed

And in Minā have appeared

وَأَدْمُعُ الشَّوْقِ خَوْفاً

مِنَ الْفِرَاقِ اسْتَهَلَّتْ

Tears of longing out of fear

Of separation have streamed

سَارَتْ وَكَمْ مِنْ وَلُوعٍ

بَيْنَ الْجَوَانِحِ خَلَّتْ

It marched, and how much anguish

In my heart it left

والْهَزْلُ مَسْرَحُ نَفْسٍ

عَوَائِدَ الْجِدِّ مَلَّتْ

Jesting became a stage for the soul

Whose habits of seriousness it ruined

تَعَشَّقَتْ بِظِلاَلٍ

حَارَتْ لَدَيْهَا وَضَلَّتْ

It fell in love with shadows

It became confused by them and went astray

حَتَّى إِذَا الشَّمْسُ لاَحَتْ

أَنْوَارُهَا وَتَجَلَّتْ

Until when the sun rose

Its lights manifested and shone

بَدَا لَهَا الْحَقُّ حَقّاً

فَزَايَلَتْهُ وَزَلَّتْ

The truth appeared to it as truth

So it parted from it and slipped

وَهَالَهَا مِنْ نُفُوسٍ

قَدْ أَقْبَلَتْ ثُمَّ وَلَّتْ

And it was awed by souls

That had come then turned away

إِذَا الْقُيُودُ اعْتَرَتْهَا

هَانَتْ وَخَسَّتْ وَذَلَّتْ

When shackles constrained it

It became base, despised and humiliated

إِنْ يُرفَعِ الْقَيْدُ عَنْهَا

عَلَتْ وَعَزَّتْ وَجَلَّتْ

If the shackle is lifted from it

It rose up, became mighty and exalted