أهْلاً بطَيْفٍ زارَني غَسَقَ الدُّجى

فأعادَ لَيلَتَنا صَباحاً أبْلَجا

Greetings to a vision that visited me when the darkness of night fell,

And brought our night back to a bright dawn.

فَتَحَتْ زِيارَتُه لصَبٍّ هائِمٍ

بابَ القُبولِ وكانَ قِدْماً مُرْتَجا

His visit opened to a passionate lover,

The door of acceptance, and it was a blessed arrival.

للّهِ دَرُّكَ منْ خَيالٍ مُطْمِعٍ

علِقَتْ لَنا بحِبالِهِ أيْدي الرَّجا

Bless you, oh fanciful specter,

Who tied to your ropes the hands of hope.

كيفَ اهْتَدَيْتَ وهلْ بَدا لكَ مَضْجَعٌ

خطَّ النحولُ عليْهِ سَطْراً مُدْمَجا

How did you find your way when a resting place appeared to you,

On which emaciation drew a convoluted line?

يا سالِكاً بمُحِبِّه طُرُقَ النّوى

هلا سَلَكْتَ الى التّواصُلِ مَنْهَجا

Oh you who walks the paths of passion for his beloved,

Why not take the way to connection as your course?

أفْديكَ منْ حَكَمٍ تأوّلَ حكْمَهُ

فقَضى بقَتْلِ العاشقينَ تحرُّجا

Ransom me from a judge whose judgment,

Sentenced lovers to death in revulsion.

أو مَا تَرى طوفانَ فَيْضِ مَدامِعي

يُذْكي جَحيماً بالضّلوعِ تأجّجَا

Or do you not see the flood of my tears,

Fueling a hellfire in my chest, blazing?

أسْتَنْبِئُ البَرْقَ الخَفوقَ إذا هَفا

وأُساهِرُ اللّيْلَ الطّويلَ إذا دَجا

I seek council from the flashing lightning when it flickers,

And keep vigil with the long night when it is gloomy.

هَبْ لي رِضاكَ فإنّني مُسْتَشْفِعٌ

بحُلَى أميرِ المُسْلِمينَ المُرْتَجى

Grant me your satisfaction, for I implore

The jewels of the Commander of the Faithful, the hoped for.