ومالي في زائرٍ رغبةٌ

ففيهِ عنِ اللهِ لي مَشْغَلَهْ

I have no desire for a visitor,

For he distracts me from God.

وقدْ لا أراهُ كما قيلَ لي

وقدْ لا يراني كما قيلَ لَهْ

Perhaps I will not see him as I was told,

And perhaps he will not see me as he was told.