للّهِ معشوقٌ خشى

لثمي لهُ فالتثما

For God, there is a beloved who is feared

Let me kiss him, so I may kiss

أشكو إليه ظمأي

قالَ وما يشفي الظما

I complain to him of my thirst

He said "And what quenches thirst?"

قلتُ لهُ ماءُ اللمى

فقال لي ما آلما

I said "The water of touch"

So he said "I do not touch"