تعوَّدتُ الهَوَى والخيرُ عادهْ

ولا سِيمَا لأَغيَدَ لا لِغَادَهْ

I have become accustomed to passion and doing good,

Especially for Aghid who has no complaint or grudge.

ضَلالي في تعشُّقِه رشادٌ

وقَتْلي في محبَّته شهادَه

My misguidance in loving him is integrity,

And my death in loving him is martyrdom.

وإِنَّ العشقَ لو فَطِنُوا ذكاءٌ

وتَرْكُ العشق لو فَطِنُوا بَلاَدَهْ

Truly, passion, if they were wise, is intelligence,

And leaving passion, if they were wise, is perdition.

فنارُ القلبِ تخبرُ عن شهابٍ

ودمعُ العين يَرْوي عن قتادَهْ

The fire in my heart tells of a flame,

And the tear in my eye narrates its own story.

وقالوا ما لِعَاذله هُوُوٌّ

فقلتُ ولا لهُ عنْدي هواده

And they said, “What is with his disappointed one, distraction?”

So I said, “For me, he has no distraction.”

سأَخلعُ لا لَبِسْتُ له عِذَارِي

وأَقطعُ لا وَصلْتُ له القِلاَدَهْ

I will take off what I wore for him, my adornment,

And cut off what I connected for him, the necklaces.

وبي من لا أُريدُ سوى رضاهُ

ويا بُعْدَ المرادِ من الإِرَادَهْ

In me is none but the desire for His approval,

Oh the distance between the purpose and the desire!

سعدت وليس لي حزمٌ وغيْري

له حزمٌ وليس له سَعادَهْ

I was happy while having no resolve, but another

Has resolve while having no happiness.