إِذا أولى النُجومِ بَدَت فَغارَت

وَقُلتُ أَنى مِنَ اللَيلِ اِنتِصافُ

When the stars first appeared and then hid away,

And I said, "How can it be halfway through the night?"

حَسِبتُ النَومَ طارَ مَعَ الثُرَيّا

وَما غَلُظَ الفِراشُ وَلا اللِحافُ

I thought sleep had flown off with my thoughts,

Neither was the mattress hard nor the blanket rough.

أَبا حَفصٍ مَخافَةَ كُلِّ ظُلمٍ

عَلَيكَ وَكَيفَ يَهجَعُ مَن يَخافُ

Abu Hafs, fearing every darkness upon you,

How can one who is afraid find sleep?

وَأَدعو اللَهَ فيكَ وَأَن يُجَلّي

عَمايَةَ ما يُزايِلُها اِنكِشافُ

And I pray to God for you, to lift

The cloudiness that only clearing can displace.

وَأَن يَجِدوكَ إِذ هَزّوكَ صَلتاً

عَفيفاً مِن سَجِيَّتِكَ العَفافُ

And that He finds you, when they shake you in prayer,

Chaste in your nature, most virtuous and pure.