سمرت بصحبة حروف القوافي

احملها تناهيت خوافي

I wandered with the rhymes' companionship

Carrying them, my fears diminished

اشكل بالحروف الوان صوره

احركها من المعنى بصافي

I shape the letters into a picture's colors

I move them from meaning to meaning purely

اشيل الحرف من معنى لمعنى

واجاري ما زهر واظهر بخافي

I take the letter from one meaning to another

And follow what has blossomed and emerged secretly

والى منى عطيت الحرف ونه

بها حرفي على النجمات طافي

To the one I gave the letter and delight

With it, my letters floated upon the stars

يقوم كل نجم من منامه

أنا ما نيب اسامر نجم غافي

Each star rises from its slumber

I will not spend the night conversing with a drowsy star

يجيني كل نجم منه معنى

ولا قد قلت للنجمات كافي

Each star comes to me with a meaning

And I have not yet said to the stars, enough!

تصور لي دموع وابتسامه

من عيون تقصوت ما تشاف

It depicts for me tears and smiles

From eyes that narrate what they have witnessed

ألا يا نجم يا عالي تبصر

شف بعين المحبه عين وافي

Oh high star, do you see,

Look with loving eyes, a faithful eye

وخبرني عن علومه وحاله

عسى قلبه مع الأشواق دافي

And tell me of his knowledge and state

Hopefully his heart is burning with longing

ولو ممشاي في جمر يفيده

مشيت بجمرها كنه عوافي

Even if walking on embers benefits him

I would walk on its embers as if they were meadows

ولكن وش يفيده لو ذبحني

ومن يوصف جماله عقب قافي

But what would it benefit him if I were slaughtered

Who can describe his beauty after the last rhyme?