أبي منه الخبر و يقول للّه

لفى المرسول ما عيَّن محلَّه

My father asks for news and says to God,

The messenger found what was assigned to him,

و قلبي تايه(ن) من عام الاوّل

ألا يا الله يسّر من يدلّه

And my heart wanders since the first year,

Oh God, make it easy for whoever guides it,

خذاه اللّي على خدَّه علامه

سوادة غيم في شمس(ن) مطلّه

Seized by one who has a mark on his cheek,

Clouds of darkness in a rising sun,

سرقني ما دريت انّه سرقني

سلبني و أحسب إني فاطن(ن) له

He stole from me without me knowing he stole from me,

He robbed me while I thought I was aware of him,

انا يوم أرسل عيونه لقلبي

عطيته مهجتي و المعطي الله

The day he sent his eyes to my heart,

I gave him my innermost being, and the Giver is God,

نصف زين الخلايق في عيونه

و باقي الزين في باقيه كلّه

Half the beauty of creation is in his eyes,

And the rest of the beauty is in all of him.