أطرق بكفك بابا غير موصود

لم تستفزك إلا نخوة الصيد

Knock with your palm on an unbolted door

You were provoked only by the spirit of the hunt

وإن توسعت في الدوحات مقتطفا

فالزهر لا يجتني إلا من العود

And if you picked broadly in the paintings

The flower is not picked but from the branch

ففي الشمول انتشاء لا تكيفه

ما كان مفعوله في ألف عنقود

For in inclusiveness is a diffusion you cannot regulate

What was made to function in a thousand clusters

والنحل من بعضه ما فيه مصلحة

وما الحرير يرى إلا من الدود

And the bees get from some of it what benefits them

And silk is seen only from the worm

وما المعادن إلا من نتائجها

والماء ينبع من أعماق جلمود

And minerals are only from their derivatives

And water springs from the depths of stillness

لولا النبوة والإرسال واسطة

ما كان ربك في الدنيا بمعبود

Were it not for prophethood and sending intermediaries

Your Lord would not have been worshipped in the world

لذا تفيأت في الأظلال وارفها

عساي منك أرى تحقيق مقصودي

So I took shelter in the shade and its expanse

Hopefully I will see my purpose fulfilled through you

لولا العناوين لم تبلغك مألكة

ومثلك الدهر عنوان على الجود

Were it not for titles, the angels would not have reached you

And the likes of you are titled over generosity

هذا اختياري وحاشا أن أخيب به

ظنا وإن يك سعيي غير محمود

This is my choice, far be it that I fail in it

In assumption, even if my effort is not commended