بعد ما أهدي سلاماً حسنا

لاح كالبدر بنورٍ وسنا

After I send good greetings,

there appears like the full moon with light and beauty,

لحبيبٍ لم أزل أبصره

في فؤادي يقظةً أو وسنا

a beloved whom I have not stopped seeing

in my heart, awake or asleep.

غائبٌ عنّي وعندي حاضرٌ

وبعيدٌ وهو منِّي قد دنا

Absent from me yet present with me

far yet close he has come to me.

لم يزل قلبي يراه حسناً

ما رآه المؤمنون حسنا

My heart has not stopped seeing him beautifully,

as beautifully as the believers saw him.

طاب وِردُ الحبِّ فيه منهلاً

فشربنا بالتصافي كأسنا

The rose of love where we quenched our thirst blossomed in it as a meadow,

so we drank from its cup directly.

وأتى منه كتابٌ قد صفا

ونفى بالودِّ عنّا بأسنا

And there came from it a pure book,

which denied with affection our troubles.

روضة الذكر بها نشأتنا

حيث ربّى الربُّ فيها غرسنا

The garden of remembrance in which we were raised,

where the Lord nurtured our sapling.

نجتني منها قطوفاً قد دنت

بالهنا والحبّ يبدي أنسنا

From it intimate fruits drew near me,

manifesting our bliss and love.

ولنا أنسٌ سوى ذكر الّذي

بجمالٍ لاح يجلو عرسنا

And we have an intimate other than the mention

of the one whose beauty in holiness appears and clarifies our wedding.

جلّ في حضرة قدسٍ تنجلي

بصفاتٍ أشهدتنا قدسنا

Exalted in the presence of holiness that manifests

with attributes that sanctified our holiness.