زُرْنيْ خيالًا أزُرْكَ مُهجةً ودمًا

عُدْنيْ خصيمًا أعُدْكَ طاعةً وَوَفا

Visit me as an illusion, I will visit you with passion and blood

Consider me an enemy, I will consider you obedience and loyalty

أكتبْ إليّ رسائلًا يفِضْن جفا

أكتُبْ إليْكَ قصائدًا يفِضنَ صَفا

Write to me letters that overflow with estrangement

I will write to you poems that overflow with sincerity

رُدَّ حنِينيْ إليكَ خائبًا فكَفا

هُ عزَّةً أنْ يسوَد قلبيَ اللّهِفا

Return my yearning to you disappointed, so it suffices

It is pride that the passion for God prevails in my heart

أهِجْ بهِ النّارَ وافتِنْهُ وما ملكَا

نُقِمْ بأجفانِك سِلْمًا ولا أسَفا

Inflame it with fire, fascinate it, though we did not own it

Reproach with your eyelids, peacefully and without sorrow

ألا أردُّ منَ الدّينِ اليسيرَ وقدْ

أهديتَنيْ سرَّ أسرارِ البَقا سَلَفا

Shall I not repay the small debt, while you

Gifted me the secret of the secrets of eternity before

هوىً بهِ القلبُ يحْتمِيْ إذا ارْتجَفا

ولمْ يزلْ نورَ دربِهِ فمَا انْعطَفا

The heart fell in love, taking refuge, though it shuddered

And its light never swerved from its path, never turned

علَّمتَهُ ما بهِ بينَ الورَىْ عُرِفا

والموْتُ خيرٌ لمَنْ عَنْ عِلْمِهِ انصَرفا

You taught it what through it is known amongst mankind

And death is better for he who turned away from its knowledge

وكنْتَ إذْ ذاكَ لُطفَ اللهِ إذْ لطَفا

ويومَ غِبتَ كأنّ الكوْنَ بيْ رجَفا

And you were then God's kindness when you were kind

And the day you were absent was as if existence shuddered

أيقنتُ حيْنَ نجوْتُ مِن حرائقِكا

بأنَّ قلبَكَ والهَوىْ قدِ اخْتلَفا

I was certain when I escaped from your fires

That your heart and passion had differed

إذ أخلف القلبُ بالهجران ما وعَدا

في حينِ مدَّ الهوىْ يدًا وما ضعُفا

When the heart broke its promise with estrangement

While passion extended a hand and did not weaken

فخالَفَ العلمُ منْ للغيْرِ علَّمَهُ

حالُ العُلومِ إذا المُعَلِّمُ انْحرَفا

So knowledge opposed what it taught another

The state of knowledge when the teacher deviates

صدِّقْ كلامًا بهِ هواكَ قدْ وُصِفا

واتْرُكْ كلامًا بغيرِ وصفِهِ اتّصفا

Believe words that describe your passion

And leave words that falsely portray it