وَلائِمٍ مَرَّ بِمَن لامَني

وَلائِمٍ مَرَّ بِمَن لامَني

في حُبِّهِ سِرّاً وَإعلانا

في حُبِّهِ سِرّاً وَإعلانا

And a reproacher passed by the one he had reproached me

One who blamed me passed by one I love,

for loving, in secret and openly.

Secretly and openly, ardent in affection.

فَظَلَّ إِذ قابَلَهُ شاخِصاً

فَظَلَّ إِذ قابَلَهُ شاخِصاً

كَأَنَّما قابَلَ بُستانا

كَأَنَّما قابَلَ بُستانا

So when he met him, he remained staring,

So he remained, when he met him, staring,

as though he had encountered a garden.

As if he had met a flower garden.

فَقُلتُ وَالشَهوَةُ مِنهُ لَهُ

فَقُلتُ وَالشَهوَةُ مِنهُ لَهُ

قَد بانَ لي مِنها الَّذي بانا

قَد بانَ لي مِنها الَّذي بانا

Then I said—his desire for him

So I said, while desire for him burnt in me,

had made plain to me what it made plain—

What was latent to me from it has become manifest.

مِن هَذِهِ العُقدَةِ يا شَيخَنا

مِن هَذِهِ العُقدَةِ يا شَيخَنا

كانَ مِنَ النِجارِ ما كانا

كانَ مِنَ النِجارِ ما كانا

“From this knot, O our shaykh,

“Release us from this knot, our master!

came what came of the stock.”

What happened was what the carpenter made.”