1. كعبة الحسن أسفرت بالجمالِ

    وتبدَّت لصاحب الأحوالِ

    The Kaaba of beauty unveiled herself in splendor,

    and appeared to the possessor of spiritual states.

  2. ولها مقلة من الحجر الأس

    ود ترنو ببهجة ودلال

    And she has an eye of the Black Stone,

    gazing with delight and coquetry.

  3. ريقها زمزم يمج بعذب

    سائغ للمتيمين زلال

    Her saliva is Zamzam, spouting sweet water,

    pleasant to the love-stricken, pure and clear.

  4. وحطيمٌ محبُّها بغرام

    صبّ ميزابه بفرط جلال

    And her lover is a Hatim, shattered by passion;

    his waterspout poured forth in overwhelming majesty.

  5. نظرتها عيونها بعيون ال

    عاشق الواله البعيد المجال

    Her eyes gazed upon her through the eyes of the

    bewildered, far-ranging lover.

  6. وإذا كنت عابداً فهي سلمى

    لبست ثوبَ هيبة وكمال

    And if you are a worshipper, she is Salma,

    who has donned a robe of awe and perfection.

  7. وأشارت إلى الطواف بوجه

    يفضح البدر بالسنا والتلالي

    And she beckoned to circumambulation with a face

    that shames the full moon with radiance and brilliance.

  8. ويرى الزاهد المجرد بيتاً

    ملأته مهابة الإفضال

    And the detached ascetic sees a house

    filled with the awe inspired by beneficence.