عشقت لوجه اللَه بالكتم والصفا

عشقت لوجه اللَه بالكتم والصفا

وبالعفة المحض الغزال المهفهفا

وبالعفة المحض الغزال المهفهفا

For God's sake I loved, in secrecy and purity,

With chaste and candid love God's face I sought,

and with pure chastity, the slender gazelle.

Like startled fawn in verdant glade distraught.

وعاملته بالصدق في كل حالةٍ

وعاملته بالصدق في كل حالةٍ

فملا درى حالي نفى قلة الوفا

فملا درى حالي نفى قلة الوفا

And I treated him with sincerity in every circumstance.

To Him in truth I gave my plighted troth;

So when he knew my state, he denied any lack of fidelity.

How could He deem I failed in deed or thought?

وصار كلانا عارفاً قدر خله

وصار كلانا عارفاً قدر خله

على حسن حال حسبنا ربنا كفى

على حسن حال حسبنا ربنا كفى

And each of us came to know his beloved's worth.

We both discerned the other's precious worth;

In a good state, our Lord is enough for us—He suffices.

To bless our state, God's grace sufficed us both.