1. مطوّق بات على الحمايل

    يسرّ صونه ويعلنه

    A collared dove spent the night upon the boughs.

    It keeps its voice low, then sounds it aloud [wording uncertain].

  2. ترك فؤادي العميد ذاهل

    حرك من القلب ساكنه

    It left my lovesick heart bewildered.

    It stirred what lay still within the heart.

  3. شوقي إلى زينة الخلاخل

    تهيم قلبي وتفتنه

    I long for the beauty who graces the anklets.

    She drives my heart wild and enchants it.

  4. بحسنها جامع الفضائل

    والخال في الخدّ زينه

    In her beauty, all virtues are gathered.

    And the mole upon the cheek is its adornment.

  5. باللطف والحسن والبهج

    والورد والآس والدعج

    With grace, beauty, and radiance,

    And roses, myrtle, and dark eyes—

  6. أشراك يا صاح للمهج

    وكلما هبت الشمايل

    Snares, my friend, for souls.

    And whenever the north winds blow,

  7. ارتاح قلبي لموطنه

    واللَه ما أصغى لقول عاذل

    My heart rejoices in its homeland.

    By God, it has not heeded a reproacher's words.

  8. ما أتعبه مني وما أشجنه

    قد طال بعدي عن الحبايب

    How weary he is because of me, and how sorrowful!

    Long indeed has been my separation from my loved ones.

  9. ما كان هذا بخاطري

    مالي سمير سوى الكواكب

    This was never in my thoughts.

    I have no companion at night but the stars.

  10. والنوم قد عاف ناظري

    نذرت للّه نذر واجب

    And sleep has shunned my eye.

    I made a binding vow to God:

  11. ان حبي أمسى مسامري

    شا وهبه لِلّه كلّ حاصل

    If my beloved becomes my evening companion,

    I shall give, for God's sake, all I possess,

  12. من خفّ مالي وارزنه

    واللَه ما أعشق أحد سواه

    Of my wealth, the light and the weighty alike.

    By God, I love no one but him.

  13. وغاية القصد لي رضاه

    متى متى ناظري يراه

    And my utmost aim is his pleasure.

    When, when will my eye behold him?

  14. سقاكم اللَه من منازل

    بلا دخلي ومسكنه

    May God water you, O dwellings,

    My beloved's land and his dwelling [apparent word-division error],

  15. بكل مزن غديق وابل

    ولذّ عيشي وأحسنه

    With every cloud laden with abundant, pouring rain.

    And may my life be sweet, and may He make it fair.

  16. تقول هل ما مضى يعاود

    لعهدي الماضي القديم

    You say: will what has passed return

    To my old, bygone days?

  17. يا ساكني واد ابن راشد

    ومنتهى السول في تريم

    O dwellers of Wadi Ibn Rashid,

    And the fulfillment of longing in Tarim,

  18. اللَه على ما أقول شاهد

    إني لهجرانهم سقيم

    God is witness to what I say:

    I am ill from separation from them.

  19. عاد ان أنت منهم الرسائل

    تهيم قلبي وتفتنه

    Still, if messages come from them [wording uncertain],

    They drive my heart wild and enchant it.

  20. سألت رب السما الكريم

    يديم بالعزّ والنعيم

    I asked the generous Lord of heaven

    To bestow lasting honor and bliss

  21. على التقىّ الوليّ الحليم

    أبي الحسن فاضل ابن فاضل

    Upon the pious, forbearing saint,

    Abu al-Hasan, a virtuous son of a virtuous man,

  22. شيخ التصوّف ومعدنه

    وفي جميع العلوم كامل

    Master of Sufism and its wellspring,

    And fully accomplished in all the sciences.

  23. اللَه يعزّه ويضمنه

    May God honor him and safeguard him.