1. آيات تلك الحضرة القدسيه

    أبدت معاني النكتة الغيبيه

    The signs of that sacred presence

    Revealed the meanings of the unseen subtlety,

  2. وجلت لأصحاب القلوب رقائقاً

    ظهرت وها هي في الظهور خفيه

    And unveiled delicate truths to those endowed with hearts.

    They appeared—yet behold, in manifestation they are hidden.

  3. يا أهل جرعاء الغوير بحقكم

    عطفاً علي فمهجتي مشويه

    O people of Jarʿāʾ al-Ghuwayr, by your rightful due,

    Have compassion on me, for my heart's core is seared.

  4. أبكي إذا لمعت بروق طلولكم

    شوقاً إليكم والشؤن جليه

    I weep when lightning flashes over your ruined camps,

    Out of longing for you, with tear ducts plain to see.

  5. وأذوب إن غنى لي الحادي بكم

    متطيلساً برداء صدق لنيه

    And I melt if the camel-driver sings to me of you,

    Draped in a mantle of sincerity, with intent.

  6. أواه من حر البعاد فإنه

    يضني الفؤاد وليس يبصر زيه

    Ah, the heat of separation! For it

    Wastes the heart, though its guise is unseen.

  7. وحياتكم يا من أهيم لأجلكم

    ها ذات قلبي عندكم مرميه

    And by your lives, O you for whose sake I wander in love,

    Behold, my heart's very essence lies cast before you.

  8. صبٌّ تصب دموعه وولوعه

    من كل فنٍّ ناره مصليه

    A lovesick man: his tears and ardor pour forth;

    In every form, its fire scorches.

  9. هاجت به للأجرعين مآربٌ

    تركته والآلام فيه عصيه

    Longings for al-Ajraʿayn stirred within him,

    Leaving him with pains within him that would not yield.

  10. ما راح ينشر لوعةً يبغي بها

    وصلاً ولم ترجع به مطويه

    He never unfolds anguish, seeking through it

    Union, without its returning with him folded away.

  11. حنوا عليه بنظرةٍ تحييه من

    موت البعاد إذا البعاد بليه

    Show him tenderness with a glance that revives him from

    The death of separation, when separation is an affliction.

  12. كم مرةٍ حاضرتكم وأنا الذي

    فيكم قباب تولهي مبنيه

    How often have I kept your company—I whose

    Domes of rapture are built in you.

  13. ونظمتكم في خاطري وكأنني

    في رضوةٍ قدسيةٍ عطريه

    And I arrayed you in my thoughts, as though I were

    In a sacred, fragrant garden [reading uncertain].

  14. ورمقتكم ببصيرتي وكأنها

    تلك الوجوه بباصري مرثيه

    And I gazed at you with my inner sight, as though

    Those faces were mourned in my gaze.

  15. لجمالكم في طي قلبي موطن

    وعليه كسوة أنةٍ طينيه

    Your beauty has a dwelling in the folds of my heart,

    And over it lies a garment of an earthen groan.

  16. جبلت محبتكم بنوع حقيقتي

    مع قالبي من قبل أنشر طيه

    Love for you was molded into the nature of my essence,

    Along with my bodily mold, before I unfolded its folds.

  17. وتحكمت في مهجتي أسراركم

    هي والهوى مرثيةٌ مخفيه

    And your secrets took command of my heart's core;

    They and love are a hidden elegy.

  18. حاشاكمو أن تقطعوا حبلي وقد

    جبلت هواكم طيتي النوعيه

    Far be it from you to sever my cord, when indeed

    My essential disposition has fashioned love for you.

  19. قد غبت فيكم عن سواكم آخذاً

    دين الهوى وفصوله الكليه

    I have vanished in you, oblivious to all but you, embracing

    The faith of love and its universal chapters,

  20. متحققاً بمحبتي لجنابكم

    والحب رنة سره أصليه

    Fully realized in my love for your august presence;

    And the resonance of love's secret is innate.

  21. منوا عليَّ بنفخة الروح التي

    تحيي الرميم فهذه الأمنيه

    Favor me with a breath of the spirit, which

    Revives decayed remains—for this is my wish.