كنت حراً فصرتُ عبد اليماني

من هوى شادنٍ هواهُ براني

I was free, but became enslaved by yearning

For one whose love set me on fire

وهوَ نصفانِ من قضيبٍ ودعصٍ

زانَ صدرَ القضيبِ رمانتانِ

He has two halves of a rod and palm branch

Adorning his chest are two pomegranates

إن من لا أرى وليس يراني

نصبَ عيني ممثلٌ بالأماني

He whom I cannot see and who cannot see me

Has set up within my eyes an image of hopes

بأبي من ضميره وضميري

أبداً بالغيب ينتجيان

By my soul and his soul

Together through the unseen they converse

نحن شخصان ان نظرت وروحا

ن اذا ما اختبرت يمتزجاني

We are two people; if you look, we are one soul

And if you test, we blend together

فإذا ما هممت بالأمر أو هم

مَ بشيءٍ بدأته وبداني

So if I intend or he intends

Something that either began

كان وفقاً ما كان منه ومني

فكأني حكيته وحكاني

It is synchronized, whatever comes from him or me

As if I told him and he told me

خطراتُ الجفونِ منا سواءٌ

وسواءٌ تحركُ الأبدانِ

The flutters of the eyelids, we share

And the stirring of our bodies, we share