قضيبُ لُجَيْنٍ نَوَّرَ الوَرْدُ فوقَهُ

قضيبُ لُجَيْنٍ نَوَّرَ الوَرْدُ فوقَهُ

ولكنَّهُ ما شَقَّ عنهُ كمامَهُ

ولكنَّهُ ما شَقَّ عنهُ كمامَهُ

A silver bough, above which the rose has bloomed,

The rose's light shone on Lujayn's rod

yet it has not split open its enclosing calyx.

Yet its sheath was not split, nor its veil undone

أرى الحِبَّ دِيناً والمحبِّين أُمَّةً

أرى الحِبَّ دِيناً والمحبِّين أُمَّةً

وصُدْغَيْه مِحْراباً وقلبي إِمَامَهُ

وصُدْغَيْه مِحْراباً وقلبي إِمَامَهُ

I see the beloved as a faith, and lovers as a community,

I see love as religion, and lovers as its sect

and his two sidelocks as a prayer niche, and my heart as its imam.

Her cheeks my prayer niche, her heart my imam

لدى وَجْنَةٍ قد حُطَّ للشَّعْر فوقها

لدى وَجْنَةٍ قد حُطَّ للشَّعْر فوقها

مِجَنٌّ على نونٍ يعانقُ لاَمَهُ

مِجَنٌّ على نونٍ يعانقُ لاَمَهُ

Beside a cheek, above which has been laid for the hair

A spot where poetry's banner was planted

a shield upon a nūn embracing its lām.

A cup on an 'n', embracing its 'l'