بكت عينُهُ رحمةً للبَدَن

بكت عينُهُ رحمةً للبَدَن

فعافَ البكاءَ مكانَ الوَسَن

فعافَ البكاءَ مكانَ الوَسَن

His eye wept out of pity for the body.

His eyes wept with mercy for the body

So he spurned weeping in place of slumber.

So crying took the place of cheekiness

وأكسبَهُ الشوقُ ثوبَ السقامِ

وأكسبَهُ الشوقُ ثوبَ السقامِ

عليهِ ولبسَ ثيابِ الحَزَن

عليهِ ولبسَ ثيابِ الحَزَن

And longing gave him a robe of sickness

And yearning dressed him in the garb of illness

Upon him, and the donning of sorrow’s garments.

Upon him, and he wore the clothes of sorrow

وأنسَى مدامعَه بالدموعِ

وأنسَى مدامعَه بالدموعِ

ولم يدعِ السرَّ حتى علَن

ولم يدعِ السرَّ حتى علَن

And made his tear ducts forget with tears.

And he made his tears forget with tears

And he did not leave the secret alone until it became manifest.

And he did not leave the secret until it was revealed

فيا طولَ عِصيانِه للعَزا

فيا طولَ عِصيانِه للعَزا

ءِ من حُسنِ طاعتهِ للحَسَن

ءِ من حُسنِ طاعتهِ للحَسَن

Oh, how long his defiance of consolation,

So oh, how long his disobedience to grief lasted

Because of the beauty of his obedience to the beautiful one!

Compared to his obedience to beauty