1. يا مَن حَكَت شَمسَ النَهارِ بِحُسنِها

    وَبُعادِ مَنزِلِها وَبَهجَةِ نورِها

    O you who resemble the sun of day in your beauty,

    And in your dwelling’s remoteness and your light’s splendor,

  2. هَلّا عَدَلتِ كَعَدلِها إِذ صَيَّرَت

    لِلناسِ غَيبَتَها بِقَدرِ حُضورِها

    Why have you not been as fair as she, when she made

    Her absence equal to her presence for humankind?