سَبَح الحبيبُ بِبرْكةٍ

سَبَح الحبيبُ بِبرْكةٍ

والقلبُ من وَلَهٍ يطيرُ

والقلبُ من وَلَهٍ يطيرُ

The beloved swam in a pool,

and the heart flew with ardent longing.

فخشِيتُ من ماءِ اللَّطا

فخشِيتُ من ماءِ اللَّطا

فةِ فيه يشْربُه الغَدِيرُ

فةِ فيه يشْربُه الغَدِيرُ

So I feared, because of the water of delicacy

in him, that the pool would drink him up.

وتَشابُه الماءِ الرقي

وتَشابُه الماءِ الرقي

قِ وجسمِه التَّرِفِ النَّضِيرِ

قِ وجسمِه التَّرِفِ النَّضِيرِ

And so alike were the delicate water

and his tender, radiant body,

لولا الذَّوائبُ لم يكنْ

لولا الذَّوائبُ لم يكنْ

للنَّاظرين به شُعورُ

للنَّاظرين به شُعورُ

that, but for his locks, there would have been

no awareness of him among those who looked.