[I keep his name]

^{Translated from the Arabic by Yasmine Seale}

I keep his name
from everyone, but to my soul
I babble on and on
about this crazy passion.
            How I long
for some deserted place
where I could shout his name!
                                          

كَتَمتُ اِسمَ الحَبيبِ عَنِ العِبادِ وَرَدَّدتُ الصَبابَةَ في فُؤادي

فَوا شَوقي إِلى نادٍ خَلِيٍّ لَعَلّي بِاِسمِ مَن أَهوى أُنادي