1. My heart is in Egypt, my body in Damascus
Who will send my heart's greetings and peace to Egypt?

2. I hide my tear-filled eyes that have turned
Into flowers tucked in sleeves

3. Yearning, I shed my tears over it
And over the eminent Chief Justice

4. The Chief Justice on whom the ring is placed
And the light of knowledge shines from his thumb

5. O inheritor of the Helpers, return with your delegation
Victorious over enemies and their doom

6. The feast has raised its banners of joy
So congratulations, highest of the high

7. Slaughter with him the sacrifices and enemies
For all are counted among the cattle

8. In love I have reached the age of the feeble elder
Yet my passion hasn't reached the state of dreams

9. No union with Sa'diyah or the dear one I care for
But a lingering pain remains in my heart

10. In love I've become peerless and in
Praising the minister, say I'm unmatched in knowledge

11. The most generous in valor and valor
The best of Arabs and non-Arabs alike

12. O my reminders of nobles now gone
For the most noble of beings is nothingness

13. O you who ask about my wealth and seek me
When it's just a ruse of generosity from him

14. Find me something that consoles me, for
Without you all, I'm just flesh and bone