1. I abandoned, so the heart is baptized,
The youth of Ghada is freshly blooming,
١. هجرت فالقلب معمود
غادة غض الصبا رود
2. In the slopes of her gaze there is sickness,
And with that cheek, reddening,
٢. في مطاوي طرفها سقم
وبذاك الخد توريد
3. Whenever I harbored her gentleness,
Her love brought me back,
٣. كلما أضمرت سلوتها
عادني من حبهاء يد
4. I do not forget her, though she knocked,
And the night gown is outstretched,
٤. لست أنساها وقد طرقت
وقميص الليل مقدود
5. The doves of the valley appear to it,
Singing in the branches of the acacia,
٥. وحمام الواد يبين له
في فروع البان تغريد
6. The prose of life has magic,
In the gardens of sadness, changing,
٦. ولمنظوم الحيا سحرا
في رياض الحزن تبديل
7. And youth is exhausted, for it has
A soul in the abyss, counted,
٧. والصبا مكدودة ولها
نفس بالغور معدود
8. His amnesty ascends, so for it
Among the progeny of flowers, arrange
٨. يعتلي غفرانه فلها
بين سبط الزهر تجعيد
9. It cried, the bliss cried over us,
So the flute and the affectionate responded
٩. صاح قد صاح النعيم بنا
فأجاب الناي والعودُ
10. Serve me the wine for worry is dispelled
Between us and worries are dispelled
١٠. فاسقني فاللهو مطَّرد
بيننا والهم مطرودُ
11. We have a shadow to seek refuge with
From the brilliance of faith outstretched
١١. ولنا ظل نلوذ به
من بهاء الدين ممدودُ
12. Majed submerged his gown in it
Goodness and generosity were known
١٢. ماجد غمر الرداء به
عُرِفَ المعروفُ والجودُ
13. The generous who turns away from him
From the dew of apology and refuting?
١٣. وكريم ليس يلفته
عن ندى عذلُ وتفنيدُ
14. They envied him in the highness, and thus
Every honorable is also envied
١٤. حسدوه في العلى وكذا
كل عالي القدر محسودُ
15. Suspicions coincided in him, as
Appointments coincided from him
١٥. صدفِت فيه الظنون كما
صدفت منه المواعيدُ
16. White boarding in age
Of pregnant sorrows and dark events
١٦. أبيض الأحساب في زمن
جمةٍ أحداثُه السودُ
17. O you people of needs including you
Achieving what make one guided in it
١٧. يا بني الحاجات دونكم
نائلا ما فيه تصريدُ
18. None from this land any one
His purpose seriousness intended
١٨. لم يفت من ذا الورى أحدُ
قصده جدواه مقصودُ
19. The determination of time from him, well-mannered
His determination with victory intended
١٩. حل عزم الدهر منه فتى
عزمه بالنصر مقصودُ
20. Who wants the elapse consoling
While the pool of death is cast
٢٠. من يرد الميض قانية
حين حوض الموت مورودُ
21. I came to him, so stinginess is absent
Near him, and generosity is present
٢١. جئته فالبخل مفتقد
عنده والجود موجودُ
22. O generous about his grants
Cheerful blessings its origins
٢٢. يا جوادا عن مواهبه
صحة تشوى الأسانيد
23. Generous take what you wished praise
And compliment in it creation
٢٣. جد وخذ ما شئت مدح
وثناء فيه تجويد
24. And I see its influence powerful star
And stay what the affectionate riveted
٢٤. وأرى فرق النجم مقتدراً
وابق لي ما أورق العود