1. If time has severed bonds for us,
My friendship is not easily undone;
١. لَئِن سَلَّ الزَمانُ لَنا مَناصِل
فَصُنعُ الوُدَّ عِندي غَيرُ ناصِل
2. And if I've delayed serving my master,
I still beseech him in my prayers;
٢. وَإِن أَخَّرتُ عَن مَولايَ سَعيِي
فَإِنّي بِالدُعاءِ لَهُ مُواصِل
3. And if I describe my loyalty to him
It's as if I'm trying to obtain what's already mine;
٣. وَإِنّي إِن وَصَفتُ لَهُ وَلائي
كَأَنّي طالِبٌ تَحصيلَ حاصِل
4. That delay wasn't out of anything
But the pain in my joints.
٤. وَلَم يَكُ ذَلِكَ التَأخيرُ إِلّا
لِما أَلقاهُ مِن أَلَمِ المَفاصِل