1. Greetings like spring flowers, fresh
And beauty upon the Shaykh of Shaykhs who is pure
١. سلامٌ كأزهار الربيع نضارةً
وحسنا على شيخ الشيوخ الذي صفا
2. And if old age had not prevented me from visiting his abode
I would have hastened like one yearning for purity
٢. ولو لم يعقني العذر عن قصد ربعه
سعيت كما يسعى الملبي إلى الصفا
3. But a troubled age has kept me from him
And who in his age attained such purity?
٣. ولكن عداني عنه دهر مكدّر
ومن ذا الذي واتاه في دهره الصفا