1. Do not think I despair of you, though I may seem despairing.
Perhaps my beloved will do well even if he has done wrong.
١. لا تَراني يَئِستُ مِن
كَ وَإِن كُنتُ موئِسا
2. By the face of yours, which whoever sees it takes breath,
I will weather existence, my master, with hope and perchance.
٢. رُبَّما أَحسَنَ الحَبي
بُ وَإِن كانَ قَد أَسا
٣. بِأَبي وَجهَكَ الَّذي
مَن رَآهُ تَنَفَّسا
٤. أَقطَعُ الدَهرَ سَيِّدي
مِنكَ بِاللَوِّ وَالعَسى