1. My master, do not think that I
Delayed meeting you out of dislike or disdain
١. يَا سَيِّدِي لاَ تَعْتَقِدْ أنَّنِي
عَنْكُمْ تَأخَّرْتُ لضيقِ المَقَامْ
2. Rather, time makes a youth
Achieve the opposite of what he had hoped to attain
٢. وَإنَّمَا الأيَّامُ تُولِي الفَتَى
فيما يُرَجِّيه بعَكْسِ المَرَامْ
3. So be forgiving to the one at fault and do not rebuke him
For you are people of loyalty and high moral fibre
٣. فَاحْلُمْ على الجَانِي وَلاَ تُقْصِهِ
لأنَّكُمْ أهْلٌ الوَفَا وَالذِّمَامْ
4. And tomorrow, if the Lord Most High wills
I will seize the chance to meet you in peace
٤. وَفِي غَدٍ إنْ شَاءَ رَبُّ العُلَى
أسْتَغْنِمُ اللُّقْيَا بِكُمْ وَالسَّلاَمْ