1. My master, you have started me with a book
In it are words of one who loved and admonished
١. سيدي قدْ بدأتني بكتاب
فيهِ ألفاظُ مَنْ أحبَّ فعاتَبْ
2. You have written me to raise my worth
I was your slave, so I became your correspondent
٢. أنتَ كاتبتني لترفعَ قدري
كنتُ عبداً لكمْ فصرتُ مُكاتَبْ