1. O you who granted favor without favor,
You added kindness to kindness,
١. يا ذا الَّذي مَنَّ بِلا مَنِّ
أَضَفتَ إِحساناً إِلى حُسنِ
2. You gave drink though without you my branch
Would not have returned to its brilliance.
٢. وَجُدتَ بِالرَيِّ وَلَولاكَ ما
عادَ إِلى إِبراقِهِ غُصني
3. How could I conceive one speaking ill of you
When you are the pearl ensconced in its oyster?
٣. فَما عَساني أَن أُرى قائِلاً
فيكَ وَأَنتَ الدُرُّ في القَطنِ