إذا كانَ أوفى سادتي وأبرّهم

إذا كانَ أوفى سادتي وأبرّهم

ملاذي فلا زالَ الزمان موافقي

ملاذي فلا زالَ الزمان موافقي

If the most faithful and kindest of my masters is

If the most faithful and dutiful of my masters,

my refuge, may time never cease to favor me.

Why does time remain against me,

ولا حال يوم الشعر عنِّي هوى له

ولا حال يوم الشعر عنِّي هوى له

ولا قطعت يوم الشعير علائقي

ولا قطعت يوم الشعير علائقي

And may love for him never leave me on the day of poetry,

And the state of the poetry's day does not inspire love for it,

and may my ties never be severed on the day of barley.

Nor have I ever cut off my bonds on the day of misfortune,