يا إمام التقى مضى ربع عامٍ

يا إمام التقى مضى ربع عامٍ

من وصولي ولم يصل ليَ ربع

من وصولي ولم يصل ليَ ربع

O imam of piety, a quarter of a year has passed

O leader of piety, a quarter of a year has passed

Since my arrival, yet no quarter has reached me.

Since my arrival, yet not a quarter of a year has come to me

سنة إن غفلت عنيَ فيها

سنة إن غفلت عنيَ فيها

كسرتني وكيف لا وهيَ سبع

كسرتني وكيف لا وهيَ سبع

A year, if you neglect me during it,

If you forget me during it

Would break me—and how could it not, when it is a beast?

You would break me, and how could you not, for it is seven