1. يا حافظاً تشهدُ أخلاقُه

    بأنه قد طابَ أعراقا

    O Hafiz, whose character bears witness

    that he is of noble lineage,

  2. ومن غدا ثانيَ شمسِ الضُحى

    عُلوّ مقدارٍ وإشراقا

    and you who became a second morning sun

    in lofty stature and radiance.

  3. إن فُقْتَ أهلَ الأرضِ عِلماً فقد

    أنفقتَ فيه العُمرَ إنفاقا

    If you have surpassed the earth's people in knowledge, then

    you have indeed spent your lifetime on it.

  4. وجدْتَ جودَ الغيثِ لما انْبرى

    يُلحُّ إرعاداً وإبراقا

    And you gave as generously as the rain when it began

    to thunder and flash insistently.

  5. قد جمُدَ الجاري وعَيشي كما

    تراه يا مولاي قد ضاقا

    The flow of income has frozen, and my livelihood, as

    you see, my lord, has grown straitened.

  6. فجُدْ بتعجيلكَ لي بعضَه

    أنْفِقُه في القوتِ إنفاقا

    So be generous by advancing me part of it;

    I shall spend it on sustenance.

  7. لقد غدا غُصْني سليباً فهل

    تُلبِسُه جدواكَ أوراقا

    My branch has indeed become stripped bare; so will

    your bounty clothe it in leaves?