1. وكم رمت أمراً خرت لي في انصرافه

    فلا زلت بي مني أبر وأرحما

    And how often I sought something, yet you chose what was best for me in its passing me by.

    So may you ever be kinder and more merciful to me than I am to myself.

  2. عزمت على ألا أحسن بخاطر

    على القلب إلا كنت أنت المقدما

    I resolved that I would sense no passing thought

    in my heart unless you yourself were foremost,

  3. وألا تراني عندما قد كرهته

    لكونك في قلبي كبيراً معظما

    and that you would not see me doing what you have disliked,

    for you are great and revered in my heart.