1. قلْ للأمير أدامَ رَبِّي عِزَّهُ

    وأنالَهُ من فَضْلِه مكنونَهُ

    Say to the emir (may my Lord make his glory endure

    And grant him the hidden treasure of His bounty):

  2. إنِّي جنَيْتُ ولم يَزلْ أهلُ النُّهى

    يَهبُونَ للخُدّامِ ما يَجنونَهُ

    I have done wrong, and men of wisdom have always

    Forgiven servants the wrongs they commit.

  3. ولقد جَمعْتُ مِنَ العُيوبِ فُنونَها

    فاجمَعْ مِنَ العَفْوِ الكَريمِ فُنونَهُ

    And I have indeed gathered faults of many kinds;

    So gather noble pardon in its many forms.

  4. مَنْ كانَ يرجو عَفْوَ مَنْ هُوَ فَوقَهُ

    عَن ذَنبِهِ فلْيَعْفُ عَمَّنْ دونَهُ

    Whoever hopes for pardon from one above him

    For his sin should pardon those beneath him.