1. قَد كُنتَ تولينِيَ الحُسنى وَتُكرِمُني

    وَكُنتُ أَشكُرُ ما تَأتي مِنَ الحَسَنِ

    You used to bestow kindness on me and honor me,

    and I would give thanks for the good you did.

  2. فَما بَدا لَكَ في جودٍ وَمَكرُمَةٍ تَجري

    عَلى المَجدِ مَجرى الروحِ في البَدَنِ

    So what has changed your mind about generosity and noble kindness, which flow

    through glory as the soul flows through the body?

  3. اِرجِع إِلى الحالَةِ الأولى فَإِنَّ لَنا

    شُكراً يَكونُ لَها مِن أَوفَرِ الثَمَنِ

    Return to the way you were before, for we have

    gratitude that will be among its richest recompenses,

  4. وَحُسنُ أُحدوثَةٍ لَو كُنتَ تُبصِرُها

    حَسِبتَها غَرَّةً في جَبهَةِ الزَمَنِ

    and fair renown which, if you could behold it,

    you would deem a white blaze upon the forehead of time,

  5. أَزكى مِنَ المِسكِ في أَصداغِ غانِيَةٍ

    كَأَنَّها قَمَرٌ أَوفى عَلى غُصنِ

    more fragrant than musk on a beautiful woman's temples,

    as though she were a moon poised above a bough.