لِأَعظَمِ حادِثٍ حُبِسَ الرَسولُ

وَأُمسِكَ عَنكَ وَاِنقَطَعَ الخَليلُ

The Greatest Event impounded the Messenger

And withheld you, even the Friend was cut off

فَلا كُتبٌ تُؤَدّي عَنكَ عُذراً

وَلا أَحَدٌ يُؤَدّي ما تَقولُ

So no books can offer excuse about you

Nor can anyone convey what you say

فَمِنكِ بِكِ اِستَجَرتُ وَأَنتِ حَسَبي

وَشاهِدُ ما لَقيتُ بِكِ النُحولُ

So in you, by you I sought refuge and you suffice me

And witness what hardship I met in you

خُذي بِالعَفوِ يا أَمَلي وَعودي

عَلى مَن لا يَحولُ وَلا يَزولُ

Take to pardoning, O my hope and promise me

Upon One Who neither changes nor ceases