1. بانقيادي لمرادكْ

    وبِصدقي في وِدادِكْ

    By my submission to your wish,

    and by my sincerity in loving you,

  2. وبُسقياكَ من الحِف

    ظِ عُهودي بعهادِكْ

    and by your faithful watering

    of my pledges with your showers:

  3. لا تحمِّلْ قلبيَ المش

    تاقَ أَثقالَ بعادِكْ

    do not load my yearning heart

    with the burdens of your absence.

  4. ما على الوجدِ فؤادي

    صابراً مثل فؤادِكْ

    My heart is not, in love's anguish,

    as patient as your heart.

  5. ولقد أَضحى على رُغ

    مِ العدا طَوْعَ قيادِكْ

    And indeed it has become, despite

    the foes, obedient to your rein.

  6. واعتقادي في وِدادي

    ك صحيحٌ كاعتقادِكْ

    And my conviction in my love

    for you is sound, as is yours.

  7. واعتضادي بكَ في كُ

    لِّ المعاني كاعتضادِكْ

    And my reliance on you in every

    matter is like yours.

  8. لَبِّ مَنْ لو لم يُؤمِّلْ

    منكَ عُرْفاً لم يُنادِكْ

    Answer one who, had he not hoped

    for kindness from you, would not have called you.

  9. وأَصِبْ مَرمَى مرامي

    فمُرادي من مُرادِكْ

    And strike the target of my aims,

    for my desire comes from yours.

  10. واعتمدْ ما يُحرزُ الدَّهْ

    رُ به شكرَ عمادِكْ

    And undertake that whereby Time

    may preserve the gratitude of your Imad.

  11. أَجْرِه في بعثِكَ الكُت

    بَ على مشكورِ عادِكْ

    Treat him, in sending letters,

    according to your praiseworthy custom.