كتبت لمولى نأت دارهُ

كتبت لمولى نأت دارهُ

وسينات حالي وقف لديه

وسينات حالي وقف لديه

I wrote when his dwelling had grown distant,

I wrote to a lord whose dwelling lay far away,

and the sīn-words of my state are an endowment in his keeping:

And the sīn letters of my state are reserved for him:

فسعي إليه سموى به

فسعي إليه سموى به

سؤالي عنه سلامي عليه

سؤالي عنه سلامي عليه

thus a striving toward him was named with that letter—

So my striving is toward him, my elevation through him;

my asking after him, my greeting upon him.

My inquiries concern him, my greetings are upon him.