فداكم محب ما تعزز وصلكم

فداكم محب ما تعزز وصلكم

وقابله إلا بفرط التذلل

وقابله إلا بفرط التذلل

May a lover ransom you: never did union with you grow elusive

Your devoted lover, nothing enhances your union

without his meeting it with the utmost self-abasement.

And meets it, except with utmost humility

بعثتم على شرخ الشباب مشيبه

بعثتم على شرخ الشباب مشيبه

ومهما أتى منكم على الرأس يحمل

ومهما أتى منكم على الرأس يحمل

You brought on his gray hair in the prime of youth,

You have sent upon the cracks of youth, old age

and whatever comes from you is borne upon the head.

And whatever comes upon the head, it bears