أرسل لي إبن الوَحِيدِ لَمَّا

أرسل لي إبن الوَحِيدِ لَمَّا

مَرِضْتُ بالأَمسِ جَامَ سُكَّرْ

مَرِضْتُ بالأَمسِ جَامَ سُكَّرْ

Ibn al-Wahid sent me, when

The only son sent me when I was sick yesterday,

I fell ill yesterday, a bowl of sugar,

A cup of sugar and praise in his handwriting for me.

وَمِدْحَةً لي بِخّطهِ لي

وَمِدْحَةً لي بِخّطهِ لي

فَقُلتُ ذا سُكَّرٌ مُكَرَّرْ

فَقُلتُ ذا سُكَّرٌ مُكَرَّرْ

and a poem in my praise, written in his hand for me.

So I said this is repeated sugar,

So I said, “This is sugar twice over!”

That has sweetened my mouth and cheek,

حَلَّى وَحَلَّى فمِي وَجِيدِي

حَلَّى وَحَلَّى فمِي وَجِيدِي

عَقْدُ شَرابٍ وَعِقْدُ جَوْهَرْ

عَقْدُ شَرابٍ وَعِقْدُ جَوْهَرْ

My mouth was sweetened and my neck adorned

A necklace of drink and a necklace of gem.

by thickened syrup and a necklace of jewels.