1. أَمَولايَ بَدْرَ الدِّينِ أَنتَ بَدَأْتَني

    بفضلٍ بهِ أَصبحتَ مُستَوْجِباً شكري

    O my lord Badr al-Din, you began by granting me

    a favor that has earned you my thanks;

  2. ولكنَّهُ يَحتاجُ مِنكَ تَتمَّةً

    وَمَنْ هُوَ أَولَى بالتَّمامِ مَن البْدرِ

    but it needs completion from you—

    and who is more deserving of fullness than the full moon?