لكَ الفَضلُ إذ نَوهْتَ في بلدِى باسمِى

لكَ الفَضلُ إذ نَوهْتَ في بلدِى باسمِى

وَقَد كنتُ إذ ذكَّرْتَها دارسَ الرَّسمِ

وَقَد كنتُ إذ ذكَّرْتَها دارسَ الرَّسمِ

The credit is yours, for you extolled my name in my homeland.

You have done me a kindness by praising my name in my country

And when you reminded it of me, I was a faded trace.

Though when you mentioned it, I was studying propriety

أَبيتُ وقد خاطَبْتني عَن تَواضُعٍ

أَبيتُ وقد خاطَبْتني عَن تَواضُعٍ

رَفَعْتَ بهِ قَدْرَ السِّراج إلى النَّجمِ

رَفَعْتَ بهِ قَدْرَ السِّراج إلى النَّجمِ

I pass the night, you having addressed me out of humility,

I refused, though you had addressed me with humility

Through which you raised al-Siraj's standing to the star.

You raised the lamp's worth to that of the stars through your generosity