1. My lord, you are not flawed with any flaw
That could embitter the rose of your love
١. سيّدي أنتَ لا تُخِلٌ بِخلٍّ
لم يُكَدِّرْ لوِرْدِ وُدِّكَ شِربا
2. Remember my old poems, for in them
There is pasture for the meadows of hope
٢. وتذكَّرْ سَوابِقي إنّ فيهن
نَ لِسَرحِ الآمالِ مَرعى وأَبَّا
3. How much poetry have I composed praising you
That has spread through the world, far and near
٣. رُبَّ شِعرٍ لَّمامَدَحتُكَ فيهِ
سارَ في العالَمِينَ بُعداً وقُرْبا
4. As if I had entrusted it to the sun
To illuminate all lands, east and west
٤. فكأنِّي أودَعتُهُ فَلَكَ الشَّم
سِ فَعَمَّ البِلادَ شَرقاً وغَرْبا