خدمت بالاغرال أبوابه

خدمت بالاغرال أبوابه

لما تبدى حسنه الباهر

لما تبدى حسنه الباهر

I served at his gates with love poems [probable reading: بالأغزال],

I served his doors with tenderness

when his dazzling beauty appeared;

When his radiant beauty appeared

ولي من الدمع على خدمتي

ولي من الدمع على خدمتي

جراية أطلقها الناظر

جراية أطلقها الناظر

and for my service I have, in tears,

And I have from my tears upon my service

an allowance paid out by the eye—the overseer.

An allowance the watcher has released