1. مولاي يا بحر الفضائل والندى

    قد أيقظت أيدي النوى أشجاني

    My lord, O sea of virtues and generosity,

    The hands of separation have awakened my sorrows.

  2. أرجو اللقا والبحر يمنعني ولا

    يخفى عليك تغابر الأقرانِ

    I hope to meet you, but the sea bars me; nor is

    The hostility between equals hidden from you.

  3. لو ماج بحرٌ واحدٌ ما خفتهُ

    لكنما يتموج البحرانِ

    Were a single sea to surge, I would not fear it,

    But the two seas are surging.