1. May God increase you, my friend, in wisdom
I have not found any love like yours at all
١. زَادَكَ اللهُ يَا خَليلِي رُشْداً
لَمْ أَجِدْ مِنْ هَوَى مَعَاليكَ بُدَّا
2. Except that you left me speechless from conversing
With a beginning poet stringing poems of pearls
٢. غَيْرَ أَنِّي أَخْرَسَتْنِي عَنْ مُجَارا
ةِ القَريضِ الْمُبْتَدِي مِنَ الدُّرِّ عِقْدَا
3. I said the righteous has ascended the highest heaven
And ascends the one who attained virtue as a servant
٣. قُلْتُ صَالِحٌ قَدْ عَلاَ غَارِبَ الفَضْ
لِ وَيَعْلُو الذِي اقْتَنَى الْفَضْلَ عَبْدَا
4. So peace be upon you, since I cannot bear what
You have said following you into depth and ascent
٤. فَعَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ إِذْ لَمْ أُطِقْ مَا
قُلْتَهُ يَقْتَفِيكَ غَوْراً وَنَجْدَا