1. May your existence remain for us
Especially for me

2. O you whose name exudes
The fragrance of pure musk

3. His existence, his existence
Are my hope and desire

4. Time is your servant
Plotting against our fate

5. So do not let it, my master
Destroy me now that it is close

6. I complained of four things
To you, so judge between us

7. Debt, Eid al-Fitr is nigh
Winter and grief

8. And forgive your poet if
In this discourse he erred

9. If not for time forcing me
And afflicting me with problems

10. And for loss and regret
Leading me to poetry

11. I would not have dared and would not
Have declared this to you

12. But need compelled me
To forego propriety

13. And I have no one
To please by doing good

14. I am needless of all people
And of you I have no need

15. And do not believe a slanderer
Slandering the poet of the world

16. And call him a liar if he
Draws near or makes claims

17. It cannot be hidden from you
The deeds of illegitimate sons

18. To them, the pursuit of evil
Is the best thing to be sought

19. Your poet and servant
Is none but me

20. I who, were it not for you
Would not have settled

21. You saved me while loss
Was spreading through our home

22. And I always hear from you
Gentle words

23. And you granted me righteousness and grace
Good news and care

24. You have been good to him
May my Lord keep you a benefactor

25. Far be it that I forget
Your favors until I am buried