1. Aba Amer I called when the hardships intensified
May he ransom you from the onslaught of the Tuaregs

2. And I pained a heart devoted to you sincerely
Your love joined together veins and bonds

3. Hardships will be made easy by God with His kindness
So do not despair, for time has straitened the roads

4. For the bad state comes good fortune and joy
And following easy living are obstacles

5. Many a prisoner is freed from terror
While the free are driven by time the driver

6. Noah's ship was not too narrow for its lodging
Yet the expanse of prostration was too narrow for them

7. If you are saved, I say praise be to God as a savior
For the greatest of blessings is loyal friendship remaining

8. And if it be the other, the end is drawing near
Those preceding us will be followed by those delaying

9. For your nearness gives me comfort, and your remoteness saddens me
and seeing you gladdens me, while your loss captivates me