1. لَكَ الخَيرُ مِن مثري اليَدَينِ مِنَ العُلا

    إِذا تَربت أَيدي النَوى وَالتَطَوُّلِ

    May good be yours, whose hands are rich in eminence,

    when the hands of separation and munificence grow dusty,

  2. بِما كانَ بَينَ الماضِيَينِ مِنَ الَّذي

    إِلَيهِ اِستِنادي أَو عَلَيهِ مُعَوّلي

    for what lay between the two departed, of that

    on which I lean or upon which I rely.

  3. وَلَم تَتَمَسَّك بِالمُؤَيّدِ لي يَدٌ

    وَقَد زَهَفَت رِجلي عَنِ المُتَوَكِّلِ

    And no hand of mine held fast to al-Mu'ayyad,

    and my foot had already slipped away from al-Mutawakkil.