1. لَيْسَ فِي نَجْدَتِي وَلا فِي ذِمَامِي

    مَا بِجِسْمِي مِنَ عِلَّةٍ وَسَقَامِ

    Neither my courage nor my honor is touched

    By the illness and sickness within my body.

  2. فَإِذَا مَا انَبْتُ عَنِّي بَيَانِي

    فَاقْبَلِ العُذْرَ يَا رَفِيعَ المَقَامِ

    So if I send my words in my stead,

    Then accept my excuse, O you of lofty station.