عَبدُكَyour servant ياO لَيثَlion الشَّرىal-Sharā شوقُهhis longing
عَبدُكَ يا لَيثَ الشَّرى شوقُه
جَدَّhastened بِهِbecause of it السّيرُthe journey إِلىto غابِكْyour thicket
جَدَّ بِهِ السّيرُ إِلى غابِكْ
Your servant, O lion of al-Sharā—his longing
Your servant, o lion of valor, his longing
Has hastened his journey to your thicket.
Has compelled him to journey to your absence
وَسارَand he traveled فيin البحرِthe sea لِبَحرِtoward the sea of النّدىgenerosity
وَسارَ في البحرِ لِبَحرِ النّدى
وصارَand came to be ذاthis one الآنَnow لدىat بابِكْyour door
وصارَ ذا الآنَ لدى بابِكْ
And he sailed the sea toward the sea of bounty,
And sail the sea, to the sea of your presence
And now this one is at your door.
My master, I have come for no other reason
ماnot جِئتُI came ياO مَولايَmy lord إِلّاexcept إِلىto
ما جِئتُ يا مَولايَ إِلّا إِلى
تَقبيلِkissing كفَّيكَyour two palms وَأَعتابِكْand your thresholds
تَقبيلِ كفَّيكَ وَأَعتابِكْ
I have come, O my lord, only to
Than to kiss your hands and threshold
Kiss your hands and your thresholds.
Partial English translation: 5 of 6 Arabic lines translated.
Sol 6.1