مِسكينك باحَ بِالَّذي غَطّاهُ

مِسكينك باحَ بِالَّذي غَطّاهُ

إِذ لفظك كاهِلَ المنى أَمطاهُ

إِذ لفظك كاهِلَ المنى أَمطاهُ

Your poor one confessed what had shrouded him,

Your poor wretch divulged what he had concealed,

when your utterance mounted the withers of hopes.

For your words set him astride the back of hope.

مِن لطفك ما أَقَلَّ حَظّا فَمُهُ

مِن لطفك ما أَقَلَّ حَظّا فَمُهُ

لو فوك بقدر وُسعه أَعطاهُ

لو فوك بقدر وُسعه أَعطاهُ

Of your kindness, how scant a share his mouth has—

His mouth would carry away no share of your kindness

if only your mouth would grant him according to its capacity!

If your mouth gave him according to its capacity.