سلامٌ عليكم دائم متتابع

له نفحةٌ من دونها المسك والعطر

Greetings to you, ever continuous

Peace be upon you, eternal and successive,

It has a fragrance, without which musk and perfume are nothing

Possessing a fragrance that outshines musk and perfume.

وبعد لعذر قد قطعنا عوائدا

تعوّدتها يا أيها الماجد الحرّ

And after an excuse we have severed ties

And hereafter: due to an excuse, we have broken with customs

That you were accustomed to, O glorious and free man

To which you were accustomed, O noble, free man.

وإلا فإثبات الرغائب شرعنا

نرى تركها ذنبا له يطلب الغفر

And otherwise, confirming desires is our law

Otherwise, fulfilling our duties of affection is our law;

We see abandoning them as a sin that seeks forgiveness

We see abandoning it as a sin seeking forgiveness.

ولو أنني قاسمتكم كل ما لنا

كما قاله الأنصار والفاضل الحبر

And if I shared with you all that we have

And were I to share with you everything we own,

As the Helpers said, and the virtuous scholar

As was spoken by the Ansar and the virtuous scholar,

لما جئت في معشار عشر حقوقكم

ولو كان ذا شيء يؤدي به شكر

I would not have come with a tenth of your rights

I would not fulfill a tenth of a tenth of your rights,

Even if I had something with which I could give thanks

Even if that were a means by which gratitude is paid.