وَلَقَد طَلَبنا في البِلادِ فَلَم نَجِد

أَحَداً سِواكَ إِلى المَكارِمِ يُنسَبُ

We have searched through the lands, but found no one

Save you, linked to all that is good and virtuous.

فَاِصبِر لِعادتِنا الَّتي عَوَّدتَنا

أَو لا فَأَرشِدنا إِلى مَن نَذهَبُ

So bear with our ways which you have accustomed us to,

Or guide us to one that we should turn to.