صحا القلب عن سلمى وأقصر باطله

وعري أفراس الصبا ورواحله

My heart has recovered from Salma and I have cut off her falsehood

The horses of youth and its carriers have grown old

الختمُ أدرك أنّ قدرَك جلَّ أن

يختارَ لاسمِكَ أن يُصيِّر أسفلا

The seal has realized that your destiny refused

To choose your name to be made lowly

خاف الوقوعَ على اسمِك الأعلى إذا

فوق الكتابة لو توَسّطَ فيصلا

It feared that your highest name would fall

If it were placed above the writing as a separation

أخطأتُ في ظنّي فكان صنيعُه

فضلاً يجلّ به مَقاماً أفضَلاَ

I was mistaken in my assumption so his doing

Was a favor by which he exalted a higher position