جميلُ ظنوني نَحْوَ عفوك ساقني

وإن كان لي قلبٌ بِخَوْفِكَ واجفُ

My beautiful thoughts lead me to hope for your pardon,

Though my heart is filled with fear of you.

وذنبي وإن حقّت عليّ جحيمُه

فَعَفْوُكَ ظِلٌّ لِلْمُؤَمِّل وارفُ

And though my sin deserves hellfire,

Your pardon is a shade for one hopeful and familiar.

وفي المصطفى الهادي لمثلك أُسْوَةٌ

وكم مُجْرِمٍ وَافَتْهُ منه عواطفُ

In the Chosen One, the Guide, is a model for one like you,

And how many criminals has he covered with his compassion.

وهل ذاك إلاّ أنّ ذُخْراً تُعِدّه

وذكرا تولّى نَشْرَهُ لك عارفُ

Is this not but that he prepares a store,

And a remembrance he has undertaken to spread for you, O knower.

وما بعد نَشْرِ الذّكر للمرء مَفْخَرٌ

ولا بسوى مدحٍ تشفَّع خائفُ

And after spreading the remembrance there is no pride for man,

Nor with anything but praise does the fearful intercede.

وحاشا لفضلٍ منْكَ أن يُنشِدَ الورى

وقد عَلِمُوا أنّي بِبَابِكَ واقفُ

It is inconceivable that your bounty asks the people,

When they know that I stand at your door.

ومِنْ قَبْلُ نادى كلُّ مولى قرابةً

فما عطفت مولىً عليه العواطفُ

Before this each friend called out kinship,

But you did not turn in compassion to him, O intimate.