جُد وعد مُغرماً هجرتَ مَليا

وَكَذا من سلا وكانَ خَليا

Be generous, and return to one enamored whom you have abandoned for long;

And he clothed one who had forgotten love and had lived carefree.

يا مَلياً بالحُسنِ لبَّيكَ بالإح

سانِ والعطفِ حيثُ كنتَ مليا

O you abounding in beauty, I am at your service with benev—

—olence and tenderness, since you are fully able,

وعليا عن مشبهٍ ونظيرٍ

قد كساهُ الإلَهُ حُسناً جَليَّا

And exalted above every likeness or peer.

God has manifestly clothed him in your beauty.

بأبي أنتَ من بديعِ جمالٍ

صارَ مولىً له بهِ ووَليَّا

My father be your ransom—you, one of wondrous beauty!

Through it, your patron became an ally and protector to him.