أَعلَمتَني يا حَبرُ أنّك بادئٌ

في تُحفَةِ المِنهاجِ ذاتِ الشّهرةِ

You taught me, O ink, that you were the initiator

Of the renowned treatise

فَسَأَلتُ ربّي أَن تنالَ خِتامَها

وَأَكونَ مِن حُضّارِها في الجملةِ

So I asked my Lord that it reach its conclusion

And that I be among its civilized people altogether

وَرَجَوت من ربّي لِقاءَك إِنّهُ

لا شيءَ عندي غيرَ قُربِكَ تُحفَتي

And I hoped from my Lord to meet you, for

Nothing is dearer to me than your proximity, my gift