وَوَقتٍ وَفى بِالدَهرِ لي عِندَ واحِدٍ

وَفى لي بِأَهليهِ وَزادَ كَثيرا

And a time that paid Fate's debt to me through one alone, / Who made up for all the world's kin and gave abundantly.

I drank to the splendor of the light upon his brow, / Amidst blossoms where the water's murmur meets the eye.

شَرِبتُ عَلى اِستِحسانِ ضَوءِ جَبينِهِ

وَزَهرٍ تَرى لِلماءِ فيهِ خَريرا

Through him the people seem doubled—may I never lose him! / And my life, beneath his wing, became an age of ages.

غَدا الناسُ مِثلَيهِم بِهِ لا عَدِمتُهُ

وَأَصبَحَ دَهري في ذَراهُ دُهورا