يَا سَيِّدِي لاَ تَعْتَقِدْ أنَّنِي

عَنْكُمْ تَأخَّرْتُ لضيقِ المَقَامْ

My master, do not think that I

Delayed meeting you out of dislike or disdain

وَإنَّمَا الأيَّامُ تُولِي الفَتَى

فيما يُرَجِّيه بعَكْسِ المَرَامْ

Rather, time makes a youth

Achieve the opposite of what he had hoped to attain

فَاحْلُمْ على الجَانِي وَلاَ تُقْصِهِ

لأنَّكُمْ أهْلٌ الوَفَا وَالذِّمَامْ

So be forgiving to the one at fault and do not rebuke him

For you are people of loyalty and high moral fibre

وَفِي غَدٍ إنْ شَاءَ رَبُّ العُلَى

أسْتَغْنِمُ اللُّقْيَا بِكُمْ وَالسَّلاَمْ

And tomorrow, if the Lord Most High wills

I will seize the chance to meet you in peace