1. مولاي لا هدَّت الليالي

    كثيب علياكمُ عمادا

    My Master, neither have the nights turned

    A sand hill down upon you as a pillar,

  2. ولا طلبنا ربيع برّ

    وكان جودكم جمادى

    Nor have we sought the coming of spring rain,

    Yet your generosity flowed as in Jumada.