يا إمام التقى مضى ربع عامٍ

من وصولي ولم يصل ليَ ربع

O leader of piety, a quarter of a year has passed

Since my arrival, yet not a quarter of a year has come to me

سنة إن غفلت عنيَ فيها

كسرتني وكيف لا وهيَ سبع

If you forget me during it

You would break me, and how could you not, for it is seven