يا محسناً إن أساءَ الزمانُ وإن

مزّق حال الفتى فمر فيه

O benefactor, though time has done wrong

And though it has torn the youth's state asunder

ينشد من ودِّك الجميل ومن

مدحكَ في صدرِهِ وفي فيه

He seeks from your good affection

And praise of you in his heart and mouth

أرضى لمن غابَ عنكَ غيبتهُ

فذاكَ ذنبٌ عقابه فيه

Be satisfied with him whose absence from you

Was a sin whose punishment was in it