قالوا أأرهنت دماً

فقلت أرهنتُ ثقَهْ

They said, "Have you pledged blood?"

I said, "I have pledged trust

عند الذي أعرفه

برحمة وشفقه

To the one I know

With mercy and compassion."

ذاك الذي يحكي لنا ال

مسكُ قديماً عرقه

He who tells us that musk

Once sweated its scent,

ولا يرى الله العلا

تسلك إلا طرقه

And sees not but that the heights of God

Are reached only by His paths.

ذاك الذي من مائه

أنبت عودي ورقه

He who from his water

Grew my rod and leaf,

ومن أماديحي له

من كيسه لا سرقه

And from His praise of me

Gave from His purse, no theft.