يا مَددي حين خانني مددي

وعُدَّتي إذ تعذَّرت عُددي

O my supporter when my supporter failed me

And my preparations when my preparations were frustrated

ناشدتك اللّه والحفاظَ وإحْ

سانك بي أن تَفُتَّ في عَضُدي

I beseeched you by God, the Preserver, and your kindness to me

That you support my shoulder when it weakens

أنت الشراب الذي أسَغْتُ به الْ

غُصَّةَ يا سيدي ويا سندي

You are the drink with which I swallowed bitterness, my master and my pillar

And I did not fear that you would be a hardship for me, never

ولم أخف أن تكون لي شَرَقاً

كلّا ولا غُلَّة على كبدي

So do not let slander prevent you from strengthening my purpose, my favor, and my hand

And persist in all that you have begun, confirming what you have tightened of my knots

فلا تصدَّنَّكَ الوِشاية عن

شدِّكَ أزْري ومُنَّتي ويَدي

For I am between two plans which are the honor or disgrace of my lifetime

If you strengthen me I will be strengthened, and if you deliver me to the enemies my pillars will collapse

ودُمْ على كل ما ابتدأتَ به

مُؤكِّدا ما شدَدْتَ من عُقَدي

How and from where would I have compensation when you are my back and you are my reliance

Give me - I have no right but my hatred of you, it suffices me, that is my sanity

فإنَّني بين خُطَّتيْن هما

عزِّيَ دهري أوْ ذِلّتي أبدي

You whom love of you has taken the place of life in my body

And do not blame me for my anguish, for besides what is in me, it has come upon my skin

إن أنت أعززتني عَزَزْتُ وإنْ

أَسلمتني للعِدى وهَتْ عَمَدي

If a lion had gotten me with his claw, he would not have gotten me what you see from my hidden agony

But he is a fox, I was deceived by him, so he got from me, and it was enough for him that I thought him a lion

أنَّى ومِنْ أين منك لي عِوَضٌ

وأنت ظهري وأنت معتمدي

The envy of your supporting me has frustrated the envious one from the beginning, so do not let him gloat over my envy

هَبْنيَ لا حقَّ لي سوى مِقَتي

إياك حسبي بذاك من رَشدي

أنت الذي أصْبَحَتْ محبتُه

حلَّتْ محل الحياة من جسدي

ولا تلُومَنَّني على جَزَعي

فَدُون ما بي أتى على جلدي

لَوْ أَسَدٌ نالني بمخلَبه

ما نالني ما تراه من كمدي

لكنَّه ثعلبٌ أُسِرْتُ لَهُ

فنال منِّي وحسبهُ أَسَدي

قد كَبَتَ الحاسدَ انتصارُك لي

بدْءاً فلا تُشْمتنَّ ذا حسدي