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  1. لِعَبْدِ اللهِ وَجَّهْتُ الْخِطَابَا

    لِمَنْ فَاتَتْ مَعالِيهِ الْحِسابَا

    To Abdullah I have directed this discourse,

    To the one whose noble virtues surpass all calculation,

  2. لِمَوْلاَنَا ابْنِ مَوْلاَنَا التُّهَامِي

    مَنَارِ الرُّشْدِ أَمْلَيْتُ الْجَوَابَا

    To our master, the son of our master, Al-Tuhami,

    The beacon of true guidance, I have dictated this reply.

  3. مُقَدَّمُهُ سَلامٌ مِثْلُ خُلْقٍ

    لَهُ كَالْمِسْكِ رِيحاً لاَ انْتِسَابَا

    Its prelude is a greeting of peace, much like a character

    Whose fragrance is truly musk, not merely by name.

  4. وَبْعُد فَكَتْبُكُمْ وَصَفَ اشْتِيَاقاً

    وَبَاطِنُ شَوْقِهِ أَبْدَى عِتَابَا

    And thereafter: your letter described a deep yearning,

    And the hidden depths of its longing revealed a reproach.

  5. لقَدْ أَمْسى العِتابُ لدَيَّ أحْلَى

    منَ العَسَلِ الذِي أضْحى لُبابَا

    Yet this reproach has become sweeter to me

    Than honey that has been distilled to its purest essence.

  6. وَأَخْجَلَنِي فَأَبْدَيْتُ اعْتِرافاً

    بِتَقْصيرٍ يُكَمِّلُ لِي عِقابَا

    It made me ashamed, so I brought forth a confession

    Of a shortcoming that justifies my full punishment.

  7. فَصَفْحاً سَيِّدِي فَالصَّفْحُ أَوْلَى

    بِمَنْصِبِكَ الذِي خَفَضَ النِّصابَا

    So grant forgiveness, my master, for pardon is most fitting

    For your exalted rank, which humbles all other statures.

  8. وَعُذْرِي حَيْثُ لَيْسَ لِي اعْتِذَارٌ

    دُخُولِي مِنْ رِضَاكَ عَلَيَّ بَابَا

    And my excuse—where truly I have no excuse—

    Is that I have entered through the door of your good pleasure.

  9. وَأنْ لاَ بُدَّ مِنْ وُدٍّ لِعَبْدٍ

    وَإِنْ عَدِمَ الزِّيَارَةَ وَالصَّوَابَا

    And that there must inevitably be affection for a servant,

    Even if he falls short in visiting and in right conduct.

  10. فَأشْوَاقُ ابنِ زَاكورٍ إِلَيْكُمْ

    عَلَى الأَحْشاءِ تَلْتَهِبُ الْتِهَابَا

    For the yearnings of Ibn Zakour towards you

    Blaze like a fierce fire within his inmost being.

  11. فَحَقِّقْ فِي صَدَاقَتِهِ ظُنُوناً

    وَإِنْ أَبْدَتْ ظَوَاهِرُهُ ارْتِيَابَا

    So confirm the hopeful thoughts regarding his friendship,

    Even if his outward actions display hesitation.

  12. وَطِبْ نَفْساً كَمَا قَدْ طِبْتَ أَصْلاً

    وَفَرْعاً فَالذِي تَرْجُو اسْتَجَابَا

    And be joyful in soul, just as you are pure in your roots

    And in your branches, for what you hope for has been answered.