حَلَلتُ مِنَ المَجدِ أَعلى مَكانِ
وَبَلَّغَكَ اللَهُ أَقصى الأَماني
I have taken my place at glory’s loftiest station,
and may God bring you to the utmost of your hopes.
فَإِنَّكَ لا عَدِمَتكَ العُلا
أَخٌ لا كَإِخوَةِ هَذا الزَمانِ
For you—may high glory never be bereft of you—
are a brother unlike the brothers of this age.
صَفاؤُكَ في البُعدِ مِثلُ الدُنُوِّ
وَوُدُّكَ في القَلبِ مِثلُ اللِسانِ
Your affection remains as pure at a distance as when near,
and the love in your heart is the same as on your tongue.
كَسَونا أُخُوَّتَنا بِالصَفاءِ
كَما كُسِيَت بِالكَلامِ المَعاني
We have clothed our brotherhood in purity,
just as meanings are clothed in words.
Sol 5.6