ما مِن يَدٍ في الناسِ واحِدَةٍ

كَيَدٍ أَبو العَبّاسِ مَولاها

There is no hand among the people, not a single one,

Like the hand of which Abu al-Abbas is the master.

نامَ الثُقاتُ عَلى مَضاجِعِهِم

وَسَرى إِلى نَفسي فَأَحياها

The trusted guards slept soundly upon their beds,

But he journeyed by night to my soul and revived it.

قَد كُنتُ خِفتُكَ ثُمَّ أَمَّنَني

مِن أَن أَخافَكَ خَوفُكَ اللَهُ

I had feared you once, but then I was granted safety

From fearing you, by your own fear of God.

فَعَفَوتُ عَنّي عَفوَ مُقتَدِرٍ

حَلَّت لَهُ نِقَمٌ فَأَلغاها

For you pardoned me with the pardon of a powerful one,

To whom vengeance was lawful, yet he cast it aside.