أَتَأذَنُ لي فَدَيتُكَ بِالسَلامِ

عَلَيكَ وَفي القَليلِ مِنَ الكَلامِ

Do you permit me—may I be your ransom—to offer a greeting,

Upon you, and to share but a few words?

أَتَغدو لِلحَديثِ إِلى فَقيهٍ

وَتَنظُرُ في الحَلالِ وَفي الحَرامِ

You go out early to converse with a jurist,

And to consider the lawful and the forbidden;

فَهَل حَدَّثتَ عَن قَتلي بِشَيءٍ

إِلى الفُقَهاءِ يا بَدرَ التَمامِ

Did you then speak at all regarding my killing

To the jurists, O full moon of perfection?