يا لابِساً ثَوبَ المَلاحَةِ أَبلِهِ

فَلَأَنتَ أَولى لابِسيهِ بِلُبسِهِ

O you who don the garb of seamanship proudly

Yet you are most deserving of wearing it

لَم يُعطِكَ اللَهُ الَّذي أَعطاكَهُ

حَتّى اِستَخَفَّ بِبَدرِهِ وَبِشَمسِهِ

God did not give you what He gave you

Until he belittled his full moon and his sun

رَشَأً إِذا ما كانَ يُطلِقُ نَفسَهُ

في فَتكِهِ أَمَرَ الحَياءُ بِحَبسِهِ

A colt when he releases his soul

In his vigor, modesty commands his restraint

وَأَنا الَّذي أَعطَيتُهُ مَحضَ الهَوى

وَصَميمَهُ وَأَخَذتُ عُذرَةَ أُنسِهِ

And I who gave him pure passion

And its essence, and took the excuse of his intimacy

فَلَئِن جَنَيتُ ثِمارَهُ وَغَرستُهُ

ما كُنتُ أَوَّلَ مَن جَنى مِن غَرسِهِ

So if I reaped its fruits and planted it

I was not the first to reap from its planting

مَولاكَ يا مَولايَ صاحِبُ لَوعَةٍ

في يَومِهِ وَصَبابَةٍ في أَمسِهِ

My master, o my master, owner of grief

In his day, and youthfulness in his past

دَنِفٌ يَجودُ بِنَفسِهِ حَتّى لَقَد

أَمسى ضَعيفاً أَن يَجودَ بِنَفسِهِ

A generous man who gives his soul until indeed

He has become weak to give his soul