حَجبتهُ مَوانع عَن لِقائي

رَشأ مَطمعي بِكُل وَفاءِ

Barriers have kept him from meeting with me

My hopes in him are full of loyalty

لِإِزدياري لَو اِستَنابَ خَيالاً

لِأَبي مِن تَزاحَم الرقباءِ

If my imagination were to conjure his disdain

For my father amid the throng of rivals