أتَعرِفُ أعلَى اللهُ أمرَكَ أمرَها

لديكَ وإهْدائي إليكَ المُنَظَّما

Do you know if God ordained your affair or hers?

I have for you my gift and ode to you,

ورَفْعَ يَدي أدعو إلى الله مُخْلصاً

بعَوْدِكَ من رَيْبِ الزَّمانِ مُسلَّما

And raising my hands I sincerely pray to God

For your return from the ills of time, resigned.

رَجَوْتُ لكَ العلْيا ولي عند الغِنَى

رَجاءً فكلتا الحالَتَيْنِ مُقَسِّما

For you I hoped for glory, and for me in poverty,

Hoping for both fates divided and assigned.

فأمّا الّذي أمّلتَ فيه فنِلْتَهُ

وأمّا الّذي أمّلْتُ فيكَ فَرُبَّما

As for what you hoped for, you attained it,

As for what I hoped in you, perhaps someday.