عِذَارُكَ مِنْ نَدٍّ يَجلُّ عَنِ النِدّ

وَرِيقُكَ شَهْدٌ لا كَرامةَ لِلشَّهْدِ

Your blame from an adversity that rises above adversity,

And your saliva is honey, and honey has no generosity.

وَلَحْظُكَ سَيْفٌ كَيْفَ أَصْبَحَ قاطِعاً

وَليْسَ لَهُ واللّه في الحُسنِ مِنْ حَدِّ

Your glance is a sword, how did it become so cutting?

By God it has no limit in beauty.

حَبيبيَ شَرّفني بِكَتبك مُنْعِماً

فَقَدْ حَسُنَتْ شَرْعاً مُكَاتَبَةُ العَبْدِ

My beloved, honor me with your writings, bestowing favor,

For corresponding with a slave is beautiful in law.

رَعى اللّه بَدْراً زار مِنْ غَيْرِ مَوْعدٍ

سَأَشْكُر مَحْبُوباً يَزُورُ بِلا وَعْدِ

May God shepherd the full moon who visited without appointment,

I will thank the beloved who visits without a promise.

وَيُصْبِحُ لِلإخْلاصِ قَلْبِي تَالياً

وَيُمْسِي لِسَانِي تَالياً سُورةَ الحَمْدِ

And becomes in the morning sincerely my heart reciting,

And becomes in the evening my tongue reciting Surat Al-Hamd.

وَللّه جِيرانٌ على أَيْمَنِ الحِمَى

لَهُمْ أَبداً مِنّي حُنُوٌّ على بُعْدي

And for God neighbors on the right side of the sanctuary,

For them from me always affection in my distance.

لقد حَملتْ رِيحُ الصَّبا مِنْ دِيارِهمْ

أَحاديثَ تَرْويهنّ عَنْ عَذبِ الرَّنْدِ

The wind of morning carried from their dwellings,

Conversations that quench related from the delicious randa.

فَأَهْدتْ إلى قَلْبي سُرُوراً على النَّوى

فيا حُسْنَ ما تُمْلِي ويا طِيبَ ما تُهِدْي

So it brought to my heart happiness upon purpose,

How good is what it dictates and how good is what it gives.

أيا سادةً ملّوا فَمِلْتُ إليْهِم

وَخَانُوا وَلي قَلْبٌ مُقيمٌ على العَهْدِ

Oh masters, they filled up so I leaned toward them,

And they betrayed while my heart remains loyal to the covenant.

تُرى يَسْمَحُ الدَّهرُ الضَّنينُ بِقُرْبِكُمْ

وَأَحْظى بِكُمْ يا جِيرةَ العَلمِ الفَرْدِ

Will time, the resentful, allow your nearness?

And I find favor with you, O unique learned neighbor.

إذا لَمْ يَكُنْ لِي عِنْدَكُمْ يا أَحبّتي

مَحَلٌّ وَلا قَدْرٌ فَإنّ لَكُمْ عِنْدي

If I have no place or value with you, my loved ones,

Then for you with me is a place.