يا صفيّ الإسلامِ دعوة عبدٍ

قَدْ حَسَا كأسَ صَفْوِ ودّك صرفا

O noblest pillar of Islam, the call of a servant

Who has tasted the cup of your affection as a draught

قَدْ أتاكمْ من المديحِ بعقْدٍ

حسنه مثل وَصفِكم ليس يَخْفَى

Who has come to you with a necklace of praise

Whose beauty, like your description, is not hidden

كالصبَا رِقّةً وكالروضِ نَشْراً

وكأَخلاقك الشرّيفةِ لُطْفَا

As gentle as the morning breeze and as blossoming as a garden

And as noble as your virtuous manners

كعقُودِ الجمانِ يعجز عَنْهُ

كلّ من صرَّع القريضَ وقَفْى

Like strands of pearls that baffle

All who string verses and stop

خُذْلَهُ مِنْ عصابةٍ خالفُوا

الأمْرَ وأخطَوْا خَطيئةُ لَيس تُعفَا

Take him from a gang who opposed

The order and made an unforgivable mistake

قوم سوءِ أَصْغَوا إنايَ وقد

أَتْرَعْتُهُ مِن نوالِكمْ فتكفّا

Evil people who listened to my woe after

I sought provision from you, so spare me

قد أنالَتْ كفّاكَ عَبدَك خَمْسينَ

فأَخْفَوا نِصْفاً وأعطوهُ نِصفا

Your palm has granted your servant fifty

So they hid half and gave him half

وأبَى اللهُ أنْ تكونَ

عَطيّاتكمُ خَمسةٌ وعشرينَ حرفا

And God refused that

Your gifts be twenty five letters

وأَراها تخَالفَتْ دونك الأَيدي

على نَقْصِها ومثلكَ وفَّى

And I saw that the hands fell short before you

In decreasing it, while the like of you fulfilled

ولأَنتَ الَّذِي به يُدْفَعُ الفَقْرُ

ويُعطِي الأموالَ ألفاً فألفا

Because you are the one by whom poverty is warded off

And who gives money in thousands and thousands

أينَ مِنكَ السَّما سموّاً وجوداً

أَنتَ أسمَى قدراً وأسمحُ كَفاً

Where is the lofty heaven more lofty and generous than you

You are of the highest worth and the most open-handed