خَزَنتُ مِن دُرِّهِ إِذ لَم أَجِد أَحَداً

سِواكَ يا مَن نَداهُ غَيرُ مُختَزَنِ

I hoarded his pearls when I found no one

Except you, O he whose call is never hoarded

أَشتاقُكُم وَدواعي الوَجدِ تُنهِضُني

إِلَيكُمُ وَعَوادي الدَهرِ تُقعِدُني

I yearn for you, and the causes of passion rouse me

Towards you, while the turns of fate hold me back

فَذِكرُكُم مَعَ بُعدِ الدارِ يُؤنِسُني

وَخَوفُ بَينِكُمُ في القَلبِ يوحِشُني

So your memory consoles me despite the home’s distance

Yet fear of separation from you saddens me in my heart

أَشكو إِلى اللَهِ مِنكُم نِيَّةً فَصُحَت

لَكِن حَوالَةُ آمالي عَلى لُكُنِ

I complain to God of an intention made pure

But my hopes are pinned on your gentleness

وَقَد أَتانِيَ تَوقيعي فَأَوقَعَني

في أَسرِ شُكرِ جَميلٍ مِنكَ أَطلَقَني

And my missive came to me and made me fall

Into grateful captivity to your kindness which released me

سَلِمتَ ما جَمَعَ الميقاتُ وَفدَ مِنىً

مُحَلِّلي بُدُنٍ مُحَرِّقي بَدَنِ

You kept safe what the appointed time brought me

Releasing my bodies and burning my body

إِذا اِمرؤٌ خَلَّدَتهُ المَكرُماتُ فَما

يَكونُ غَيرُكَ في هَذا الوَرى فَكُنِ

When a man is immortalized by noble deeds, then none

Other than you in this world can be, so be!