حَبْلُ المَودَّةِ بَينَنا لم يُنقضِ

سَخِطَ الحَسُودُ بِذاكَ مِنَّا أَو رَضِي

The cord of affection between us has not been cut

Whether the envious are pleased with us or angry

فَلَئِنْ تُعرِّضَ أَو تَعَرَّضَ ناقِلٌ

فَالوَيْلُ لِلمُتَعرَّضِ المُتَعرِّضِ

So if a slanderer slanders or is slandered

Woe to the slanderer who slanders!

ثَبَتَتْ لَدَيَّ كَما لَدَيْكَ مَودَّةٌ

تُدْلي إليكَ بِحُجَّةٍ لَمْ تُدْحَضِ

Affection is firmly established with me as it is with you

It leads you with an argument that cannot be refuted

وَبها اكتفَيْْتَ فَقَد دُعِيتَ المُكتفي

وَبِها استَضَأْتَ وَقَد دُعِيتَ المُسْتَضَي

With it you were satisfied, so you were called the satisfied one

With it you were content, so you were called the content one

قَسماً شِهابَ الدِّينِ بِالبِشْرِ الذِي

مِن غيرِ وَجهِكَ ما أَراهُ بِمُومِضِ

I swear by the shooting star of religion and mankind

That I do not see it flashing without your face

وَبِراحَةٍ بِسَوَى النَّدَى لم تنبسطْ

يَوماً وعَن غَيرِ الخَنا لَمْ تُقْبَضِ

And my heart has never expanded with comfort

Except with dew, and has never been embraced except by sorrow

إنّي على وُدٍّ يَزِيدُكَ صِحَّةً

من دُونِه أَلَمُ العِتابِ المُمْرِضِ

I have an affection for you that increases your well-being

Without it is the pain of blame that harms

وَلَقد بَعَثْتَ خَمِيَلةً أَغْنَيْتَني

مِن زَهْرِها بِمُذَهَّبٍ ومُفَضَّضِ

You sent me a lovely companion who delighted me

With her ornamented and embroidered flowers

وأَرَيَتني آثارَ كَفِّكَ في النَّدَى

يَا فَخرُ رَوِّيها الطُّروسَ ورَوِّضِ

You showed me traces of your palm in the dew

O pride of one who relates it, compose and train it!

ومِن الغلامِ فقد أَطاعك بين

أمران المجد وبينَ حنك المحمضِ

And the boy has obeyed you between

The matters of glory and the wisdom of the wise