إلى أحمد المختار نُهدي تحية

تُفاوحُ روض الحزنِ بلّله المزنُ

We send greetings to Ahmed Al Mukhtar

Whose garden of sorrow is fanned by melancholy

إذا نافحت معناه زاد تأرُّجا

وإن لثمتْ يمناه قابله اليمن

If you inhale its meaning, it grows more fragrant

And if you kiss its right, it is met by blessing

أسيِّر أشواقي رسولاً بعَرفها

لتسعدها منه العوارف والمن

I send my longing as a messenger in its path

So it may bring him blessings from the righteous

وأرجو لديه الفضلَ فهو منيلُه

وما خاب لي منه الرجاء ولا الظنُّ

I hope for merit from him, for he is its fountain

My wishes and thoughts of him were never in vain

عليه اعتمادي حين لا ليَ حيلةٌ

إليه استنادي حين ينبو بي الركن

I depend on him when I have no other recourse

I lean on him when every pillar has abandoned me

به وثقتْ نفسي الضعيفة بعدما

أضرَّ بها من ضعف قوتها الوهن

In him my fragile soul found trust, after

Weakness had damaged its strength and vitality

إليه صلاتي قد بعثتُ مشفعا

سلاماً به الإحسان ينساقُ والحسنُ

To him I send my prayer as intercessor

Greetings through which kindness flows and beauty