أتاني الكتاب فأحيا ال

فؤادَ بدرر معانٍ قد استودعه

The book came to me and revived

My heart with pearls of meaning it contained

أتاني وقلبي ذو لوعةٍ

فاطفا التياعي فما أنفعه

It came when my heart was in agony

And quenched its burning thirst and healed its pain