دَعَوتُ اللَهُ أَن تَسمو وَتَعلُوَ

لِيَذهَبَ في زَمانِكُم عَنائي

I prayed to God that you may rise and ascend

So my troubles may vanish in your time

فَلَم يَلبَث مَقامُكَ إِن تَعالى

عُلُوَّ النَجمِ في أُفقِ الضِياءِ

Yet no sooner did you rise to the heights

Than the star in the glowing horizon

فَلَمّا أَن عَلَوتَ بَعُدتَ عَنّي

وَأَذهَلَكَ التَرَفُّعُ عَن وَلائي

When you rose aloft you drifted away from me

And being aloof made you forget my allegiance

وَإِذا حُزتَ القُبولَ وَخابَ خَطّي

فَكانَ إِذا عَلى نَفسي دُعائي

Now though spurned, still my hopes do not faded

For my prayers are still for my own soul