أَبا الْمَجْدِ كَمْ لَكَ مِنْ طالِبٍ

يَرى بِكَ أَفْضَلَ مَطْلُوبِهِ

O Father of Glory, how many seekers

See in you their utmost desire

سَأَلْتُكَ مِسْكاً وَوَجْدِي بِهِ

كَوَجْدِ الْمُحِبِّ بِمَحْبُوبِهِ

I asked you for intimacy, and in it

Is the lover's delight with the beloved

وَلَوْ قَدْ ذَكَرْتُكَ فِي مَحْفِلٍ

غَنِيتُ بِذِكْرِكَ عَنْ طِيبِهِ

And if I mentioned you in a gathering

My mention of you suffices over its pleasures

وِذِكْرِي لِمِثْلِكَ نِعْمَ الْبَدِيلُ

إِذا ضَنَّ غَيْرُكَ عَنِّي بِهِ

To mention one like you is the best substitute

When others are stingy towards me with it