سيدي قدْ بدأتني بكتاب

فيهِ ألفاظُ مَنْ أحبَّ فعاتَبْ

My master, you have started me with a book

In it are words of one who loved and admonished

أنتَ كاتبتني لترفعَ قدري

كنتُ عبداً لكمْ فصرتُ مُكاتَبْ

You have written me to raise my worth

I was your slave, so I became your correspondent