إِنَّكَ مِنِّي بِحَيثُ يَطَّرِدُ النَّا

ظِرُ مِن تَحتِ ماءِ دَمعَتِيَهْ

You are so dear to me that tears

Stream from my eyes nonstop

وَلا وَمَن زادَني وَفَضَّلَني

عَلى صحابي بِفَضيلِ صُحبَتِيَهْ

None has favored and privileged me

Over my companions as you have

ما أَحسَنَ الترك وَالخِلاف لما

تُريدُ مِنّي وَما وَتَقولُ لِيَهْ

How good is to leave and differ when

You want something from me and speak to me

وَصير الأَشقَر الخَبيث إِذا

عَقَدتُ وسطَ النَديّ حَبوَتِيَهْ

And the wicked blond yields

When I tie the knots of tenderness

يُقِرُّ بِالذُلِّ وَالصَّغارِ وَبِالإِذ

عانِ في كُلِّ ما أَقولُ لِيَهْ

Admitting humiliation, insignificance and pleading

In everything I say to him

يا بابي أَنتَ ما نَسيتُكَ في

يَومِ دُعائي وَلا هديتِيَهْ

O my door, I never forgot you

In my days of prayer and offerings

ناجَيتُ بِالذِّكرِ وَالدُّعاءِ لَكَ الْ

لَّهَ لَدى البَيت رافِعاً يَدِيَهْ

I whispered prayers and supplications for you

To God near the house raising my hands

حَتّى إِذا ما ظَنَنتُ بِالملِكِ القا

دِرِ أَن قَد أَجابَ دَعوَتِيَهْ

Until I felt the Almighty has

Responded to my prayers

قُمتُ إِلى مَوضِعِ النِّعالِ وَقَد

أَقَمتُ عِشرينَ صاحِباً مَعِيَهْ

I went to the place of shoes after

Spending twenty comrades with me

وَقُلت لي صاحِب أَريدُ لَهُ

نَعلاً وَلَو مِن جلودِ راحَتِيَهْ

And said: A comrade needs shoes

Even if from my palm’s skin

فَانقَطَع القَولُ عِندَ واحِدَةٍ

قالَ الَّذي اِختارَها لِشارَتِيَهْ

The talk stopped at one

Which he chose for my brotherhood

قُلتُ لَهُ عِندي البِشارَة وَالش

شُكْر وَقَلّا في جَنبِ حاجَتِيَهْ

I told him I have good news and gratitude

And little compared to my need

ثُمَّ تَخَيَّرتُ بَعدَ ذاكَ مِنَ العَص

بِ فَوافى بِبَعضِ خِبرَتِيَهْ

Then after that I chose from sticks

Matching some of my experience

موشيةً لَم أَزَل بِبايعِها

أَرغَبُ حَتّى زَها عَلَيَّ بِيَهْ

A pliant one I always liked its seller

Until he prevailed upon me with it

يَرفَعُ في سومِهِ وَارغبه

حَتَّى اِلتَقى زُهدُهُ وَرَغبَتِيَهْ

Raising its price while I am obsessed

Until his austerity and my desire met

وَقَد أَتاكَ الَّذي أَمَرتَ بِهِ

فَاعذر بِكثر الإِنعامِ قلَّتِيَهْ

What you ordered has come to you

So excuse my little reward

وَذاكَ مِن سَيِّدي بِنِعمَتِهِ

لَيسَ بِحَولي وَلا بقُوَّتِيَهْ

And that is from my master’s blessings

Not my power or ability