يا سيدي تفديك مهجة خادمٍ

لك يستقل لك الفداء بنفسه

My lord, the devotion of a servant ransoms you,

Who sacrifices himself for you out of his own free will.

يفديك من جليت أول كربةٍ

عنه ومن أدركت آخر نفسهِ

He ransoms you from the first affliction that befell you,

And from the last breath that left him.

انظر إلى اليوم الذي أشبهته

لو كان جنسك ناشئاً من جنسهِ

Look at the day that resembles you;

If your kind originated from its kind.

يحكي نداك بغيثه فإذا انجلى

فكأن وجهك ما انجلى من شمسهِ

It tells of your bounty, then when it clears up,

It is as if your face cleared up from its sun.

لكن فضلت عليه أنك دائماً

تبقى وهذا اليوم تابع أمسه

But you are superior to it in that you always

Remain, while this day follows yesterday.