وَمُؤَمّلٍ لِلنائِبات إِذا

هَبّ الزَّمانُ بِأزمَة هَبّا

And hopeful for good things when

Time brings crisis in a swoop

لما رَآني نَهبَ حادِثَة

جَعل الذَّخائِرَ دونها نَهبا

When he saw me seized by misfortune

He deemed treasures trivial before it

أفضى إِلَيّ مورّعا لحمى

فَحَمى وَجاهَدَ دونِيَ الخَطبا

He confided in me, concerned for my fever

So he had fever and fought off troubles for me

ما كَفّ حَتّى كَفّ آخرَه

وَلَقَد يَكون بِمِثلها طَبّا

He did not refrain until he healed me

And he may be healed by the like thereof