لَكَ يا شِهابُ الدينَ أَخ

لاقٌ أَرَقُّ مِنَ النَسيمِ

You, O Shihāb al-Dīn, my brother,

Have a gentler temperament than the breeze.

وَلَكَ السَجايا الغُرُّ كَال

أَوضاحِ في اللَيلِ البَهيمِ

And you have sublime traits, dark as

The luminous stars on a gloomy night.

وَمَناقِبٌ مِثلُ النُجو

مِ عُلاً وَفي عَدَدِ النُجومِ

With glories like the stars, lofty and as numerous as the stars.

Hear the words of a devoted man

إِسمَع مَقالَةَ مُعرِبٍ

عَن وُدِّهِ المَحضِ السَليم

About his sincere, total love:

I make confession to you such as

أَدلى إِلَيكَ بِمِثلِ ما

يُدلي الشَكورُ إِلى الكَريمِ

The grateful make to the generous.

So extend to me the rein of my order

فَاِبسُط عِقالَ خَلاعَتي

بِالراحِ وَاِجلُ بِها هُمومي

In comfort, and dispel my worries with it.

And send with it a guide,

وَاِبعَث بِها تَمرِيَّةً

إِن أَعوَزَت بِنتُ الكُرومِ

If the daughter of the vineyards is in want.

Excuse me, for I have let

وَاِعذُر فَقَد أَدلَلتُ إِد

لالَ الحَميمِ عَلى الحَميمِ

The intimacy of a friend lead to intimacy.