يا أَيُّها القاضي الَّذي نَفسي لَهُ

يا أَيُّها القاضي الَّذي نَفسي لَهُ

مَع قُربِ عَهدِ لِقائِهِ مشتاقَه

مَع قُربِ عَهدِ لِقائِهِ مشتاقَه

O judge, for whom my soul

Oh You who my soul yearns to see

yearns, though our meeting was so recent.

Though we met not long ago, how I long for thee

أَهديتُ عطراً مِثل طيبِ ثنائِهِ

أَهديتُ عطراً مِثل طيبِ ثنائِهِ

فَكَأَنَّما أُهدي لَهُ أَخلاقَه

فَكَأَنَّما أُهدي لَهُ أَخلاقَه

I offered perfume as fragrant as the praise you receive;

I send perfume, sweet as your praise to me

so it is as though I offer you your own virtues.

As though offering your noble ways, my gift to thee