1. يا أَنظَفَ العالَمِ في الغُسلِ

    مِثلُكَ لا يَغفَلُ عَن مِثلي

    O cleanest in all the world at washing,

    One like you does not neglect one like me.

  2. أَما تَرى وَعدَكَ قَد دَنَّسَت

    حاشِيَتَيهِ كَثرَةُ المَطلِ

    Do you not see how your promise has been stained

    Along both edges by so much delay?

  3. فَاِغسِلهُ في بَعضِ قَصاري المُنى

    مِنكَ بِصابونٍ مِنَ البَذلِ

    So wash it in one of hope’s basins,

    With soap made from your generosity.

  4. وَطَرِّهِ في ماءِ إِنجازِهِ

    بِما تَأَتّى مِن نَشا الوَصلِ

    And starch it in the water of its fulfillment,

    With whatever starch of union is at hand.

  5. وَاِنشُرهُ في شَمسِ الوَفا قَبلَ أَن

    يَغدو الهَوى مُنقَطِعَ الحَبلِ

    And spread it in the sun of faithfulness, before

    Love’s cord is severed.

  6. لا تَترُكَنّي تَحتَ جُلَّ القِلى

    عُريانَ في بُردٍ مِنَ الذُلِّ

    Do not ever leave me beneath aversion’s blanket,

    Naked in a cloak of humiliation.