1. مولاي إن الفتى الشامي في مرضٍ

    لو جاور الشمس ما أبقى لها نورا

    My lord, the Syrian youth suffers from an illness

    That, were it beside the sun, would leave the sun no light.

  2. حار الطبيب وحار الفيلسوف به

    فكل من شامه ألفاه مسحورا

    The physician was baffled by him, and so was the philosopher;

    So everyone who saw him found him bewitched.

  3. وكان ما بيننا ما لست تجهله

    دامت علومك تحبو الناس تنويرا

    And what lay between us is something you know well;

    May your learning ever bestow enlightenment upon people.

  4. فاليوم لما ابتغى مني مسامحةً

    سامحته لا أراه اللَه تكديرا

    So today, when he sought forgiveness from me,

    I forgave him—may God never show him distress.

  5. وقد أتاني كتاب منه غادرني

    خوفاً عليه بسيل الدمع ممطورا

    And a letter from him came to me, leaving me,

    In fear for him, drenched in a torrent of tears.

  6. يرجو بواسطتي الإسعاف من ملك

    ساد الملوك كما ساد الهدى الزورا

    Through my mediation, he hopes for aid from a king

    Who surpasses kings as guidance triumphs over falsehood.

  7. دعاؤه والندى سيلان صوبهما

    يمحو البوار ويحيى المربع البورا

    His prayer and bounty are two torrents whose downpour

    Erases ruin and revives the barren spring pasture.

  8. فإن رأى خلف الهادي عيادته

    وتلك سنة طه عاد مأجورا

    So if the Guide's successor sees fit to visit him—

    And that is Ta-Ha's practice—he will return rewarded.

  9. وسيدي خير مختارٍ لسنته

    أدامه اللَه محموداً ومشكورا

    And my master is the finest to embrace his practice;

    May God preserve him, praised and thanked.