يا سيداً أرجو وأمدح فضله

يا سيداً أرجو وأمدح فضله

وعلاه ما امتدّت إلى قلم يدي

وعلاه ما امتدّت إلى قلم يدي

O master, whose bounty I hope for and praise,

O master, I plead and praise his merit

and whose eminence I praise as long as my hand reaches for a pen.

And his highness as far as my pen reaches

أملت جاهك في الأنام لحاجة

أملت جاهك في الأنام لحاجة

عرضت وما للعبد غير السيد

عرضت وما للعبد غير السيد

I placed my hopes in your influence among mankind for a need

I pin my hopes on your status among people, for a need

that arose; the servant has no one but his master.

Has surfaced, and a servant has none but his master