1. يا أوّلاً في كل عدٍّ

    وجماعةً في شخصِ فردِ

    O first in every reckoning,

    And a multitude in a single person,

  2. ومُجلّياً كل الخطو

    بِ بكوكَبَيْ جِدٍّ وجَدِّ

    And dispeller of all misfortunes

    With the twin stars of diligence and good fortune,

  3. ومرفّعي من كلّ غَو

    رٍ كنتُ أسكنُه ونجْدِ

    And who raises me from every lowland

    I used to dwell in, and every highland,

  4. ومقابِلي من فكره

    وقريضِه بلظًى وندِّ

    And who greets me, through his thought

    And verse, with flame and perfume:

  5. أنا لا أمُتُّ إليك في ال

    إحسانِ لي إلا بودّي

    I have no claim upon you for

    Kindness to me except through my affection.

  6. فأفِضْ عليّ رداءَ عف

    وِكَ في الذي أخفي وأُبدي

    So spread over me the mantle of your pardon

    For what I conceal and what I reveal.

  7. وانظُرْ إليّ بعين مو

    لًى صافحٍ عن ذنبِ عَبْدِ

    And look upon me with the eye of a master

    Who overlooks a servant's sin.

  8. واقبَلْ شفيعَ مودّةٍ

    لم يقلِهِ أحدٌ برَدِّ

    And accept affection as an intercessor,

    Whom no one has scorned with a refusal.

  9. وأعِدْ عليّ بشاشةً

    كانت على الأربابِ بَعْدي

    And restore to me the smiling welcome

    Shown to the lords after me.

  10. فلقد ظمِئْتُ وفي انبسا

    طِك بالطّلاقةِ عذْبُ وِرْدِ

    For I have grown thirsty, and in your openness,

    With its cheerfulness, lies a draught of sweet water.

  11. إن لم تكُنْ جمّاً لديْ

    كَ مياهُها فاسمَحْ بثَمْدِ

    If you do not have an abundance

    Of its waters, then grant a little.

  12. واسلَمْ لحالَيْ سطوةٍ

    وسماحةٍ تُردي وتُجْدي

    And may you live on in your twin states of might

    And generosity—the one slaying, the other enriching.