1. كتابُكَ سَيِّدي جَلَّي هُمومي

    وجَلَّ بهِ اغتِباطي وابتِهاجي

    Your letter, my master, dispelled my worries,

    And through it my delight and joy grew great.

  2. كِتابٌ في سرائرهِ سُرورٌ

    مُناجِيهِ مِنَ الأحزانِ ناجي

    A letter whose inner depths hold joy;

    One who communes with it is delivered from sorrows.

  3. فكْم معنىً بديعٍ تْحتَ لَفظٍ

    هُناكَ تزاوَجَا أيَّ ازدِواجِ

    How many a wondrous meaning lies beneath a word!

    There the two are wedded—what a union!

  4. كَراحٍ في زُجاجٍ بل كَرُوحٍ

    سَرتْ في جسمِ مُعتدلِ المِزاجِ

    Like wine in a glass—rather, like a soul

    That has coursed through a body of balanced temperament.