أتيتك لا من قربة هي بيننا

أتيتك لا من قربة هي بيننا

ولا نعمة قدمتها أستثيبها

ولا نعمة قدمتها أستثيبها

I came to you not because of any kinship between us,

I came to you, not from intimacy that is between us

nor for a favor I bestowed for which I seek recompense,

Nor for a favour I have given, so I get rewarded

ولكن مع الراجين أن كنت مورداً

ولكن مع الراجين أن كنت مورداً

إليه بغاة الدين تهفو قلوبها

إليه بغاة الدين تهفو قلوبها

but among the hopeful, since you have been a watering place

But with the hopeful, if you were a source

toward which the hearts of seekers of faith yearn.

To it, the seekers of religion yearn in their hearts

أغثني بسجل من نداك يكفني

أغثني بسجل من نداك يكفني

وقاك الردى مرد الرجال وشيبها

وقاك الردى مرد الرجال وشيبها

Help me with a bucketful of your bounty that will suffice me;

Relieve me with a stream from your clouds that clothes me

may the beardless youths and graybeards among men shield you from death.

And protect you from the harm of men and their grey hair

تسمى ابن عبد اللَه حرّاً لوصفه

تسمى ابن عبد اللَه حرّاً لوصفه

وتلك العلا يعنى بها من يعيبها

وتلك العلا يعنى بها من يعيبها

Ibn ʿAbd Allāh is called Ḥurr—“noble”—for his qualities,

You are called the son of Abdullah, free due to his description

and such eminence interests even those who disparage it.

And that is the height, referring to those who criticise it