إنْ أَغبّتْ خَدَماتي

إنْ أَغبّتْ خَدَماتي

فدعائي ما أَغبّا

فدعائي ما أَغبّا

If my services have been intermittent,

If my service falters,

my prayer has never been so.

My prayers do not falter.

وأَخو الإغبابِ بالتخ

وأَخو الإغبابِ بالتخ

فيف قد يزدادُ حُبّا

فيف قد يزدادُ حُبّا

And one who comes less often, by

And the brother of absence with yearning

lightening the burden, may grow more beloved.

May increase in love.

فأَقلْ عثرةَ عبدٍ

فأَقلْ عثرةَ عبدٍ

تابَ إنْ قارفَ ذَنْبا

تابَ إنْ قارفَ ذَنْبا

So pardon the stumble of a servant

So overlook the stumbling of a servant

who has repented, if he committed a sin.

Who repents if he commits a sin.

إنّه أَوَّلُ مَنْ نادَ

إنّه أَوَّلُ مَنْ نادَ

ى ندَى المولَى ولبّى

ى ندَى المولَى ولبّى

Indeed, he is the first who called

He is the first who calls out

upon the master's bounty and responded.

The dew of the Master and obeys.

شابَ مِن عتبكَ للخو

شابَ مِن عتبكَ للخو

ف وإنْ أَعتبَ شَبّا

ف وإنْ أَعتبَ شَبّا

He has grown gray from your reproach, out of

He drank from your reproach out of love,

fear; and if he makes amends, he grows young.

Even if he was reproached as a youth.