1. مؤتمن الدين يا ابن غيث

    لا زلت فراج كل ضيقِ

    Mu'taman al-Din, O son of Ghayth,

    May you never cease to relieve every distress.

  2. رسمي ما جاء من على

    ذي الفضل والسؤدد العريقِ

    My stipend has not come from Ali,

    The man of bounty and deep-rooted nobility.

  3. فخذه لي عاجلا سريعا

    أخذك لي رقعة الدقيقِ

    So obtain it for me promptly, swiftly,

    As you obtained for me the flour voucher.

  4. واسلم ومجد الدين المرجى

    لا زلتما فرحتي صديقِ

    And may you and Majd al-Din, in whom hope is placed, be safe;

    May you both ever be my joy, my friend.

  5. وإن أكن مطرقا حياء

    فإن عيني إلى الطريقِ

    And though I bow my head in shyness,

    Yet my eye is on the road.