1. نَفِدَ الزَّيْتُ الذي جُدْتَ بهِ

    لِسِراجٍ لكَ وَقَّادِ الذَّكاءِ

    The oil you generously gave has run out

    for Siraj, your lamp of blazing wit,

  2. ذِي لِسانٍ لَكَ رَطْبٍ بالذِي

    طاب من حَمْدٍ وشُكْرٍ وَثَناءِ

    whose tongue is moist for you with what

    is sweet in praise, gratitude, and acclaim.

  3. وَهْوَ أمسى في ذُراكُمْ آمِناً

    مِنْ هَوًى يَغدُو عليهِ أَوْ هَوَاءِ

    And he passes the evening secure in your shelter,

    from passion that comes upon him, or wind.

  4. غَيرَ أَنَّ السُّرْجَ تَحتاجُ إلى

    أَنْ يُزادَ الزّيْتُ في لَيلِ الشِّتاءِ

    Yet lamps have need

    of more oil on winter nights.