يَا مَنْ تَقَلَّدَ لِلْعَلاَءِ سُلُوكاً

يَا مَنْ تَقَلَّدَ لِلْعَلاَءِ سُلُوكاً

وَالْفَضْلُ صَيَّرَ نَهْجَهُ مَسْلُوكَا

وَالْفَضْلُ صَيَّرَ نَهْجَهُ مَسْلُوكَا

O you who have undertaken a course toward eminence,

O you who has adopted the ways of the virtuous

And whose path virtue has made well-trodden,

And made excellence his walked path

كَاتبْتَنِي مُتَفَضِّلاً فَمَلَكْتني

كَاتبْتَنِي مُتَفَضِّلاً فَمَلَكْتني

لاَزِلْتُ مِنْكَ مُكَاتَباً مَمْلُوكَا

لاَزِلْتُ مِنْكَ مُكَاتَباً مَمْلُوكَا

You wrote to me graciously, and so took possession of me;

You wrote to me generously, so you owned me

May I ever remain one you write to, a slave you own.

I remain, to you, a correspondent slave