لك الفضل يا من بالمحب تلطفا

لك الفضل يا من بالمحب تلطفا

وبالوصل بعد الفصل فضلاً تعطفا

وبالوصل بعد الفصل فضلاً تعطفا

The credit is yours, O you who treated the lover kindly,

You deserve praise, O you who are gentle with the lover

and graciously showed tenderness through reunion after separation.

And with reunion after separation, you add favor

لقد صح عندي أن شيمتك الوفا

لقد صح عندي أن شيمتك الوفا

فعاملتني باللطف والعطف والصفا

فعاملتني باللطف والعطف والصفا

It has indeed become clear to me that faithfulness is your nature,

It is true to me that your trait is loyalty

so you treated me with kindness, tenderness, and sincerity,

So you treated me with kindness, sympathy and sincerity

وأنقذتني من سوء ما لا أطيقه

وأنقذتني من سوء ما لا أطيقه

أرحت فؤاد الصب مما له عرى

أرحت فؤاد الصب مما له عرى

and rescued me from the harm of what I cannot bear.

And you saved me from the evil that I cannot endure

You relieved the lovesick one's heart of what had befallen it,

You comforted the young man's heart from what ailed it

وأرشدته لما غدا متحيرا

وأرشدته لما غدا متحيرا

فلا زلت في كل الأمور مظفرا

فلا زلت في كل الأمور مظفرا

and guided it when it grew bewildered.

And you guided him when he was lost

May you never cease to be victorious in all affairs.

So you remained victorious in all matters

سلام على علياك ما قلم جرى

سلام على علياك ما قلم جرى

وما الصديق كان عوناً صديقه

وما الصديق كان عوناً صديقه

Peace upon your eminence, as long as a pen runs,

Greetings to your highest self, for as long as a pen flows

and as long as a friend is a help to his friend.

And as the friend was a helper for his friend