ياO سَيداًmaster دَأبُهhis habit إِنجازُfulfillment مَوعدِهِof his promise
يا سَيداً دَأبُه إِنجازُ مَوعدِهِ
وَبحرand a sea علمof knowledge حَلاtasted sweet ليto me عَذبُsweet water مَوردِهِof his fount
وَبحر علم حَلا لي عَذبُ مَوردِهِ
O master whose habit is to fulfill his promise,
O master whose habit is fulfilling his promise
And sea of knowledge whose sweet fount delights me,
And an ocean of knowledge whose sweet spring quenched my thirst
أَرجوكI beg you أَرجوكI beg you تعجيلاًhastening بوعدكof your promise إِذfor
أَرجوك أَرجوك تعجيلاً بوعدك إِذ
عدمتI have lost صَبريmy patience وَشَمليand my affairs فيin تَبددهtheir dispersal
عدمت صَبري وَشَملي في تَبدده
I beg you, I beg you, hasten to fulfill your promise, for
I implore you, I implore you, hasten your promise
I have lost my patience, and my affairs are coming apart.
For my patience has vanished and my hopes scattered