1. أَيا مَولايَ غَرسَ الدِّينِ يا مَن

    تَلوحُ على مُحيَّاهُ النَّداوَه

    O my lord, Ghars al-Din, O you

    Upon whose face dewy freshness gleams,

  2. وَمن شُكرٍ لأَنعُمِهِ نُصَلِّي

    بِمُحكَمهِ فَنَتلوَهُ تِلاَوه

    And out of gratitude for his blessings we pray

    With his clear text, which we then recite;

  3. ويا من فيهِ للقُصَّادِ لِينٌ

    وَفيهِ على الذي يَغوي قَساوَه

    And O you who are gentle toward petitioners,

    Yet harsh toward whoever goes astray;

  4. ويا من مَجلِسٌ مِنهُ تَراهُ

    خَلِيّاً ما عَلَيهِ من طُلاوَه

    And O you, a gathering one sees without you

    Is empty, with no charm upon it.

  5. أَدامَ اللهُ سَعدَكَ في صُعودِ

    وَدامَ عَدُوُّ مَجدِكَ ذا شقاوَه

    May God keep your good fortune ever rising,

    And may the foe of your glory remain wretched.

  6. أَشَكَّكَ سَيِّدُ السَّاداتٍ أَنِّي

    على قَلبي بإِفلاسي غِشاوَه

    I complain to you, master of masters, that

    My pennilessness has laid a veil upon my heart.

  7. وهذا نِصفُ شَعبانٍ أَتاني

    وَعِنَّدي من يُطالِبُ بالحَلاوضه

    And here mid-Sha'ban has come upon me,

    And someone with me is demanding sweets.

  8. وأُقِسمُ لَيسَ لي في النِّصفِ نِصفٌ

    لأَنِّي والدَّراهِمَ في عَداوَه

    And I swear: at mid-month I have not even half a coin,

    For I and the dirhams are at enmity.

  9. لَعَلَّ نَداكَ يُسعِدُني وإِلاّ

    هَرَبتُ وفي يَدي اليُمنى هِراوَه

    Perhaps your bounty will make me happy; otherwise,

    I shall flee, a cudgel in my right hand.