وَشادِنٍ مِن بَني الكُتّابِ قُلتُ لَهُ

وَشادِنٍ مِن بَني الكُتّابِ قُلتُ لَهُ

وَوَابِلُ الدَمعِ في خَددَّيَّ مُنسَكِبُ

وَوَابِلُ الدَمعِ في خَددَّيَّ مُنسَكِبُ

And to a young gazelle from among the scribes’ sons I said,

I said to one of the sons of the scribes,

while a downpour of tears streamed down my cheeks:

while tears were pouring down my cheeks:

عَلامَ يَقطَعُ يا مَن لا شَبيهَ لَهُ

عَلامَ يَقطَعُ يا مَن لا شَبيهَ لَهُ

في الحُسنِ رَسمَ الرِضا عَن عَبدِكَ الغَضَبُ

في الحُسنِ رَسمَ الرِضا عَن عَبدِكَ الغَضَبُ

“Why does anger cut off—O you who have no equal

"Why does the one with no equal in beauty

in beauty—the stipend of favor from your slave?”

let anger break the pleasing calm of his servant?"

فَقالَ يَرفَعُ في الديوانِ قِصَّتَهُ

فَقالَ يَرفَعُ في الديوانِ قِصَّتَهُ

حَتّى نُوَقِّقَ فيها بِالَّذي يَجِبُ

حَتّى نُوَقِّقَ فيها بِالَّذي يَجِبُ

Then he said, “Let him submit his petition to the chancery,

He said: "He will raise his story in the registry

so that we may endorse it as is required.”

until what must be is fully realized."