1. يا مَعشَرَ الرُؤَساءِ وَالأَصحابِ

    وَجَماعَةَ السُؤّالِ وَالطُلّابِ

    O company of leaders and companions,

    and gathering of petitioners and seekers!

  2. مَن كانَ مَولانا عَليهِ ساخِطاً

    أَو كانَ طالِبَ نائِلٍ وَثَوابِ

    Whoever our master is angry with,

    or seeks a gift and a reward,

  3. أَو كانَ صاحِبَ حاجَةٍ لا تَنبَغي

    بِوَسيلَةٍ مَسدودَةِ الأَبوابِ

    or has a need that cannot be met

    through an avenue whose doors are barred,

  4. فَليَتَّخِذني شافِعاً فَشَفاعَتي

    في حَقِّهِ مِن أَوكَدِ الأَسبابِ

    let him take me as an intercessor, for my intercession

    on his behalf is among the surest means.

  5. وَأَنا الكَفيلُ بِأَنَّها لا تَنقَضي

    أَبَداً مَدى الأَيّامِ وَالأَحقابِ

    And I guarantee that it will not come to an end,

    ever, throughout the days and ages.

  6. في كُلِّ يَومٍ رُقعَةٌ مُسوَدَّةٌ

    وَدَعا بِحَمدِ اللَهِ غَيرُ مُجابِ

    Each day, an ink-blackened petition,

    and a prayer—praise be to God—unanswered.

  7. وَكَذا تَكونُ مَواقِعُ الشُعَراءِ مِن

    رُؤَسائِهِم وَمَواضِعُ الكُتّابِ

    And such is the standing of poets with

    their leaders, and the standing of scribes.