1. The poets kneeled in reverence for the glory of your poetry
As if they were the earth and you were the sky

2. You were but a blazing star
That fell cascading with clamor

3. We used to see what your light was doing
So let us wait to see what the darkness does

4. After your pearl, you used to string its necklace
You emerged wanting to make the pebbles shine

5. A beautiful phrase with a wonderful meaning
In meanings, it alone is the virgin

6. Today, your ode remains in its pool
Water, though I fear the water may dry up

7. You hid from me for a period of time
Vanishing from sight after being in view

8. Great is your affliction, for it shook
The symbols of Egypt and stirred the dunes

9. You hurried along in traveling, O Shauqi, though
You remained there, saying nothing

10. They said: A genius like him
Will be engendered - if fathers beget!