1. A letter whose reader suffers no tedium,
A gift whose buyer suffers no loss.

2. It comprises the finest poetic elegance,
Verses that are like the divan of divans.

3. A gift from a generous man of noble stock,
Who shall receive from God reward without end.

4. It holds open coffers of unstinting generosity
To those who seek it, pearls that are not concealed.

5. A lovely girl raised on the wilds of the desert,
Whence came she by fruits of the orchards?

6. She is the bride lightened by tent-dwellers,
Beautified with a brand that suffices adornment.

7. They are the image of beauty entering which comes no embellishment,
While comeliness in others comes only by embellishment.

8. The rose, though it resembles the narcissus in appearance,
Where is its rose-fragrance compared to narcissus-fragrance?