1. Tell the one whose beauty amazed me,
And it amazed, so it is free for all,
١. قل للذي أعجبتْ محاسِنُهُ
وَعَجَّبَتْ فَهْي لِلْوَرى سُبَحُ
2. And whoever comes tomorrow and generosity is from his hand,
He is sought and his opinion is pierced.
٢. وَمَنْ غدا والنَّوالُ من يَدِهِ
يُطْلَبُ والرأيُ منه يُقْتَدَحُ
3. My praise of you made unlawful for me that you
Deserve what praise cannot bear.
٣. حَرَّمَ مَدْحِي عليك أَنكَ تَسْـ
ـتأهِلُ مَا لاَ تُطِيقُه المِدحُ
4. And my praise of you led me to you that your
Answers to praises are rewards.
٤. وَسَاقَ مَدْحِي إليكَ أنَّ جَوَا
بَاتِكَ عندَ المدائحِ المنَحُ
5. Come with me, for I saw you come,
You inclined toward poetry and it is neglected.
٥. أقْبَلَ بِي إنَّني رأيتُك أقبلْـ
ـتَ على الشعر وهو مُطَّرَحُ
6. I estimated that glory spends on
Your height, not that the morning light is counterfeited.
٦. قَدَّرْتُ أنْ تَنْفُقَ الزُّيُوفُ عَلَى
طَوْلِكَ لا أن يُزَيَّفَ الوَضحُ
7. And you are the one through whom tightness opened,
Not one through whom spaciousness tightened.
٧. وأنتَ ذاكَ الذي به انْفَسَحَ الـ
ـضيِّقُ لا مَنْ ضاقَتْ بِهِ الفُسَحُ
8. Your key is pardon, not firmness, but
You are not locked so you need to be opened.
٨. مِفْتَاحُكَ العفْوُ لا التَّشدُّدُ بَلْ
لَسْتَ بِمُسْتَغْلِقٍ فَتُفْتَتَحُ