1. The right of the literary man is owed to the generous
If he forgets his right then he has wronged

2. Has he not seen that he continues to serve
With literary knowledge, wisdom, and poetry

3. Deriving from Arabs and non-Arabs alike
Deviating from any profitable pursuit

4. Until when one endowed with valued literature arises
With wisdom surpassing all values

5. The unwise remains asleep and does not sleep
A digger and diver into worries and sorrows

6. Rather he spends the night with thoughts in darkness
The thoughts of the perplexed, the edges of dreams

7. With praise better than the diffusion of defects
Or the rise of youth after old age

8. Or the healing that dispels the guest of illness
Or blessings worn after curses

9. Or from blossoming borders that smile
Or from disciplined chests that are restricted

10. Or from supple breasts that are received
Or from the melody of starlings and tunes

11. Among gardens that have abandoned rain
And were succeeded after it by torrents of desolation

12. In which the rain nursed various compositions and rhythms
He cried over its frown until it smiled

13. The frown guaranteed to uncover the frowns
Continuous winking, energetic in defeat

14. Poems composed like precious pearls
As true as reconciliation after regret

15. Or like guidance after disturbing adversity
As if it were the heart's compositions

16. It defeats time and is not defeated
Composed by one of insight and wisdom

17. With an acumen in thought unlike arrows
Trustworthy in his knowledge, not accused

18. Upon whom greetings of peace continue
Relying upon the generous one of bounty

19. Trusting in what he has built and composed
And hoping for destiny’s fortunes and fate

20. From the generous one whose war is not the tunes of passivity
Appreciating the example, praised for his virtues

21. Lowering his gaze, ambitious in his aspirations
His adornment is from his precious essence

22. Bestower of praises to the Giver of bounty
Hoping that those sanctuaries would care for him

23. And that his feet would be rewarded with wealth
Is not this right to save him from nothingness?

24. I judged him as an excellent judge
Searcher of the sun of glory, not the fire of injustice