1. You excelled in your book of poetry
Making it a mirror of your time
١. أَبْدَعْتَ فِي دِيوَانِ شِعْرِكْ
فَجَعَلْتَهُ مِرْآةَ عَصْرِكْ
2. And it was enough for that what appeared
To people from the mirror of your life
٢. وََكَفى لِذَلِكَ مَا جَلاَ
لِلنّاسِ مِنْ مِرْآةِ عُمْرِكْ
3. Is the matter of these people, if
You realized it except the essence of your matter
٣. هَلْ أَمْرُ هَذَا النَّاسِ إِنْ
حَقَّقتَ إِلاَّ عَيْنُ أَمْرِكْ
4. Perspectives in the world conflict
And what moves them differs
٤. تَتَشَاكَلُ النَّزَعَاتُ فِي
الدُّنْيَا وَيَخْتَلِفُ المُحَرِّكْ
5. And with eloquence a renewal
If it comes from portraying your thought
٥. وَمَعَ الإِجَادَةٍ جِدَّةٌ
إِنْ تَأْتِ مِنْ تَمْثِيلِ فِكْرِكْ
6. O gentleness of what you placed in
Words of the outpourings of your sorcery
٦. يَا لُطْفَ مَا أَوْدَعْتَ فِي ال
أَلْفَاظِ مِنْ نفَثاتِ سِحْرِكْ
7. And you uncovered from those meanings
The secrets in the flashes of your pearls
٧. وَكَشَفْتَ مِنْ تِلكَ المَعَا
نِي الغُرِّ فِي لَمِّاحِ دُرِّكْ
8. How narrow is a sea that cannot be limited
By what your boundaries of your sea contained
٨. كَمْ ضَاقَ بَحْرٌ لاَ يُحَدُّ
بِمَا احْتَوَتُهُ حُدُودُ بَحْرِكْ
9. Literature is the title in
The oral history of the morals of your time
٩. أَدَبٌ هُوَ العُنْوَانُ فِي
المَأْثُورِ مِنْ آدَابِ دَهْرِكْ
10. The verses of your prose perfected
Its detailed composition, the verses of your writing
١٠. آيَاتُ نَظْمِكَ أَحْكَمَتْ
تَفْصِيلَهَا آيَاتُ نَثْرِكْ
11. Live as long as you wish successful
And congratulated for the eternity of your fame
١١. عِشْ مَا تَشَاءُ مُوَفَّقاً
وَمُهَنَّأ بِخُلُود ذكرَكْ