1. أيّها الناظر المفكّرُ فيما

    قَصَرَتْ عن نَظيره أنظارُهْ

    O observer, pondering that

    Whose like has eluded his gaze,

  2. ما الَّذي أَنْتَ قائل في أمير

    من فخارٍ وهذه آثاره

    What will you say of an emir

    By way of praise, when these are his works?

  3. جادَ في حُسنها وأحسنُ منها

    في معاليه مجده واقتداره

    He excelled in beautifying it; yet fairer than it

    Are his glory and might among his noble qualities.

  4. دارُ عِزّ الأمير جابر فيها

    مذ بناها محلُّه وقراره

    A house of honor, where Emir Jabir

    Has had his dwelling and abode since he built it,

  5. لتحلّ الضيوف في ما بناه

    وترى ما يَسُرُّها زوّاره

    So that guests may lodge in what he built

    And his visitors see what delights them.

  6. شيدَ داراً وعزَّ جاراً فأرِّخْ

    بُنِيَتْ بالسرور والعزِّ دارُه

    He raised a house and was exalted as a neighbor; so record the date:

    His house was built with joy and honor.