شرفت بك الزوراء فخرا

وتضوعت بشذاك نشرا

Through you, al-Zawra gained proud distinction,

And grew fragrant, diffusing your scent.

امست سماء إذ جلت

من وجهك الوضاح بدرا

It became a sky when it unveiled

A full moon from your radiant face.

يا أيها الحبر الذي

ورت به العلماء بحرا

O learned scholar in whom

The scholars saw an ocean:

بحراً خضماً يرتمي

وهو الزلال العذب درا

A vast ocean casting forth

Pearls, though its water is clear and sweet.

قد غبت عنك ولم تغب

عن خاطري شوقاً وذكرى

I have been absent from you, yet you have not been absent

From my thoughts, in longing and remembrance.

ولسان شكري ناطق

يطري على الاحسان شكرا

And the tongue of my gratitude speaks,

Offering grateful praise for kindness.

لله اخلاق تروق

محاسناً وترق بشرا

God be praised for virtues that delight

With their beauty and grow tender with good cheer!

وزمان وصل قد مضى

بالكرخ طلق الوجه نضرا

And a time of fellowship has passed

In al-Karkh, cheerful-faced and radiant.

فبقيت يا عين الافاضل

في ندي الفضل صدرا

So may you endure, O choicest of the eminent,

Foremost in the assembly of excellence.

وشموس سعدك تنثني

عنها لحاظ الخطب حسرى

And from the suns of your good fortune turn back

The glances of calamity, exhausted.