1. بي من بني الترك ساجي الطرف وسنان

    ما الصبّ منه معاذٌ وهو فتَّان

    I am smitten with one of the Turks, tranquil of gaze and drowsy.

    No ardent lover is safe from him: he is a tempter.

  2. بي ضيق العين صانوه فقلت لهم

    سمّ الخياط مع المحبوب ميدان

    I am smitten with a narrow-eyed one they guarded, so I told them:

    With the beloved, the needle's eye is an open field.

  3. له من الحسن فنٌّ لا نضير له

    وللعلا في العلى فنٌّ وأفنان

    He has a kind of beauty without equal.

    And al-ʿAla has, in loftiness, an art and branching boughs.

  4. البحر علماً وجوداً جانسا صفة

    فحبذا منه سيحان وجيحان

    A sea in learning and generosity, the two alike in nature;

    How splendid, then, are his Sayhan and Jayhan!

  5. والوارث الفضل ممنوعٌ لسؤدده

    مع العلوّ على السادات رجحان

    And the heir to excellence—his nobility cannot be outweighed,

    Exalted above the lords in preeminence.

  6. يا سيِّداً جمعت لي من عوارفهِ

    نعمى وعليا فأسرارٌ وإعلان

    O master, through whose favors were gathered for me

    Blessing and high distinction—in secret and in public.

  7. غلام بيتك في بيتي ثناً ووَلاً

    كما يسرك حسان وسلمان

    In my verse I am your household's servant, in praise and loyalty,

    As Hassan and Salman delight you.