أما والله قد شرفت شعري

أما والله قد شرفت شعري

فأصبحَ كلّ بيت مثلَ قصر

فأصبحَ كلّ بيت مثلَ قصر

Indeed, by God, you have ennobled my poetry,

By God, you have honored my poetry,

so every verse has become like a palace.

So every verse became like a palace.

وقد لاقيتُ من علياكَ بحراً

وقد لاقيتُ من علياكَ بحراً

يلذّ مديحه في كلّ بحر

يلذّ مديحه في كلّ بحر

And in your eminence I have encountered a sea,

And I found in you a sea,

whose praise is sweet in every poetic meter,

Whose praise is soothing in every sea.

وصدراً فيهِ للرحمن سرٌّ

وصدراً فيهِ للرحمن سرٌّ

كذاك الصدر موطن كلّ سر

كذاك الصدر موطن كلّ سر

and a breast within which lies a secret of the All-Merciful;

And a chest in which is a secret of the Most Merciful,

such a breast is home to every secret.

For that is where secrets dwell.

ولم أرَ فيكَ عيباً غير نعمى

ولم أرَ فيكَ عيباً غير نعمى

بها اسْتعبدت منَّا كلّ حرّ

بها اسْتعبدت منَّا كلّ حرّ

And I have seen no fault in you except your bounty,

I saw no fault in you but blessings,

by which you have enslaved every free man among us,

With which you enslaved all the free.

وبرًّا إن تقاصر عنه شكري

وبرًّا إن تقاصر عنه شكري

فأقسم ما تقاصر عنه أجري

فأقسم ما تقاصر عنه أجري

and kindness—if my thanks fall short of it,

If my gratitude falls short,

then I swear my reward has not fallen short of it.

I swear my reward does not fall short.

أقول لساكني حلب جميعاً

أقول لساكني حلب جميعاً

مقالة مجتلي خَبر وخُبر

مقالة مجتلي خَبر وخُبر

I say to all the inhabitants of Aleppo,

I say to all the people of Aleppo,

the words of one who knows through report and experience:

My words are news and tidings.

دعوا صيدَ المحامدِ والمعالي

دعوا صيدَ المحامدِ والمعالي

فقد صادتْهما هممُ ابنِ صقر

فقد صادتْهما هممُ ابنِ صقر

Give up the hunt for praiseworthy deeds and high honors,

Leave the hunting of praises and glories,

for Ibn Saqr's aspirations have already caught them both.

For the aspirations of the son of Falcon have hunted them.