1. أَتيجِرتُ هَذا النّيلُ بِاللَهِ خَبِّري

    بِجودِ غَمامٍ أَم بِجودِ يَدي مِسكا

    O Tijirt, tell me, by God: is this bounty

    from the generosity of clouds, or from the generosity of Miska’s two hands?

  2. هُما يَقذِفانِ النوقَ قَبلَ سُؤالِهِ

    وَالأَبحُرُ بَعدَ الغَوصِ إِعطاؤُها السَمكا

    They both cast forth she-camels before he is asked,

    whereas the seas give fish after diving.

  3. وَما مِسكَ إِلّا جَنَّةٌ دُنيَوِيَّةٌ

    بِهِ أَضحَكَ اللَهُ الوَرى وَبِهِ أَبكى

    And Miska is nothing but an earthly paradise;

    through him God made humankind laugh, and through him made them weep.