فديتُكَ كم غيظٍ كظَمْتُ وكم ترى

فديتُكَ كم غيظٍ كظَمْتُ وكم ترى

نَفيْتُ وَحُرُّ النَّفسِ مَن هُوَ كاظِمُ

نَفيْتُ وَحُرُّ النَّفسِ مَن هُوَ كاظِمُ

May I be your ransom! How much anger have I suppressed, and how much do you think

I ransom you, how much anger I swallowed, and how much

I have banished? Noble of soul is he who restrains his anger.

Did I deny, though the soul burns, who is the concealer?

مدحتُكَ فالتامَتْ قلائدُ لم يفُزْ

مدحتُكَ فالتامَتْ قلائدُ لم يفُزْ

بأمثالِها الصيِّدُ الكِرامُ الأعاظِمُ

بأمثالِها الصيِّدُ الكِرامُ الأعاظِمُ

I praised you, and necklaces took shape; never have

I praised you, so complete necklaces were formed,

The proud, noble, mighty lords attained their like.

The great and generous hunt did not win the likes of them.

لأنَّكَ بحرٌ والمعاني لآلئٌ

لأنَّكَ بحرٌ والمعاني لآلئٌ

وطَبعِيَ غوّاصٌ وقَولِيَ ناظِمُ

وطَبعِيَ غوّاصٌ وقَولِيَ ناظِمُ

For you are a sea, and the meanings are pearls,

Because you are a sea, and the meanings are pearls,

And my innate gift is a diver, and my verse a stringer of pearls.

My nature is a diver, and my words a stringer.