1. The poet of the heart, eloquence falls short of him,
Rhyme and diction and meter.

2. Silent, he sends sighs as poetry
Whenever his throbbing heart flutters.

3. You read revelation in the sweetness of his eyes,
For the verses of his eyes are a Quran.

4. His soul is an ember from God that adversities
Did not manage to erase its purity.

5. So in the procession of life he is wise
And in the ship of darkness he is the captain.

6. The lost ones find in him consolation,
And safety when safety is gone.

7. Days taught him the preaching of fire, so flames rose in his chest.
Yet Heaven said to him: "Be silent and see how volcanoes fall silent!"

8. Afflictions built the palace of his inspiration
And tears painted it.

9. An ascetic in life, in his coarse robes,
His body emaciated by grief, famished.

10. The seat of his reign is tribulations and worries,
And the ruby of his crown is sorrows.

11. The icicles of pain are in his hands,
And sighs of a suffering king, his icicles.

12. In his soul Jareer has laments
And in his heart Qais has fondness.

13. And remnants of Al-Ma'arri walked
In his blood which time did not erase.