1. مختارُ هذا إن أتَى

    تَيَسَّرت حَالُ الأَتَا

    This Mukhtar—if he comes,

    The business of giving becomes easy.

  2. أسودُ لكن سَيِّدٌ

    وهو فَتًى وابنُ فَتَى

    He is black, but a nobleman,

    And he is a gallant, and a gallant's son.

  3. له ارتضيتُ نَكشَةً

    لما دَعوهُ نكشَتَا

    For him I chose “Naksha,”

    When they called him “Nakshata.”

  4. تبكى عليهِ أرضُنَا

    إِن صَافَ فيها أو شَتَا

    Our land weeps over him,

    Whether he spends summer there or winter.