1. إمامَ الهُدى لا زالَ عَصْرُكَ باسِماً

    عنِ الشّرَفِ الوضّاحِ والكَرَمِ المَحْضِ

    O imam of guidance, may your age forever smile,

    Revealing radiant nobility and unalloyed generosity.

  2. أرى الأجَمَ اسْتوْلى عليهِ قَطينُهُ

    وفُضِّلَ في سُكْناهُ بعْضٌ على بعْضِ

    I see the thicket taken over by its dwellers,

    And some favored over others in dwelling there.

  3. ونحنُ بحيثُ الذِّئْبُ باتَ مُرَوَّعاً

    يُقَلِّصُ جَفْنَيْهِ الحِذارُ عنِ الغَمْضِ

    While we are where the wolf spends the night terrified,

    Fear drawing his eyelids back, keeping them from closing.

  4. وقد كُنتُ أرْجو أن أُخَيِّمَ عندَكُمْ

    بمنزِلةٍ بينَ الرّفاهَةِ والخَفْضِ

    And I had hoped to pitch my tent among you,

    In a place between comfort and ease.

  5. طَلَبْتُ الثّريّا في السّماءِ بمَدْحِكُمْ

    فأنزَلْتُموني بالثُّريّا عل الأرضِ

    I sought the Pleiades in heaven through my praise of you;

    Yet you lodged me at Thurayya on earth.