وقد حلت بتونس أبغي من

وقد حلت بتونس أبغي من

م الاداب فاكهة بها محروسة

م الاداب فاكهة بها محروسة

And I settled in Tunis, seeking from

I came to Tunisia seeking from her

[Unclear fragment] the literary arts a fruit guarded there.

The fruits of literature, well guarded

فوجدت روضا كلّ فاكهة به

فوجدت روضا كلّ فاكهة به

لكن وجدت خياره فقوسه

لكن وجدت خياره فقوسه

And I found a garden with every fruit in it,

I found a garden bearing all fruits

But I found its choicest to be its snake cucumbers.

But I found her finest to be arched