1. وَبَيَانٍ لِمِثلِهِ يَرْفَعُ القَلْ

    بُ حِجَاباً وَيَنْتَحُ السَّمْعُ بَابَا

    And eloquence for whose like the heart lifts

    a veil, and hearing pulls a door open;

  2. ذُو معَانٍ تَزِفُّ في حُلَل الألف

    اظِ فيها كَواعِباً أَتْرابَا

    possessing meanings that parade in robes of words,

    therein as full-breasted maidens of equal age.

  3. بَلَغَتْ مِنَ بلاغَةٍ أشْرفَ الغَايَ

    اتِ لَمَّا تَطَاوَلَتْ أَنْسَابَا

    They attained in eloquence the noblest goals

    when they vied with one another in lineage.