1. فدى لبني رزيك قوم رفعتهم

    بمدحي ولما يرفعوا للثنا قدرا

    A ransom for the sons of Ruzzik be the men I exalted

    with my praise, though they had not yet held praise in esteem.

  2. لقد زهدتني في رجال صلاتكم

    ومن شام نور الشمس لم يحمد الفجرا

    Indeed, your gifts have made me lose interest in other men;

    and whoever has seen the sun's light does not praise the dawn.

  3. بعثت بطرف يسبق الطرف غفوة

    وتغدو الرياح الهوج من خلفه حسرا

    You sent a noble steed that outstrips the eye's sleepy blink,

    and the raging winds grow weary behind it.

  4. حكى الورد والياقوت حسناً وحمرة

    وتاه فلم يرض العقيق ولا الخمرا

    It matched the rose and ruby in beauty and redness,

    and grew proud, accepting neither carnelian nor wine as its equal.

  5. وأرسلته في الحسن وتراً كأنني

    أطالب عند النائبات به وترا

    And you sent it peerless in beauty, as though I

    were seeking vengeance with it in times of calamity.

  6. نذرت ركوب البرق عند وصوله

    فوفيت لما جاءني ذلك النذرا

    I vowed to ride lightning upon its arrival,

    so when it came to me, I fulfilled that vow.

  7. وقفت القوافي في علاك عرائساً

    فساق لها الإحسان في مهرها مهرا

    I arrayed my rhymes as brides in your glory,

    so generosity brought them a colt for their bridal dower.