1. ملِكٌ عظيمُ القدرِ أم مَلَكُ

    من تحت علياهُ جرى ملَك

    A king of mighty rank, or an angel?

    An angel coursed beneath his exalted height.

  2. لَبِست له الدنيا أشعَّتها

    فانجابَ عن أقطارها الحَلكُ

    For him the world donned its rays,

    And darkness lifted from its quarters.

  3. نَصرَ الرجا بالجودِ حين غدا

    بين الرجا والجودِ مُعترك

    He aided hope with generosity, when there arose

    A battleground between hope and generosity.

  4. إن تنفرد بالجودِ راحتُه

    فالناسُ في معروفه اشتركوا

    Though his palm is unmatched in generosity,

    Yet all people have shared in his kindness.

  5. لا تلتقي أجفانُ حُسَّده

    شُهداً كأَنَّ لها الكرى حَسكُ

    His enviers’ eyelids never meet,

    Keeping watch, as though sleep were thorns to them.