1. إلى مَن مناقبهُ الزاهراتُ

    بدتْ أنجماً في سما الفضل زُهرا

    To him whose radiant virtues

    appeared as bright stars in the heaven of excellence.

  2. فتًى ورثَ المجدَ من هاشمٍ

    فكان به أرفع الناس قدرا

    A young man who inherited glory from Hashim,

    and through it became the highest of men in rank.

  3. فأخلاقه عينُ ماء الحياة

    بها صرتُ والحمد لله خضرا

    And his character is the spring of the water of life;

    through it I became Khidr—praise be to God.

  4. جرى قلمُ الحبِّ في مهجتي

    فأثبت فيها له الودُّ سطرا

    The pen of love ran within my heart,

    so affection inscribed a line for him within it.

  5. يمثله الشوقُ في ناظري

    فأنظرُ منه المحيَّا الأغرَّا

    Longing conjures him before my eyes,

    so I behold his radiant face.

  6. أراهُ قريباً بعين الهوى

    على بُعده فأحييته بدرا

    I see him near with the eye of love,

    despite his distance; so I brought him to life as a full moon.

  7. همامٌ تضوَّع من عطفه

    عبيرُ نهًى طبَّق الكون عطرا

    A noble man, from whose side wafted

    the perfume of wisdom, filling the universe with fragrance.

  8. لذكركَ فرَّغتُ شطرَ الفؤاد

    ومنه الشواغل يملأنَ شطرا

    For remembrance of you I have cleared half my heart,

    while cares fill the other half of it.