الروضُ تندبُ أم سمتَهُ

الروضُ تندبُ أم سمتَهُ

أمْ عقلَهُ الوافرَ أمْ علمَهْ

أمْ عقلَهُ الوافرَ أمْ علمَهْ

Do you mourn the garden, or his bearing,

Does the garden mourn his handsome form,

Or his abundant intellect, or his knowledge?

Or his abundant sense and wisdom?

فاقَ على الأقرانِ في جدِّهِ

فاقَ على الأقرانِ في جدِّهِ

فمنْ رآهُ خالَهُ عمَّهْ

فمنْ رآهُ خالَهُ عمَّهْ

He surpassed his peers in earnestness;

He surpassed his peers in diligence,

So whoever saw him took him for his paternal uncle.

So all who saw him thought him their own kin.