1. هيَ الأشياءُ مُبْدِعُها

    أبو الحجّاجِ موْلانا

    These are the things whose creator

    is Abu al-Hajjaj, our lord.

  2. تَزيدُ حُلَى مَكارِمِهِ

    لحُسْنِ الوصْفِ إحْسانا

    The adornments of his noble deeds add

    excellence to the beauty of description.

  3. صنائِعُ ربُّنا فيها

    جَميلَ الصُّنْعِ أوْلانا

    Works in which our lord

    has bestowed fine craftsmanship upon us.

  4. كتاب الحُسْنِ راقَ وقدْ

    جُعِلتُ عليْهِ عُنْوانا

    The book of beauty delights, and indeed

    I have been set upon it as a title.

  5. وصِرْتُ لجِسْمِهِ روحاً

    وفي عيْنَيْهِ إنسانا

    And I have become a soul for its body,

    and a pupil in its two eyes.

  6. يَروقُ التِّبْرُ في أفُقي

    وأطْلِعُ منْهُ شُهبانا

    Raw gold is resplendent on my horizon,

    and from it I bring forth shooting stars.