1. ما نفثهُ السِحر إلّا شعرك السامي

    يا من عَلا كلَّ نثّارٍ ونَظّامِ

    What magic breathed forth is nothing but your lofty poetry.

    O you who have surpassed every prose writer and poet,

  2. لأَنتَ أَفصحُ من لاقيتُ من يمنٍ

    ومن شآمٍ على الإطلاق يا شامي

    You are indeed the most eloquent of those I have met from Yemen

    And from the Levant, without exception, O Shami.