1. فَرْعُ سِمْعَانَ فَرْع أَصْلٍ كَريمٍ

    دَامَ لِلْفَرْعِ ذَلِكَ الأَصلُ حيَّا

    Sim‘an’s branch is a branch of a noble root.

    May that root remain alive for the branch.

  2. مَلأَ الشَّرْقَ رَوْنَقاً وَجَمَالاً

    وَجَنى طَيِّباً وَنُوراً وفِيَّا

    He filled the East with splendor and beauty,

    and sweet fruit and abundant light.

  3. أَيُّهَا الخَاطِبُ الثُّرَيَّا وَمَا

    تِلْكَ سِوَى طَالِعٌ مِنَ السَّعدِ حيَّى

    O you who woo the Pleiades—and she

    is but a rising star of good fortune that has greeted you.

  4. إِنْ تَنَل عَنْ أَبِيكَ أَسْمَى مَحَلٍّ

    هَلْ مِنَ البِدَع أَنْ تَنَالَ الثُّرَيَّا

    If from your father you gain the loftiest station,

    is it any wonder that you should reach the Pleiades?