إِنِّي أَبَاهِي سُرَاةَ الشَّرْقِ أَجْمَعَهُمْ

إِنِّي أَبَاهِي سُرَاةَ الشَّرْقِ أَجْمَعَهُمْ

بِخَيْرِهِمْ فِي مَقَامَاتِ العُلَى رَجُلاَ

بِخَيْرِهِمْ فِي مَقَامَاتِ العُلَى رَجُلاَ

Indeed, I boast before all the nobles of the East

I boast to the horsemen of the East altogether

Of a man, their finest in the stations of eminence,

Of their best man in the abodes of the exalted, a man

بِمَنْ أُسَمِّي أَمِيراً والأَمِيرُ بِهِ

بِمَنْ أُسَمِّي أَمِيراً والأَمِيرُ بِهِ

أَعْنِي سُمُواً بِأَخْلاَقٍ زَكَتْ وَحِلَى

أَعْنِي سُمُواً بِأَخْلاَقٍ زَكَتْ وَحِلَى

Of one I call a prince—and by 'prince'

Whom I name a prince, and the prince is named after him

I mean loftiness through pure character and graces.

I mean, of noble character and refined disposition

جَلاَ قَتَاماً عَنِ الدُّنْيَا بِطَلْعَتِهِ

جَلاَ قَتَاماً عَنِ الدُّنْيَا بِطَلْعَتِهِ

وَأَيْنَ مِنْهَا ازِدهَاراً طَلْعَةُ ابْنُ جَلاَ

وَأَيْنَ مِنْهَا ازِدهَاراً طَلْعَةُ ابْنُ جَلاَ

He dispelled gloom from the world with his countenance;

He rose above the world with his ascent

And where is Ibn Jala's countenance beside it in radiance?

And how far from it in flourishing is the ascent of the son of Jalaa

محَصْتُ خَبَراً بَنِي دَهْرِي فَلَمْ أَرَ فِي

محَصْتُ خَبَراً بَنِي دَهْرِي فَلَمْ أَرَ فِي

أَذكى الرِّجَالِ وَأَمْضَاهُمْ لَهُ مَثَلاَ

أَذكى الرِّجَالِ وَأَمْضَاهُمْ لَهُ مَثَلاَ

I thoroughly tested the men of my age through experience, yet did not find among

I examined the news of the people of my time but did not see among

The most intelligent and most resolute men an equal to him.

The most intelligent of men and the most decisive of them a parallel to him