1. كَم فكرةٍ من شعريَ الشاعرِ

    قَد غَرِقَت في عيلمٍ زاخرِ

    Many a thought from my poetic verse

    Has drowned in a surging ocean.

  2. وَأَنشَدت إِذ أَبصرت درّهُ

    كَم تركَ الأوّلُ للآخرِ

    And when I saw its pearls, I recited:

    “How much the predecessor has left for the successor!”

  3. يَحتارُ فيهِ فكرُ مختارهِ

    إِذ لا يَرى منهُ سوى الفاخرِ

    The mind of one selecting from it is bewildered,

    For he sees in it nothing but the finest:

  4. جَواهرَ مِن كلم طيّبٍ

    تَحسُنُ لِلمزدانِ والذاخرِ

    Jewels of goodly words,

    Fit for both the wearer and the keeper.