1. سيدي شأوك أعيى المحتذي

    ولكل المكرمات أنت أهل

    My lord, your lofty reach has baffled the imitator.

    And you are worthy of every honor.

  2. ذا ربيع فاح رياه الشذي

    فاغتنم لذاته من غير مهل

    This is spring; its sweet fragrance has spread.

    So seize its delights without delay.

  3. وخذ الممتع السهل الذي

    عز أن يدركه فكر ابن سهل

    And take the delightful, effortless verse that

    even Ibn Sahl's mind could scarcely attain.

  4. هل درى ظبي الحمى أن قد حمى

    قلب صب حله عن مكنس

    Does the gazelle of the sanctuary know it has inflamed

    a lover's heart, which it made its home instead of a thicket?

  5. وهو في حر وخفق مثلما

    لعبت ريح الصبا بالقبس

    And it burns and throbs, as when

    the east wind played with a flame.