وَلَمّا أَتى البَحرِيُّ بَيروتَ زائِراً

وَلَمّا أَتى البَحرِيُّ بَيروتَ زائِراً

إِلَينا لَقَد أَهدى عُقوداً مِنَ الشعرِ

إِلَينا لَقَد أَهدى عُقوداً مِنَ الشعرِ

And when al-Bahri came to Beirut to visit

When the poet from Bahrain came to visit us in Beirut

Us, he indeed gave necklaces of verse.

He brought with him necklaces made of poetry

فَلا بِدعَ أَن أَهدى لَنا الدّرَّ ناظِماً

فَلا بِدعَ أَن أَهدى لَنا الدّرَّ ناظِماً

فَناهيكَ أَنَّ الدُّرَّ يَبدو مِنَ البحرِ

فَناهيكَ أَنَّ الدُّرَّ يَبدو مِنَ البحرِ

So it is no wonder he gave us pearls, stringing them into verse;

So it's no wonder he gifted us these shining pearls

For suffice it to say that pearls emerge from the sea.

For such gems arise effortlessly from the sea