شمس المعارف قد زانت ببهجتها
لما اضاءت سماء العلم والادب
The Sun of Learning has grown radiant in her splendor,
when she illumined the heaven of knowledge and letters.
تلوح من مشرق الآداب في فلك
ما ان له غير إبراهيم من قطب
She gleams from the orient of letters, in a firmament
with Ibrahim alone for its pole.
كانها وهي بكر في محاسنها
تفتر عن لؤلؤ رطب وعن شنب
She seems, a maiden in the freshness of her charms,
to smile, revealing dewy pearls and the cool sweetness of her teeth.
Sol 5.6