مدحتُ الأمير الفتحَ أطلُبُ عُرفَهُ

مدحتُ الأمير الفتحَ أطلُبُ عُرفَهُ

وهل يُستزادُ قائلٌ وهو راغبُ

وهل يُستزادُ قائلٌ وهو راغبُ

I praised Emir al-Fath, seeking his bounty;

I praise the Prince Al-Fath, seeking his favor,

And can a poet be asked for more when he is eager?

Can one ask for more, when he is so eager?

فأفنى فنونَ الشعر وهي كثيرةٌ

فأفنى فنونَ الشعر وهي كثيرةٌ

وما فنيتْ آثارُه والمناقبُ

وما فنيتْ آثارُه والمناقبُ

So he exhausted poetry’s many forms,

So I exhausted the arts of poetry, numerous though they be,

Yet his achievements and noble qualities were not exhausted.

Yet his glorious deeds and titles are inexhaustible to me.