قل للأمير الذي فَخرُ الزمان بهِ

ما الدَّهرُ لولاك إلا مَنطقٌ خَطلُ

Say to the prince whom the time took pride in,

Without you, time would be but idle prattle.

كفتكَ آثارُ كَفَّيكَ التي ابتدعت

في المجد شاده آباؤك الأُولُ

The works of your hands whose renown was initiated

By the glory your forefathers first erected.

ما زال في الناس اشباهٌ وأمثلةٌ

حتى ظهرتَ فغاب الشكلُ والمثلُ

The people knew pretenders and similarities

Until you appeared, the model and the parallel vanished.