إِذا نَحنُ حُكنا الشِعرَ فيكَ تَسَهَّلَت

عَلَينا مَعانيهِ وَدانَ صِعابُها

When we compose poetry about you, its meanings come easily to us

And its difficulties become tractable.

فَما اِنتَظَمَت إِلّا عَلَيكَ عُقودُها

وَلا اِنتَشَرَت إِلّا عَلَيكَ ثِيابُها

Its verses fall into place only because of you,

And its garb spreads out only over you.