يا ماجداً نجهدُ في وصفه

وفضله من بعد ذا أوفى

O Majid we strive to describe him

And his virtues none after was more loyal

ما اسمٌ إذا ما رمت إيضاحه

عز وعن فكرك لا يخفى

What name when you want to explain it

Mighty and beyond your thoughts unobscured

وهو رباعي وفي لفظه

تراه حقاً ناقصاً حرفا

It's a quatrain and in its wording

You'll find it's truly missing a letter

صحفه واحذف ربعه تلقه

مدينةً كم قد حوت ظرفا

Misspell it and omit a quarter take it

A city how much capacity has it offered

وهذه البلدة تصحيفه

خلق يفوت الحد والوصفا

And this town is its misspelling

A people exceeding bounds and depiction

وإن تصحف بعضها فهي ما

زالت ترى في أذن شنفا

And if you misspell some of it, it's still what

Remains seen in deaf people's ears

وذلك الإسم على حاله

حرفه يرجع للضنى حلفا

And that name in its state

Its letter returns to reproach and oaths

لم ير ذا حرب وكم شب من

نارٍ لغيره الروع ما تطفا

None saw the likes of war and how much grew from

A fire for others frightening never extinguished

وإن تشأ صحفه وانظر تجد

خلقاً سوياً قط ما أغفى

And if you want misspell it and look you'll find

A people upright never once forgot

أبنه يا من فكره لم يزل

يرفع عن بكر النهى سجفا

His son O he whose thoughts never

Ceased to lift the unlawful ban aloft

لا زلت تبدي للورى كلما

يستوقف الأسماع والطرفا

You still show the world whenever

It seizes ears and sights