من رأى غُرَّةَ العميدِ أبي نص

رٍ رأى المشتري ببرج القوسِ

Whoever saw the radiance of Abu Nasr al-`Imād

Saw the buyer at the mansion of Sagittarius

من يُعِرْ كتبةَ مشكان لحظاً

يطَّلِعْ في نموذجِ الفردوسِ

Whoever gets acquainted with Mushkan's writings for a while

Will get a glimpse of the model of Paradise

عين ربِّي عليهِ من بدرِ صدرٍ

ودُّه خزرجيٌّ ولقياهُ أوسي

The eye of my Lord is upon him from the full moon of his chest

His love is a Khazraji while his encounter is an Usi

ليس لي طاقة بوصف معالي

هِ ولو كنتُ مفلقاً كابنِ أوسِ

I have no capacity to describe his greatness

Even if I were as eloquent as Ibn Aws