إِذا كُنتَ يا زَينُ زَينَ الأَدَب

فَإنَّ كتابكَ زَينُ الكُتُب

If you, O ornament of literature,

Are the ornament of letters, your book is the ornament of books.

قَلائِدُ حَلَّيتَ صدرَ البيان

بهنَّ وَطوَّفت جيدَ العرَب

You have adorned the chest of eloquence with necklaces,

And with them encircled the brows of the Arabs.

خلائِقُ تُزرى بنَفحِ الرِياض

إِذا ضحكَت من بكاءِ السُحُب

Creation is clothed in the breeze of gardens

When it smiles at the weeping of clouds.

وَما المَرءُ إِلّا بخُلقٍ كريم

وَليسَ بما قد حَوى من نَشَب

Man is but of noble character,

Not of what adolescent folly he harbors.