أَخلِق بِمِثلِكَ أَن يَفوزَ بِرُتبةٍ

قَد أَشرَقَت بك لِلعُفاةِ سَماؤُها

It suits the likes of you to gain high rank

With you it shone brightly for simple men

يا خيرَ كُفءٍ نالَها عن فِطنةٍ

وَكِفايَةٍ أَعمى الحَسودَ ضِياؤُها

O best match it got with intelligence

And competence that blinds enviers of its light

عِش لِلقَريضِ فَأَنتَ باني مجدِه

بِقَصائِدٍ غُرٍّ يَلوحُ سناؤُها

Live for poetry, you’re its glory’s builder

With odes fresh whose brilliance beams

لَو لم تَفُز منه بِأَعلى رُتبَةٍ

لَسَأَلتُ أَن يَهدي إِلَيكَ لِواؤُها

Had you not won its highest position

I'd ask it to gift you its banner