تملكتَ يا مُهجَتي مُهجتي

وأسهرتَ يا ناظِري ناظِري

You have possessed, oh my passion, my passion

And kept awake, oh my watcher, my watcher

وفيكَ تعلَّمتُ نظمَ القريضِ

فلقَّبني الناسُ بالشاعرِ

And through you I have learned the meters of verse

Thus people have dubbed me the poet