قالوا أَلَم تَكنِهِ فَقُلتُ لَهُم

ذَلِكَ عِيٌّ إِذا وَصَفناهُ

They asked, "Did you not call him by a title?" I answered them:

"That would be a failure of speech were we to describe him."

لايَتَوَقّى أَبو العَشائِرِ مِن

لَبسِ مَعاني الوَرى بِمَعناهُ

Abu al-'Asha'ir does not hesitate to

Clothe the virtues of all mankind within his own virtue.

أَفرَسُ مَن تَسبَحُ الجِيادُ بِهِ

وَلَيسَ إِلّا الحَديدَ أَمواهُ

The greatest horseman whom the steeds bear swimming,

Where there are no waters to be found but iron.