مثاقفٌ في غايَة الحَذقِ

فاقَ حسانَ الغَربِ وَالشَرقِ

A man of great skill and intellect

Surpassing the finest of East and West

شَبَّهتُهُ وَالسَيفُ في كَفِّهِ

بِالبَدرِ اِذ يَلعَبُ بِالبَرقِ

I saw him with sword in hand

Like the moon playing with lightning