شعرُ الظَريفِ ابنِ لكنَك
مهذَّبٌ وَمُحَكَّك
The witty Ibn Laknak’s verse
is refined and carefully polished,
مُذَهَّبٌ وَمُمَسَّك
بِمِثلِهِ يُتَمَسَّك
gilded and perfumed with musk;
to its like one holds fast.
Sol 5.6
شعرُ الظَريفِ ابنِ لكنَك
مهذَّبٌ وَمُحَكَّك
The witty Ibn Laknak’s verse
is refined and carefully polished,
مُذَهَّبٌ وَمُمَسَّك
بِمِثلِهِ يُتَمَسَّك
gilded and perfumed with musk;
to its like one holds fast.
Sol 5.6