أطَالِبَ حَصْرِ الوصْفِ فِي مَدْحِ أحْمَد

أسَأتَ وَقَدْ أرْكَبْتَ أنفَاسَكَ العَجْزا

I ask to confine the description in praising Ahmed

You have done wrong, and you have embarked your breathlessness

أتُحْصِي الحَصَى والنبتَ والرملَ وَالثَّرَى

وَزُهْرَ الدجَى وَالقَطْرَ وَالخزَّ والبزَّا

Can you count the pebbles, the plants, the sand and the soil

And the flowers of the night, the drops, the silk and the brocade

وكَيْفَ بأنْ تُحْصِي مَحَاسنَ مَنْ غَدَا

لأوْصَافِهِ الحُسْنَى مَقَالُ الوَرَى يُعزْى

And how can you count the virtues of the one who has become

For his beautiful attributes, the sayings of mankind are attributed