يا أسعدَ اللّهُ المساءَ وأنعَما

وحباكَ بالعَيشِ الرغيدِ مُخيّما

O you whom God has blessed with a happy evening and bestowed favor,

And granted you a life of ease and comfort encompassing,

هذا وقد لبّت نِداكَ خريدةٌ

قد يممتْ منك الأعزَّ الأكرما

This while your friend has responded to your call, a precious one,

The most honorable and noble has come seeking you.

شَرُفَتْ بلطفِكَ قبلها فأعرتَها

لحظَ القبول تفضّلاً وتكرُّما

With your kindness you have honored her before, so she recognized you

By the look of acceptance, graciously and generously.

فَغَدتْ لها الجوزاءُ عند مسيرها

تلواً ونجمُ الأفقِ أصبحَ مِرْزَما

Thus for her the Gemini when she traveled became

A rising dune and the star of the horizon scattered lights.

فإِليكَ نسخة ما سترتَ قصورها

فَضْلاً ورحت بمدحها مترنّما

To you a copy of what her mansions concealed,

Graciously, and I went praising her chanting.

لا زلتَ للآدابِ رَوْضاً يانعاً

يفترُّ عن مثلِ الجُمانِ منظّما

You remain for literature a blooming meadow,

More glamorous than a garden of jasmine well-arranged.

ما صاحَ قُمريُّ الرياضِ مُغرِّدا

أوْ راحَ عن سرِّ الغرامِ مُتَرْجِما

Neither has the moon of the garden warbled

Nor the secret of passion been interpreted.