حلفت لها بالعادِيات دموعي

وبالمورِيات النار وهي ضلوعي

I swore to her by the routed adversaries, my tears,

And by the conquering fire, that is my ribs,

لئن كان من قد لامني غير مبصر

محاسنها إني لغيرُ سميع

That if one who blames me is not discerning,

The beauty of her - I am, in truth, not hearing,

محجّبةٌ تفترّ عن مبسمٍ كما

ينظّم في أزكى الأنام بديعي

Veiled, giggling through a smile, as though it were

The most sublime of men excelling in rhyme

فريد العلى والعلم والحلم والتّقى

فيا لفريدٍ حائزٍ لجميع

Unique is he in highness, knowledge, dreams and piety

So unique is he who has gathered all qualities

يضوع قريضي في الورى بامْتداحه

وما جوده لي في الورى بمضيع

My poetry languishes in the world by praising him

And his generosity to me in the world is no squandering

أصوغ بسيطاً في الثناءِ وكاملاً

على وافرٍ من جوده وسريع

I compose a simple panegyric, and a perfect one,

On the abundant generosity and alacrity of him

ولا عيب في إحسانه غير أنني

شرهت فما لي اليوم وصف قنوع

And there is no fault in his benevolence, except that I

Grew greedy, so today I have no describing contentment

بشهر ربيعٍ قد أتيتُ مهنئاً

وكلّ زماني منه شهر ربيع

With a month of springtime I came congratulating

And my every era through him is the month of spring

فلا زالَ من خدَّام مدحي لفضله

صوابي ونجحي مقبلاً وشفيعي

So may the devoted eulogizers of his kindness, by his merit,

Remain my rectitude, success, inclining and interceding