ونظمٌ يجاري الناظمين جوادُه

إذا شاءَ أن يلهو بلحيةِ أحمق

His poetry flows smoothly like a generous steed

When he wishes to toy with the beard of a fool

أتى من إمام منطقي فيه للثنا

وللحبِّ ما لم يبقَ منِّي وما بقي

He comes from an eloquent Imam, praising him

And for love what remains of me and what's left

أبا الفتح لو فاتحت بحراً أو ابنه

لقامَ مقام المجتدِي المتملّق

O Abu Al Fath, had you conquered a sea or its son

You would have taken the place of the flattering sycophant

ويا من له في العقلِ والنقلِ خاطر

لعاد له من قال للفلك ارفق

And O you who has intellect and tradition in your mind

To whom the celestial sphere gently yielded

لقد جدت حتى جدت في كلّ ناقلٍ

وحتى أتاكَ الحمد من كلّ منطق

Indeed I have strived, striving with every transmitter

Until praise reached you from every logic

وقلَّدتني شرفٌ من النظمِ نعمةً

أنرت بها ما بين غرب ومشرق

And you granted me the honor of poetry as a blessing

With which I illuminated between West and East

أقول لها إذ صحفت نعت حاسد

بعينيك ما يلقى الحسود وما لقي

I say to it, when the eyes of an envier distorted

The attributes of the envied, what the envious face and faced