لهفي لشعرٍ بارعٍ نظمته

تحتاج بهجته لرفدٍ بارع

My longing for skillful poetry composed

Its splendor awaits equally skillful nourishment

دٌرٌّ يتيمٌ قد تضوّع نشره

يا من يرق على اليتيم الضائع

A lonely poem whose publication languished

O you who pity the lost orphan