ولما بعثت المال عفواً مهنأً

تزيد هذا الشعر حسناً مجددا

When I sent the money as a gift of congratulations

This poetry became more beautifully renewed

وما الشعر إلا روضةٌ راق حسنها

ولا سيما إن كان قد وقع الندى

For poetry is but a garden, beautiful in its splendor

Especially when the dew has fallen upon it