وكتابٍ صَغُرَتْ أَجزاؤُهُ

وَهُوَ قد حازَ الحديثَ الأَكْبَرَا

And a book whose parts have been made small

Yet it has gained the greatest discourse

أَيُّ مَجْمُوعٍ على رَوْضٍ إِذَا

هَزَّهُ رِيحُ نشيدٍ عَطَّرا

What anthology upon a meadow when

The wind of a song makes it sway and imparts fragrance?

كلما يطلبهُ من طَرَفٍ

فيه قد سَطَّرَهُ مَنْ من سطَّرا

Whenever sought from a perspective

In it, it has been inscribed by the inscriber

فتحقَّقْ عندما تَقْرأُهُ

أَنَّ كُلَّ الصَّيْدِ في جَوْفِ الفَرَا

So realize when you read it

That all game is in the belly of the unique

شَرَّفَتْهُ راحَةٌ مُزْنِيَّةٌ

أَنْبَتَتْ في جانِبَيْهِ زَهَرَا

It has been ennobled by a gentle rest

That sprouted flowers on its sides

يا عَليُّ بْنُ خُلَيْف دَعْوَةٌ

يحسُدُ الشَّمْسُ عليها القَمَرا

O Ali son of Khalif, an invocation

That the sun envies over the moon

أَعَجيبٌ يا أَخا البَحْرِ إِذا

نَظَمَتْ كفَّاكَ منه جَوْهَرا

A wonder, O brother of the sea, if

Your palms have strung jewels from it