دَامَا يُدِيمَانِ رَوْحَ مُغْتَرِبٍ

قَدْ أَعْوَزَتْهُ مُتىً يُرَدِّدُهَا

The exile's soul is sustained by the two of you

May they both forever sustain the comfort of an exile,

Though yearning has crippled him whenever he repeats your name

Who is bereft of the hopes he ceaselessly repeats.

شَاقَ ابْنَ زَاكُورٍ حِلْيُ حِلْيَتِكُمْ

فَاهْتَاجَ يَسْرُدُهَا فَيُحْمِدُهَا

Zakur's son was captivated by your jewelry's glow

The exquisite ornament of your qualities has captivated Ibn Zakour,

So he recited it with joy and praise

Stirring him to recount them and sing their praise,

مُعْتَقِداً أَنَّهُ وَإِنْ بَلَغَتْ

فِيهِ الْبَلاَغَةُ لاَ يُحَدِّدُهَا

Firm in his belief though eloquence had reached

Convinced that, even if eloquence were to reach

Its heights, he could not confine it

Its absolute peak within him, he could never truly define them.