بِكَ الدُّرُّ يَا دُرّاً بِهِ حِلْيَةُ الدَّهْرِ

تَسَامَى وَلَوْلاَ ذَاكَ مَا رَاقَ فِي النَّحْرِ

With you, pearl, the pearls shine as the adornment of time

Through you, the pearl—O pearl who is the ornament of the age—

It rose high, without that it would not have pleased the throat

Is exalted; without this, it would hold no charm upon the neck.

وَفِي لَفْظِكَ الْمَنْظُومِ دُرٌّ مُنَظَّمٌ

يَذُوبُ لَهُ الْمَنْشُورُ مِنْ لُجَّةِ الْبَحِْر

And in your rhymed words is a string of pearls

And within your composed verses are perfectly strung pearls,

For which the published melts from the essence of the sea

Before which the scattered pearls of the deep sea melt away.

وَفِي زَهَرٍ مِنْ رَوْضِ شِعْرِكَ يَانِعٍ

حَيَاةُ النُّهَى الْعُظْمَى وَمَا ذَاكَ فِي الزَّهْرِ

And in a blossom from the garden of your flourishing poetry

And within the lush blossoms from the garden of your poetry,

Is the great glory of life, nothing else is in the blossom

Lies the greatest life for the mind, a life unfound in worldly flowers.

وَزَهْرُكَ يَبْقَى الدَّهْرَ وَالزَّهْرُ ذَابِلٌ

بَقِيتَ بَقَاءَ الدَّهْرِ لاَ الزَّهْرِ وَالزُّهْرِ

And your blossom remains for eternity while the blossom withers

Your blossoms endure through the ages, while earthly flowers wither;

You remained for eternity, not for the blossom and its withering

May you endure as time endures, unlike the fading flowers and radiant stars.