يا مَوْرِداً لا يُغيضُ النَزحُ جَمَّتَهُ

ولا يَلُمُّ بِصَافي وِدِّه كَدَرُ

O spring whose purity no turbulence can disturb

Nor can any cloudiness blemish its clarity

ويا سَحابَ نَدىً إن شِمْتَ بارقَهُ

لم تُثْنِ طرفَكَ حَتّى بَلَّكَ المطرُ

O cloud of dew, if you scent its lightning

You would not blink until the rain drenched you

ودوحةً ما زكتْ أعراقُها ونمتْ

إلاّ وقد طَابَ منها الظلُّ والثَّمَرُ

And an orchard that did not thrive and grow

Except that its shade and fruit became sweet

ماذا عَسَى يبلغُ المُثْنِي بمِدحتِهِ

على ابنِ مَنْ أَبَواه الشمسُ والقمرُ

What can the eulogist possibly achieve with his praise

Of the son of she who is sun and he who is moon

لقد رَفعْتَ أبا حَسَّانَ منزلةً

شَمَّاءَ يخسَأُ عن إدراكِها البصرُ

You have raised Abu Hassân to such lofty glory

Dazzling, beyond the perception of sight

لولا تقدّمُ آباءٍ تَمُتُّ بهم

لكنتَ أكرمَ من أدلَى به مُضَرُ

Were it not for my noble forebears, by whom I claim ties

You would be nobler than he to whom Mudar trace ancestry

فشكرُهُ لكَ موصولٌ بمدَّتِهِ

ولا ينتهي الشكرُ حتى ينتهيْ العُمُرُ

So his gratitude to you lasts as long as his lifetime

And gratitude cannot end until life itself ends