يا سائلي عنه لمّا جئْتُ أَمدحُه

هذا هو الرّجُلُ العاري من العارِ

O you who ask about him when I come to praise him

This is the man free of all shame

كم من شُنوفٍ لِطافٍ من مَحاسنِه

عُلّقْنَ منه على آذانِ سُمّار

How many charming, gentle features of his

Are hung on the ears of rumor-mongers

لَقِيتُه فرأيتُ النّاسَ في رَجُلٍ

والدَّهرَ في ساعةٍ والأرضَ في دار

I met him and saw all people in one man

And time in an hour and the land in a house