صرفتَ لِسبكِ النَّظم والنثر همّةً
تُرينا بها ما يَسْحَرُ الفِكرَ حُسْنُهُ
I devoted my ambition to the forging of verse and prose;
through it, you show us something whose beauty enchants the mind.
وأضحَتْ سماء الملكِ منك منيرةً
فأنتَ سنَاء الملكِ قُلْ لي أم ابنُهُ
And through you, the king’s heaven has become a source of light to me;
for you are the king’s radiance—tell me, or are you his son?
Sol 5.6