كَأَنَّكَ مَخلُوقٌ كَما شاءَتِ العُلا

وَفَوقَ اِقتِراحاتِ المُنى وَالقَرائِحِ

You were created as the Sublime desired,

Above the proposals of fate and inspirations,

وَما أشتَكي إلا نُهوضَ نَداكُمُ

وَتَقصيرَ ما أَنهَضتُهُ مِن مَدائِحِ

And I do not complain except for my inadequate eulogies

And the brevity of my praises.

أَيا صالِحَ الآمالِ كم قُلتُ مُثنياً

إِذا نَحنُ أَثنَينا عَلَيكَ بِصالِحِ

O embodiment of pure hopes, how often have I praised,

When we two praised you with goodness.

تَجاوَزَ عَفوُ الفَضلِ أَقصى مَطامِعي

وَراضَ مُطيعُ الجودِ أَقصى مَطامِحي

The pardon of grace has exceeded my utmost ambitions,

And the obedient generosity has satisfied my utmost desires.

مَنادِحُ جودٍ لِلطلابِ وَسيعَةٌ

وَلَكِن بِها في المَدحِ ضاقَت مَنادِحي

The generosity to seekers is copious,

Yet in praising it my eulogies fell short.

وَجودُكَ بَحرٌ يُغرِقُ الشِعرَ إِذ غَدا

كَدُرٍّ وَإِنَّ الدُرِّ لَيسَ بِسابِحِ

Your generosity is an ocean that drowns poetry when it turns

Turbid, though pearls do not swim.

لَئِن كُنتُ قَد أَحسَنتُ في القَولِ فيكُمُ

فَأَحسَنُ مِنهُ ما تُجِنُّ جَوانِحي

If I have done well in my words about you,

My wings will do better than them.

أَناصِحَهُ في المَجدِ كُفَّ فَإِنَّهُ

يَراكَ بِعَينِ المَجدِ لَستَ بِناصِحِ

Curb your sincere advice about glory,

For you see him with the eyes of glory, you are not an advisor.