تَسَمّى رَشيداً مِن لُؤَيِّ بنِ غالِبٍ

أَميرٌ وَهَل في العالَمينَ رَشيدُ

He is called Rashid, a descendant of Lu'ayy ibn Ghalib

A prince, and is there in the two worlds a wiser one?

فَإِنَّ أَغانِيَّ اللَيالي نَيّاحَةٌ

وَمِنها بَسيطٌ مُقتَضىً وَنَشيدُ

Verily, the songs of the nights are lamentations

Among them a simple yearning, and an ode