أَيُّها الفائِقُ أَهلَ ال

عَصرِ في مَرأى وَمَخَبرْ

O supreme of the age in insight and experience

Your views, when inclined towards the enemies, prevail

لَكَ آراءٌ مَتى تَن

هَدْ إِلى الأَعداء تَظفَرْ

The eloquence of your speech accorded with

The passion burning within my mind

وافَقَ العَنبَرُ مِن لَف

ظِكَ مِن ذهنيَ مِجمَرْ

Thus we knew, with your keen intellect

What you had kept hidden

فَعَرَفنا بِذَكيّ ال

عَرف ماقَد كانَ مُضمَر

And the word's gentle reproof is sweeter

Than amber's fragrance

وَلَعَرفُ الكَلِم العَذ

ب مِنَ العَنبَر أَعطَرْ

We asked your falcon, well-versed in secrets, and he told us

The eagle became an orator when paper was his pulpit

وَسألنا صَقر أَطيا

رِك بِالسِرِّ فَأخبَرْ

What was hidden became exposed

And what was covered spread

وَغَدا النَسرُ خَطِيباً

إِذ غَدا القِرطاس مِنبَرْ

A necklace of pearls, illuminating hearts

When threaded and scattered

وَبَدا ما كانَ يخفى

وَفَشا ما كانَ يُستَرْ

You indicated that in seclusion, you are tied

By your pledge, like a bracelet around your wrist

نَظمُ دُرٍّ يَستَبي القَل

بَ مَتى يُنظَم وَيُنثَرْ

May you remain in pleasant living

Undimmed by bitterness

دَلَّني أَنَّكَ في الخُل

صان مَعقودٌ بِخِنصَرْ

دُمتَ في عَيش هِنيٍّ

صَفوُهُ غَيرُ مُكَدّرْ