مُؤنِّبي في وَصْفِ عبّاسِ

أنَّبتَ فيه أوصفَ الناس

My critics in describing Abbas

You described the best of people in him

الشمسُ والدِّعصُ وما بينَ ذا

وهذه غصنٌ من الآس

The sun, the palm tree and what’s between them

And this is a branch of Aas

يُغْني عن الرَّامُشْنِ إِطراقُهُ

وطَرْفُهُ يُغني عن الكاس

His lowering of his eyelids suffices over kohl

And his glance suffices over a cup

ما كنتَ يا عبَّاسُ في الفتكِ بي

إلاَّ كعبَّاسِ بنِ مرداس

O Abbas, in valor you are to me

Nothing but Abbas ibn Mardas