لي من أبي عبد الإلهِ امرؤٌ

أحكمتِ الآدابُ ألفاظَهُ

I have from my father Abdel Ilah a man

Whose eloquence is perfected

فللمُصافي منه ما سَرَّهُ

وللمداجي منه ما غاظَه

So for those of pure hearts there is in him what delights them

And for sycophants there is in him what angers them

مُوقِظُ طَرْف الرأي في حيث لا

يَسطيعُ أهلُ الرأي إِيقاظَه

Awakening the eye of reason where

The people of reason cannot awaken it

تُلاحظُ الحكمةَ مجموعةً

فيه إذا لاحظتَ ألفاظه

You observe wisdom gathered

In him when you observe his words