لكَ الفَضلُ إذ نَوهْتَ في بلدِى باسمِى

وَقَد كنتُ إذ ذكَّرْتَها دارسَ الرَّسمِ

You have done me a kindness by praising my name in my country

Though when you mentioned it, I was studying propriety

أَبيتُ وقد خاطَبْتني عَن تَواضُعٍ

رَفَعْتَ بهِ قَدْرَ السِّراج إلى النَّجمِ

I refused, though you had addressed me with humility

You raised the lamp's worth to that of the stars through your generosity