أَيَا مَلِكاً تُزَفُّ لهُ القَوافي

عَرائِسَ مِن خَصَائِصِها الزَّفَافُ

O king for whom rhymes are led like brides

With their distinctive traits of union

أَتَيتُكَ والجَمالَ بِمِدحَتَيْنا

وَكانَ لنا اختِلافٌ وأَتِلافُ

I came to you with two praises of beauty

Though we differed and came apart

وَكانَ علَى الرَّوّي لنا اتِّفاقٌ

وَعِندَ الوزنِ كانَ لنا اختِلافُ

On the rhyme we shared agreement

Yet in meter we came to differ