سَبَقَ السِّراجُ إلى امتِدا

حِكَ كُلَّ مَن يَتقدَّمُه

The lamp preceded to spread

Its flame subdues all who outpace it

وَسَناكَ مَسْرَجَةٌ لِبا

بِكَ والمَهابَةُ تُلْجِمُه

Yet your brilliance bedazzles the resolute

Awe of you strikes them dumb

لكِنْ تَوَقُدُ ذِهْنهِ

ما كادَ شَيءٌ يُفْحِمُه

Though it fires their minds

Scarce a thing confounds them