1. إِن شَكَرنَ لِماهِرَ حُسنَ الصَني

    عِ فَصُنعُهُ وَجَميلُهُ لِلشُكرِ عامِلِ

    If we thank the skilled one for the beauty of his craftsmanship

    His making and his beauty are for gratitude a cause

  2. أَو اِذكُرنَ لَهُ مَحاسِنَ أَنَّها

    مِثلَ الشُموسِ بَيانَها تَحصيلُ حاصِلِ

    Or if we mention of his virtues that they are

    Like suns, to enumerate them is to enumerate what is already enumerated

  3. فَاللَهُ يوليهِ العُلا حَتّى يَلي

    أَعلا مَراتِبها بِإِجماعِ الأَفاضِلِ

    Then God will grant him ascension until he attains

    The highest of its degrees by consensus of the noble