إِذا ما اِبنُ عَبّاسٍ بَدا لَكَ وَجهُهُ

رَأَيتَ لَهُ في كُلِّ أَحوالِهِ فَضلا

When Ibn Abbas's face appears to you

You see in all his states excellence

إِذا قالَ لَم يَترُك مَقالاً لِقائِلٍ

بِمُلتَقَطاتٍ لا تَرى بَينَها فَصلا

When he speaks he leaves no saying for any speaker

With disjointed things between which there is no connection

كَفى وَشَفى ما في النُفوسِ فَلَم يَدَع

لِذي إِربَةٍ في القَولِ جَدّاً وَلا هَزلا

It sufficed and healed what was in the souls so he left

No jesting or serious talk for one with doubt

سَمَوتَ إِلى العَليا بِغَيرِ مَشَقَّةٍ

فَنِلتَ ذُراها لا دَنِيّاً وَلا وَغلا

You rose to the heights without hardship

And attained its high parts not lowly and not strenuously

خُلِقتَ خَليقاً لِلمَوَدَّةِ وَالنَدى

فَليجاً وَلَم تُخلَق كَهاماً وَلا جَهلا

You were created with a nature for love and friendship

Affable and you were not created ignorant or rude