يا واحِدَ الدّهْرِ في عِلْمٍ وفي عمَلِ

وعُمْدَةَ المُلْكِ في وِرْدٍ وفي صَدَرِ

O you who are unique in knowledge and deed

And the pillar of the kingdom in recitation and in chest

يا صاحِبَ القَلَمِ الأعْلى الذي نسخَتْ

يَراعُهُ الصُّفْرُ حُكْمَ الصّارِمِ الذّكَرِ

O owner of the supreme pen that transcribed

Observed by the yellow pages the rule of the stern reminder

ما مِثْلُ قوْلي لكَ انْظُرْ كِسْوَةً حسُنَتْ

أو مثْلُ قولي لكَ اذْكُرْ راويَ السِّيَرِ

No words of mine to you are like “Look, a dress beautifully made”

Or like my words to you “Remember the narrator of history”

وما اسْمُ شيءٍ إذا صحّفْتَ ثانيَهُ

فاذْكُرْ بهِ رجُلاً قد طالَ في ضجَرِ

And no name of a thing if you mispronounce the second part

Can make you recall a man who lingered long in discontent

يأتي مع النّجْمِ في تعْديلِ جدْوَلِهِ

حِيناً وإنْ كانَ معْدوداً منَ الشّجَرِ

He comes with the star in regulating its orbit

Though he is counted among the trees

لازالَتِ العيسُ ترْوي كلَّ شارِدَةٍ

عنْ مُنْتداكَ بمِلْءِ السّمْعِ والبصَرِ

The doe goes on watering every distracted one

From your assembly with hearing and sight filled up

فكلّما رُدِّدَتْ عُلْياكَ قيلَ لها

باللّهِ قلْ وأعِدْ يا طيِّبَ الخبَرِ

So whenever she is made to repeat to you, she is told

“For God’s sake, speak and give the good news”