قل لأبي يعقوب ان الذي

يعرفه قد فعل الحوبا

Tell Abu Ya'qub that he who

knows him has done the impossible

كان محباً لك فيما مضى

فالآن قد صادق محبوبا

He used to love you in the past

But now he has befriended a lover

يركب هذا ذا وذا ذا فما

ينفك تصعيداً وتصويبا

He rides this, that and the other, never

Stopping his ascent and descent

فراس اسحق فديناه قد

أظهر شيئاً كان محجوبا

The insight of Isaac has indeed

Revealed what was once hidden

أرى قروناً قد تجللنه

منصوبة شعبن تشعيبا

I see eras that have crowned him

Set up over two nations like a landmark

أظنه يعجز عن حملها

اذ ركبت في الرأس تركيبا

I think it too heavy for him to bear

Since it was set upon his head as an ornament

يا رحمتا لابني على ضعفه

يحمل منهن الاعجايبا

Oh mercy upon my son in his weakness

Bearing from them the wonders