إِنِّي أَبَاهِي سُرَاةَ الشَّرْقِ أَجْمَعَهُمْ

بِخَيْرِهِمْ فِي مَقَامَاتِ العُلَى رَجُلاَ

I boast to the horsemen of the East altogether

Of their best man in the abodes of the exalted, a man

بِمَنْ أُسَمِّي أَمِيراً والأَمِيرُ بِهِ

أَعْنِي سُمُواً بِأَخْلاَقٍ زَكَتْ وَحِلَى

Whom I name a prince, and the prince is named after him

I mean, of noble character and refined disposition

جَلاَ قَتَاماً عَنِ الدُّنْيَا بِطَلْعَتِهِ

وَأَيْنَ مِنْهَا ازِدهَاراً طَلْعَةُ ابْنُ جَلاَ

He rose above the world with his ascent

And how far from it in flourishing is the ascent of the son of Jalaa

محَصْتُ خَبَراً بَنِي دَهْرِي فَلَمْ أَرَ فِي

أَذكى الرِّجَالِ وَأَمْضَاهُمْ لَهُ مَثَلاَ

I examined the news of the people of my time but did not see among

The most intelligent of men and the most decisive of them a parallel to him