كِتَابُكِ فِي الرَّشِيدِ كِتَابُ صِدْقٍ

هُوَ التَّارِيخُ رُدَّ إِلَى الحَقِيقَهْ

Your book on Al-Rashid is a book of truth

It is history returned to reality

عَلَى أَحْدَاثِهِ أَرْسَلْتِ ضَوْءاً

تَغَلْغلَ فِي مَهاوِيهَا السَّحِيقَهْ

On its events you shed light

That plunged into its deep abysses

بِأَخْذٍ عَنْ ثِقَاتِ الرَّأْيِ فِيهَا

هَدَاكِ إلى رَوَابِطِهَا الوَثِيقَهْ

With knowledge from trusted minds therein

It guided you to its intimate connections

فَلَمْ تُخْطِئْكِ فَهْماً وَاعْتِبَاراً

مَرَامِيهَا الجَلِيلَةِ وَالدَّقِيقَهْ

So it did not fail you in understanding and reflection

On its noble and refined aims

وَكَمْ مَغْزَى خَفِيٍّ أَبْرَزَتْهُ

عِبَارَتْكِ المُصَفَّاةُ الأَنِيقَهْ

And how much hidden significance it brought out

In your refined and elegant phrasing

وَكَمْ أُحْجِيَةٍ تَأْبَى حُلولاً

جَلا لَكِ حَلَّهَا وَحيُ السَّلِيقَهْ

And how many riddles that refuse solutions

Were solved for you by the gift of apt intuition

تُكَادُ بِوَصْفِكِ الآثَارُ تَحْيَا

وَقَدْ جدَّتْ رَوَائِعُهَا العَتِيقَهْ

You almost bring relics to life with your description

Though their ancient marvels had faded

فَعَادَتْ مِثْلَمَا كَانَتْ قَدِيماً

بِإِعْجَابٍ وَإِكْبَارٍ خَلِيقَهْ

So they returned as they were long ago

With awe and esteem befitting them

رَعَى اللهُ الَّتِي كَتَبَتْ لَتُرْضِي

بِنَفْسٍ حُرَّةٍ وَيَدٍ طَلِيقَهْ

May God watch over her who wrote to please

With a free spirit and unfettered hand

وَلِلآدَابِ أَحْسَابٌ غَوَالٍ

إذَا اتَّصَلَتْ بِأَنْسَابِ غَريقَهْ

And literature holds deeply hidden

When tied to pure and noble lineage