مَنْ مِثْلُ وَاصِفَ وَالبَيَانُ بَيَانُهُ

إِنْ لُوحِظَ الإِبْدَاعُ وَالإِحْكَامُ

Who is like the describer whose description is eloquence

When creativity and perfection are noticed

تَكْسُو مَبَانِيهِ المَعَانِي زِينَةً

لا الضَّبْطُ يُخْطِئُهَا وَلا الهِنْدَامُ

His meanings adorn buildings as decoration

Neither prosody mistakes them, nor structure

هُوَ مِنْ دِعَامِ الصَّرْحِ فِي تَشْيِيدِهِ

وَالصَّرْحُ أَرْكَانٌ رَسَتْ وَدِعَامُ

He is a pillar of the palace in its construction

And the palace is pillars that settled and pillars