أبيت إلا ارتدائي منك بالخجل

هذا المراد وهذا غاية الأمل

I refuse all but to clothe myself in bashfulness before you;

this is my desire, and this the utmost reach of hope.

في كل آن تريني آية فرضت

فيك السجود فإني منك في شغل

At every moment you show me a sign that has ordained

prostration before you, for you keep me wholly engrossed.

ما كان رأسي من السجدات مرتفعا

إلا لاخرى بلا شكوى ولا ملل

Never did my head rise from its prostrations

except for another—without complaint or weariness.

سجدات شكر سجدناها لخالقنا

عما أتاكم وعما خط في الأزل

Prostrations of thanks we offered before our Creator

for what has come to you, and for what was inscribed from all eternity.

للّه كم لك من فضل نشاهده

فما أجلك بين الناس من رجل

By God, how many virtues of yours we witness!

How august a man you are among the people!

لك اقتنينا بيوم الشعر محكمة

كما اقتنينا بيوت النحل للعسل

For you, on the day of poetry, we secured a finely wrought poem,

just as we acquired beehives for honey.