هذا يراعكَ صَيقلُ الشِعرِ

هذا يراعكَ صَيقلُ الشِعرِ

وحجاك مجمع آيهِ الغُرِّ

وحجاك مجمع آيهِ الغُرِّ

This reed pen of yours is poetry’s polisher;

This inspires you, poetry refines

And your intellect is where its radiant verses gather.

Its verses gathered, pearls of wisdom shine

وقريضكَ البحرُ الخضمُّ وهل

وقريضكَ البحرُ الخضمُّ وهل

يعرو النفادُ لآلئَ البحرِ

يعرو النفادُ لآلئَ البحرِ

And your poetry is the vast, deep sea—can

The sea composes, can its gems ever wane?

Exhaustion ever touch the pearls of the sea?

Or cease the flow of pearls along its line?

لك كلَّ يومٍ كلُّ قافيةٍ

لك كلَّ يومٍ كلُّ قافيةٍ

من كل معنًى شائقٍ بكرِ

من كل معنًى شائقٍ بكرِ

Each day, every rhyming verse is yours,

Each day you find a rhyme, a verse afresh

Drawn from every captivating, original idea;

With every meaning new, a thought divine

تُجلى فتتلى ثم تُرسلها

تُجلى فتتلى ثم تُرسلها

فتزفُّ من قُطرٍ الى قُطرِ

فتزفُّ من قُطرٍ الى قُطرِ

It is unveiled and recited; then you send it forth,

Revealed then read aloud, you swiftly send

And it is borne like a bride from land to land.

From drop to drop, the subtle words entwine

ما زلتَ تنفحنا بها غُرراً

ما زلتَ تنفحنا بها غُرراً

وتضمُّها دُرًّا الى دُرِّ

وتضمُّها دُرًّا الى دُرِّ

You have kept bestowing these radiant verses upon us,

You shower us with gems in every verse

And joining them, pearl to pearl,

And add each pearl onto the strand sublime

حتى كسوت النظم حليتَهُ

حتى كسوت النظم حليتَهُ

وجعلتَ شعركَ آيةَ العصرِ

وجعلتَ شعركَ آيةَ العصرِ

Until you clothed verse in its finery

Until with form you've clothed the poetry

And made your poetry the marvel of the age.

And made your words the miracle of our time