1. أَحسِن بِفِعلِ الحَسَنِ بنِ جَعفَرِ

    إِذا مَرَّ بِالمَرأى الأَنيقَ المَنظَرِ

    How fine is the deed of al-Hasan ibn Ja'far!

    When he passed before the eye, lovely to behold,

  2. فَجاءَ أَبهى مِن ثَرى مُنَوّرٍ

    مُوَشَّحٍ بِأَصفَرٍ وَأَحمَرِ

    And came more splendid than earth in bloom,

    Decked in yellow and red,

  3. مِثلَ الغُلامِ في القَباءِ المُشَهَّرِ

    أَو كَالعَروسِ في الحَلى وَالجَوهَرِ

    Like a youth in a brightly patterned robe,

    Or like a bride in ornaments and jewels.

  4. إِذا تَبَدّى وَجهُهُ لِلمُبصِرِ

    أَلهاهُ عَن وَجهِ الرَبيعِ المُسفِرِ

    When his face appears to the beholder,

    It distracts him from spring's radiant face.

  5. يا مَن حَوى مِن عَرَقِ الوَردِ الطَري

    أَزهُ عَلى المِسكِ الفَتيقِ الأَذفَرِ

    O you who hold some of the fresh rose's essence,

    Vaunt yourself over unsealed, heady musk;

  6. فَأَنتَ أَذكى مِن نَسيمِ العَنبَرِ

    في حُسنِ ما يَجري بِكَفِّ المُشتَري

    For you are more fragrant than a breath of ambergris,

    In the beauty of what flows in the buyer's palm,

  7. أَصفى مِنَ العَيشِ لِمَن لَم يَهجُرِ

    سَوفَ أَجزي بِالثَناءِ الأَزهَرِ

    Purer than life for one who knows no separation.

    I shall repay with radiant praise,

  8. فَعَلَ الثَرى عَلى السَحابِ المُمطِرِ

    الأَبلَجِ بنُ الأَبلَجِ المُستَبشِرِ

    As earth has done for the rain-bearing cloud—

    The radiant one, son of the radiant, glad-hearted,

  9. فَتىً مِنَ القَومِ الكَريمِ العُنصُرِ

    مُطَهَّرٍ يُنمى إِلى مُطَهَّرِ

    A youth from a people of noble stock,

    Purified, descended from one purified,

  10. مُستَصغِرٍ لِلنائِلِ المُستَكبِرِ

    وَمُستَقَلٍّ لِلنَدى المُستَكثِرِ

    Who deems small even a gift thought great,

    And deems little even bounty thought abundant.

  11. إِن عُدَّ أَبناءُ العُلا وَالمَفخَرِ

    فَإِنَّما نَعُدُّهُ بِالخُنصَرِ

    If the sons of eminence and glory are counted,

    Then it is on the little finger that we count him.