1. أنظر إلى الغيث ما أعطتك راحته

    وبدل الميم باء غير منتحل

    Look at the rain—what its palm has given you!

    And replace the mīm with a bāʾ, without claiming to be

  2. حانماً لقد رام إعجازاً فأبكته

    ولك يزل معجزاً في القول والعمل

    Ḥānim [possibly Hātim]; he indeed sought to outdo others, but you confounded him.

    And he remained outmatched in speech and deed [probable reading of the unclear text].

  3. رآك بحراً فرقاه إلى جبل

    ومن رأى قبلها بحراً على جبل

    He saw you as a sea, then raised it to a mountain.

    And who before that ever saw a sea upon a mountain?