1. إلى كم يخوض الدمعُ فيكَ ويلعب

    ويتعب فيه من يلوم ويعتب

    How long will tears wade and play for your sake,

    And those who blame and reproach grow weary of it?

  2. رشاً ترفع الناسُ العيون لحسنهِ

    ولكنّ عيناه على الناسِ تنصب

    A young gazelle, for whose beauty people lift their eyes,

    Yet his two eyes are trained upon the people.

  3. يلذّ لسمعي ذكرهُ لذةَ الثنا

    كسمعِ ابن موسى كلما مرّ يعذَب

    His mention delights my ear as praise delights

    Ibn Musa's ear, growing sweet each time it passes.

  4. وكم من يدٍ بيضاءَ في كلّ سوودٍ

    بدت لابن موسى فهي إرث ومكسب

    And how many a white hand, amid every darkness,

    Has shone forth for Ibn Musa—both inherited and earned.

  5. لحمزة جماعِ المحامدِ أنعمٌ

    تشرّق في طلابها وتغرب

    Hamza, the embodiment of virtues, has bounties:

    You journey east and west in pursuit of them.

  6. تمذهبتِ العشاق والعلم والندى

    لا خلاق عزّ الدين في الخلق مذهب

    Lovers, learning, and generosity have embraced a creed;

    Izz al-Din's virtues form a creed among humankind (apparent intended reading).

  7. وطابت لعمري كلّ أرض يحلها

    وكل مكان ينبت العزّ طيب

    And, by my life, every land he inhabits has grown pleasant,

    And every place where glory sprouts is pleasant.