1. لله نظمك للطروس لقد

    نعمت به الألحاظ والفكر

    How splendid your verse upon the pages! Indeed,

    Eyes and thoughts have found delight in it.

  2. أوراق حظ كلها ثمر

    وبحور شعرٍ كلّها درر

    Leaves of good fortune, all of them fruit;

    And seas of poetry, all of them pearls.