أحمر الخد زاد منه لهيبي

أحمر الخد زاد منه لهيبي

ليت ورد الخدود كان نصيبي

ليت ورد الخدود كان نصيبي

The red-cheeked one has made my flame grow.

The redness of his cheek augmented my passion

Would that the roses of the cheeks were my share!

If only the roses of his cheeks were my fortune

يا دمَ الوجنتينِ لا حالك ال

يا دمَ الوجنتينِ لا حالك ال

له دم الخد من دماء القلوب

له دم الخد من دماء القلوب

O blood of the cheeks, may God never change you;

O blood of the two cheeks! There is no other like you

the cheek's blood comes from the blood of hearts.

For the blood of the cheek is made of the blood of hearts

أخصب الدمع كل حي كما أخ

أخصب الدمع كل حي كما أخ

صب جود الوزير كل جديب

صب جود الوزير كل جديب

Tears made every settlement fertile, just as

My tears made every living thing fertile just as generosity

the minister's bounty made every barren place fertile.

Pours forth from the minister onto every barren place

الوزير الذي له الفخر حقاً

الوزير الذي له الفخر حقاً

في بعيدٍ من الورى وقريب

في بعيدٍ من الورى وقريب

The minister to whom glory truly belongs,

The minister who truly deserves pride

among humankind, both far and near.

Whether far from or near to mankind

سابغ الجودِ والثنا قسّمت نع

سابغ الجودِ والثنا قسّمت نع

مى يديه في كل عان غريب

مى يديه في كل عان غريب

Ample in bounty and praise; favors have been dispensed

Lavish in generosity and praise, the bounties

from his hands to every captive stranger.

Of his hands were distributed in every strange land

قيل ما بلدة لها في الثنا الشا

قيل ما بلدة لها في الثنا الشا

ئع وصف محاسن الترتيب

ئع وصف محاسن الترتيب

It was asked: What town has, in widespread praise,

It was said no city with widespread fame and virtues

a description of the beauties of its arrangement?

Had the attributes of excellent arrangement

فمناها ذكرٌ جميلٌ وأجرٌ

فمناها ذكرٌ جميلٌ وأجرٌ

قلت هاتيك منية ابن خصيب

قلت هاتيك منية ابن خصيب

Its wishes, then, are fair remembrance and reward.

With beautiful mention and reward it was said

I said: That is Minyat Ibn Khasib.

"This is the city of Ibn Khasib"