1. إِنّي أَرى لَكَ في السَماحَةِ وَالنَدى

    طَلَقاً ذَرَيتَ بِهِ عَلى الإِطلاقِ

    Indeed, I see that in generosity and bounty you have

    A course with which you have utterly outstripped

  2. طَلَقَ الغَمامَ سَرى بِوَجهٍ باسِرِ

    يَروي الوُجوهَ وَمَبسِمٍ بَرّاقِ

    The raincloud's course: it traveled by night with a frowning face,

    Drenching faces, and with a flashing smile.

  3. ثَقُلَت عَلى عُنقِ الصِبا أَعباؤُهُ

    مِثلَ الضَعيفِ يَنوءُ بِالأَوساقِ

    Its burdens grew heavy on the east wind's neck,

    Like a weak man staggering beneath loads.

  4. فَتَرى النَباتَ يَروقُ وَسطَ رِياضِهِ

    مِثلَ الحِلِيِّ تَروقُ وَسطَ حِقاقِ

    So you see the plants delighting the eye amid its gardens,

    Like jewelry delighting the eye within jewel boxes.

  5. وَطَهارَةُ الأَخلاقِ لَم تَظفَر بِها

    إِلّا بِحَيثُ طَهارُهُ الأَعراقِ

    And purity of character you have not found

    Except where his ancestry is pure.

  6. كَخَلائِقِ الأُستاذِ إِن جاوَزتُها

    تَجِدُ الخَلائِقَ غَيرَ ذاتِ خِلاقِ

    Like the master's qualities: if I go beyond them,

    You find other qualities devoid of merit.