1. شَمائلُ مُلكٍ سَما شَرَفاً

    تَحارُ العُقولُ لأوصافِها

    The virtues of kingship, exalted in honor,

    Leave minds bewildered by their qualities.

  2. جَلِيَّةُ حُسنٍ تَغارُ لَها

    جَواهِرُ لاحَت بأصدافِها

    Beauty made manifest, the envy of

    Jewels gleaming within their shells.

  3. يُمثلها الفِكرُ عن أدبٍ

    أزاهِرَ رَوضٍ لألطافِها

    The mind, with refinement, depicts them

    As garden blossoms, for their delicate grace.

  4. عجائبها ما لَهُ عَدَدٌ

    وَمَن لي بإحصاءِ أصنافِها

    Their wonders are beyond number;

    And who can count their kinds for me?

  5. وَحَقِّ مَحاسِنها لم تَزَل

    نِظامي حَياتي من اوقافِها

    And by their beauties' worth, ever have

    My verse and my life been among their endowments.

  6. فبالمدح أرجو تلاحظُني

    عُيونُ الأَماني بأوطافِها

    So through praise I hope to be regarded

    By the eyes of wishes, with their long lashes.

  7. أروحُ وأغدو وقد نشرَت

    عليَّ رِداءً من اكنافِها

    I go at evening and morning, while they have spread

    Over me a cloak from their shelter.

  8. أتيهُ بها تيهَ ذي مدحٍ

    لعالي المُلوكِ وأشرافِها

    I glory in them with the pride of one offering praise

    To the loftiest of kings and their nobles.