أَمَن مجده فَوقَ السِماكَين والفَرغِ

أَمَن مجده فَوقَ السِماكَين والفَرغِ

وَمَن نال في العَلياءِ فَوقَ الَّذي يَبغي

وَمَن نال في العَلياءِ فَوقَ الَّذي يَبغي

O you whose glory is above the two Simāk stars and al-Fargh,

Whose glory transcends the heights of sky and space,

and who has attained in eminence more than he seeks,

And who in the heights attained more than he can wish,

وَيا فَخرَ أَهلِ الغَربِ يا مَن مَحَلّهُ

وَيا فَخرَ أَهلِ الغَربِ يا مَن مَحَلّهُ

مِنَ اللطفِ مِثلُ الخالِ في عَطفَة الصدغِ

مِنَ اللطفِ مِثلُ الخالِ في عَطفَة الصدغِ

and O pride of the people of the West, O you whose place

O pride of Westerns, he whose stature bears

in grace is like a beauty mark at the curve of the temple,

A charm like the mole on the cheek's soft slope,

تَفَضّل عَلى الخِلّ الوَثيقِ وِدادُهُ

تَفَضّل عَلى الخِلّ الوَثيقِ وِدادُهُ

بِديوانِ شِعرِ البُحتَريّ مَعَ الوِرغي

بِديوانِ شِعرِ البُحتَريّ مَعَ الوِرغي

bestow your favor on the friend whose affection is steadfast

Bestow on the faithful friend profound regard

with the collected poetry of al-Buhturi, together with al-Wirghi’s.

Along with Buhturi's diwan and the lute.