1. أما العمادُ فقد تضاعفَ شكرُه

    نعماكَ شكر الرَّوض نُعمى الصَيِّبِ

    As for al-ʿImād, his gratitude has redoubled,

    for your bounty, as the garden thanks the bounty of pouring rain,

  2. لعمامةٍ ذهبيةٍ كغمامةٍ

    يبدو بها برقُ الطِّرازِ المغربي

    for a golden turban, like a cloud,

    in which the lightning of Maghribi embroidery gleams.

  3. ما كان أَحسنَ حاله لو أَنّه

    شُفعت عمامته بثوب مُذهبِ

    How fine his condition would have been, if only

    his turban had been paired with a gold-adorned robe!