ماnot خِلتُI thought قَبلَكَbefore you أنَّthat كُلَّevery فَضَيلةٍvirtue
ما خِلتُ قَبلَكَ أنَّ كُلَّ فَضَيلةٍ
لِلنَّاسِbelonging to people يُستَجْمَعْنَare gathered together فيin إنسانa person
لِلنَّاسِ يُستَجْمَعْنَ في إنسان
Never before you did I imagine that every virtue
Before you, I had not thought that every virtue
Belonging to mankind could be gathered in one human being.
people possess could be gathered in a single person.
فمتَىso when يُطيقُis able لِسانٍtongue شِعريof my poetry مَدحَpraising مَنْone who
فمتَى يُطيقُ لِسانٍ شِعري مَدحَ مَنْ
ماnot زالَceased مَمْدوحاًpraised بِكُلِّby every لسانtongue
ما زالَ مَمْدوحاً بِكُلِّ لسان
How, then, could the tongue of my poetry ever praise one
So when can the tongue of my poetry praise one
Who has always been praised by every tongue?
who has always been praised by every tongue?
