1. إذا ما صِغْتُ في المَحْبوبِ نَظْماً

    يُساعِدُني على النَّسَقِ الرَّوِيُّ

    Whenever I fashion verse about the beloved,

    The rhyme-letter helps me keep the pattern.

  2. وتَتَّضِعُ الدَّراري لافْتِخاري

    ويَخْشَعُ عِنديَ الأَسَدُ الأبِيُّ

    And the brilliant stars bow low before my pride,

    And the unyielding lion humbles itself before me.

  3. وإن أُنْمي لِسُدَّتِكُمْ بِطَوْري

    يَقولُ البَدْرُ إنِّي مَهْدَوِيُّ

    And if, in my own way, I affiliate myself with your threshold,

    The full moon says that I am Mahdawi.

  4. جَناحانِ ارْتَفَعْتُ إلى المَعالي

    بِعَزْمِها ولي شَوْطٌ عَليُّ

    Two wings: I rose toward lofty heights,

    Through its resolve, and mine is a lofty course.

  5. على قُمَمِ العُلى بِهِما ارْتِقائي

    عَلِيٌّ ذو المَعارِجِ والنَّبِيُّ

    Through them both I ascend the summits of sublimity:

    Ali, possessor of the ways of ascent, and the Prophet.