1. جناحُ زُرزوركَ الفَصيحِ

    إليكَ يَهفُو بكلِّ ريحِ

    The wing of your eloquent starling

    flutters toward you with every wind.

  2. أَقبَلَ يَعشُو إلى كريمٍ

    تهزُّهُ نشوةُ المَدِيحِ

    He came, seeking the light of a generous man;

    the rapture of praise stirs him.

  3. وقَلّما يكذبُ ارتِيادٌ

    دَعا إلى وجهِكَ الصَّبيحِ

    And rarely does a quest disappoint

    that has beckoned toward your radiant face.

  4. وهل لِبَاغي النّدى وقوعٌ

    إلا على نَيلِكَ الصَّريحِ

    And can a seeker of bounty alight

    anywhere but upon your unalloyed largesse?

  5. فضلُكَ في الفاضلينَ طُرّاً

    فضلُ المُعَلّى على المَنيحِ

    Your superiority among all men of merit

    is that of the winning Muʿallā arrow over the shareless Manīḥ.

  6. مَن قاسَ منهم إِليك فَرداً

    قاسَ سَقِيماً إلى صَحيحِ

    Whoever compares any one of them to you

    compares a sick man to a healthy one.

  7. يا حِيلةَ البُرءِ إنَّ دائي

    منكَ لَيُشكى إلى مريحِ

    O means of healing, my ailment

    is surely laid before a giver of relief in you.

  8. وكم تَلظَّيت من أُناسٍ

    أَشكو إليهِم شَكوى الجريحِ

    And how often I have burned because of people

    to whom I voice a wounded man's complaint.

  9. فاسلَم ولا زَالت اللَّيالي

    دونَ مَدى عُمرِكَ الفَسيحِ

    So stay well, and may the nights ever remain

    short of your life's vast span.

  10. وقل نعَم إذ سَنَحت يُمناً

    تُضِف سَمِيحاً إلى سَنيحِ

    And say 'yes,' since I have appeared as a good omen;

    you will join a generous giver to an auspicious visitor.