1. شَكَرْتُ للدَّهْرِ حُسْنَ مَا صَنَعَا

    طَائِرُ مَجْدٍ بجَنَّتِي وَقَعَا

    I thanked Time for the goodness of what it had done.

    A bird of glory alighted in my garden.

  2. نَفَرْتُ لمّا أَيْقَنْتُ جيْئَتَهُ

    وطارتِ النَّفْسُ عِنْدَها قِطَعَا

    I took fright when I became certain of his coming,

    and then my soul flew apart in pieces.

  3. يا حُسْنَ حَمّامِنَا وقَد غَرَبَتْ

    شَمْسُ الضُّحَى فيه بَعْدَ مَا مَتَعَا

    How lovely our bathhouse, now that there has set

    the forenoon sun within it, after rising high!

  4. أَيْقَنَ أَنَّ الهِلالَ راكِبُهُ

    فضاءَ للحاضِرِينَ واتَّسَعَا

    It knew for certain that the crescent moon was its rider,

    so it shone for those present and grew spacious.

  5. فانْعَمْ أَبا عامِرٍ بنِعْمَتِهِ

    واعْجَبْ لأَمْرَيْنِ فيه قد جُمِعَا

    So enjoy its comfort, Abu ʿAmir,

    and marvel at two things that have been joined within it:

  6. نِيرانُهُ مِن زِنَادِكُمْ قَدِحَتْ

    وماؤهُ مِن بنانِكم نَبَعَا

    Its fires were kindled from your flints,

    and its water welled up from your fingertips.