فَخْرٌa distinction لِشِعْرِيfor my poetry عَلَىover الأَشعارِthe poems يَحْفَظُهُhe memorizes it
فَخْرٌ لِشِعْرِي عَلَى الأَشعارِ يَحْفَظُهُ
خَليفَةُthe caliph of اللَّهِGod كانَmay ... be اللَّهُGod حافِظَهُhis guardian
خَليفَةُ اللَّهِ كانَ اللَّهُ حافِظَهُ
My poetry has this distinction over other verse: it is memorized by
My pride for my poetry over other poems to preserve it
God's caliph—may God be his guardian.
The Caliph of Allah, may Allah be its preserver