فَإِن أَهلِكَ فَقَد أَبقَيتُ بَعدي

فَإِن أَهلِكَ فَقَد أَبقَيتُ بَعدي

قَوافيَ تُعجِبُ المُتَمَثِّلينا

قَوافيَ تُعجِبُ المُتَمَثِّلينا

So if I perish, I have indeed left behind me

If your people perish, after me

Rhymes that delight those who quote them,

I have left rhymes that please reciters

لَذيذاتِ المَقاطِعِ مُحكَماتٍ

لَذيذاتِ المَقاطِعِ مُحكَماتٍ

لَو أَنَّ الشِعرَ يُلبَسُ لإِرتُدَينا

لَو أَنَّ الشِعرَ يُلبَسُ لإِرتُدَينا

Sweet in their cadences, finely wrought;

Sweet articulated, well-constructed

If poetry could be worn, we would don it.

If poetry could be worn, I would have worn it