1. قلْ للوزير أحمدا:

    طَهُرتَ قلبًا ويدا

    Say to Minister Ahmad:

    You have been pure in heart and hand.

  2. وكنتَ رمزًا يا نجيـ

    ـبُ للوفاءِ والنَّدَى

    And you were a symbol, O Naji—

    —b, of loyalty and generosity.

  3. رفعتَ قدرَ شعرنا

    حتى بلَغنا الفَرقدا

    You raised the standing of our poetry

    Until we reached the star Farqad.

  4. أعطيتنا معًا ولم

    تُعطِ غنيمًا مفردا

    You gave to us together, and did not

    Give to Ghunaym alone.

  5. إنَّ غنيمًا، والخفيـ

    ـفَ: خَبَرٌ، ومُبتدا

    Indeed, Ghunaym and al-Khafi—

    —f are a predicate and a subject.

  6. شكرًا، ولا نقولُ قد

    أبطأتَ أو طال المدى

    Thank you, and we do not say you have

    Been late, or that the wait was long.

  7. اليومَ قد أعطيتَنَا الْـ

    أُولى، فما تُعطي غدا؟

    Today you have given us the

    First—so what will you give tomorrow?