1. يا سَمِيَّ الَّذي لَهُ خَبَتِ النا

    رُ وَكانَت لَهُ سَلاماً وَبَردا

    O namesake of him for whom the fire died down,

    and became peace and coolness for him,

  2. لِم عَكَستَ القِياسَ في نارِ قَلبي

    فَإِذا ما ذُكِرتَ تَزدادُ وَقدا

    why have you reversed the analogy in the fire of my heart,

    so that whenever you are mentioned, it burns more fiercely?

  3. مُذ حَكَيتَ الهِلالَ وَالظَبيَ وَالغُص

    نَ جَبيناً وَغَنجَ طَرفٍ وَقَدّا

    Since you have resembled the crescent, the gazelle, and the bough

    in brow, coquettish gaze, and stature,

  4. شَهِدَ العالَمونَ طُرّاً لِطَرفي

    أَنَّهُ فيكَ أَحسَنُ الناسِ نَقدا

    all the world has borne witness in favor of my eye:

    that, in appraising you, it is the most discerning of all.