1. مقامُكَ دونَ مَوقِعِهِ النُّجومُ

    وقدرُكَ لا يُدانيهِ عَظيمُ

    The stars lie beneath your station,

    And no great one rivals your worth.

  2. وذكرُكَ عَطَّرَ الأَرجاءَ نَشراً

    كَوَرد الرَّوضِ داعَبَهُ النَّسيمُ

    And your renown has spread fragrance all around,

    Like a garden rose caressed by the breeze.

  3. ووصفُكَ فيه يَحلو لي قَريضٌ

    ويَحسُدُ دُرَّهُ العِقدُ النَّظيمُ

    And in describing you, poetry grows sweet to me,

    And the finely strung necklace envies its pearls.

  4. أيا مَن زانَ حُسنَ الخلقِ مِنهُ

    حياءٌ زانَهُ جودٌ عَميمُ

    O you whose fine character is adorned

    By modesty, itself adorned with all-embracing generosity.

  5. وبابُهُ كعبَةُ القُصَّادِ أضحى

    فهذا آبَ منهُ وذا مُقيمُ

    And his door has become the Kaaba of seekers;

    So this one has returned from him, while that one remains.

  6. ويدخلُ في القُلوبِ بغير إذنٍ

    ونورُه ليس تَحجبُه الغُيومُ

    And he enters hearts without permission,

    And clouds do not veil his light.

  7. تَباركَ مَن حباكَ بِحُسنِ ذِكرٍ

    يُفاوحُ عَرفَهُ المِسكُ الشَّميمُ

    Blessed is he who granted you fair renown,

    With whose fragrance sweet-smelling musk vies.

  8. إذا ما قيلَ مَن شِبلٌ لِلَيثٍ

    يَلوذُ بِرَبعِهِ عانٍ كَليمُ

    Whenever it is asked, “Who is a lion’s cub,

    In whose abode a wounded captive seeks refuge?

  9. ومَن فخرُ الشبابِ تُقىً وَجوداً

    ومن زَانَت مكانَتَهُ العُلومُ

    And who is the pride of youth in piety and generosity?

    And whose standing is adorned by learning?

  10. ومَن في العَدلِ مَسموعٌ صَداهُ

    وفي الأحكامِ قُسطاسٌ قَويمُ

    And whose echo is heard in justice,

    And who is an upright balance in judgments,

  11. إذا الخَصمانِ قاما بعدَ حُكمٍ

    فذا يُثنِى وذلكَ لا يَلومُ

    When the two litigants rise after a ruling,

    So this one gives praise, and that one finds no fault?”

  12. تُشيرُ إليك بالإبهامِ قبلَ ال

    خصُوص منَ الورَى طُراًّ عُمومُ

    They point to you with their thumbs before the

    Elite do—the common folk of mankind, one and all.

  13. وليس يَدومُ في الدنياءِ شيءٌ

    سوَى الذِّكرِ الجميلِ فقد يَدومُ

    And nothing lasts in this world,

    Except fair remembrance, for it may endure.