1. خريدةٌ من ذواتِ اللّطفِ والاَدَبِ

    أَحيَت فؤَآدي إذ حيَّتهُ عن كَثَبِ

    A maiden endowed with grace and refinement,

    She revived my heart when she greeted it from nearby.

  2. بديعةٌ قد حَوَت حُسن البيان بما

    أَبدتهُ من كلّ معنىً رائِقٍ عَدِبِ

    Exquisite, she held the beauty of eloquence in

    every lucid, sweet meaning she revealed.

  3. دلَّت عَلَى فضل منشيها الذي اشتهرَت

    أَوصافهُ الغرُّ بين العجمِ والعَرَبِ

    She attested to her composer's excellence, whose

    radiant qualities became renowned among non-Arabs and Arabs.

  4. الشاعر الناثر الشهم الذي افتَخَرت

    بهِ القَوافي فَباهَت مَطلَع الشُهُبِ

    The poet, the prose writer, the noble-hearted man in whom

    the rhymes took pride, then vied with the rising of shooting stars,

  5. من كلّ معنًى بهِ للسحر عارضَةٌ

    في كلّ لفظٍ بديع السبك مُنتَخبِ

    Through every meaning with the power to rival magic,

    in every chosen word, exquisitely wrought.

  6. ربُّ الكمال الذي طَابَت شمائلهُ

    وزَانَها بصفَات الفضل والحسَبِ

    The master of perfection, whose traits are pleasing,

    and who adorned them with virtue and noble standing.

  7. لا زال يُهدي الينا بالجميل كَما

    نُهدي إليهِ ثنآءً غير مُقتَضَبِ

    May he ever bring us beauty, just as

    we offer him praise that is not curtailed.