1. I blame myself for its greed and effort,
And I excuse it out of love when poverty subdues it.

2. And whatever pride it claims after what I see,
The hands of hopes humiliated and made it submit.

3. Yes, perhaps it found the integrity of a request,
When it found favor with kings and attained its desire.

4. It was allowed in the family of Nubahan a doctrine,
That sufficed it apart from the support of the righteous.

5. When the Al Azdi faction chose its aim,
The Bani Nubahan hastened to match its generosity.

6. And its everlasting master, who endowed it
With the honor that clothed it in robes of splendor.

7. By my life! How many favors were counted for him
With the sheen of his palm or the bounty he granted.

8. It possessed the hearts of meanings and their essence
Were made white in eloquence and blackened by prose.

9. You see in his hands the cheek of generosity whenever
A thirsty palm gestures, and it flows.

10. When hopes drew near in righteousness, perhaps
The bounty would initiate and repeat itself.

11. So its Creator revived it and gave it life for a duration
To the farthest time-limit, prolonging its extension.