1. The eager strives though his provision is preordained
And eagerness, its pasture is lush and shady

2. Had the resolute attained the share of wealth
The lazy lad would not have died destitute

3. Destiny has preceded all that will transpire
So from it desist, and submit obediently

4. The Sustainer has apportioned rizq amongst His servants
A Lord most Kind, Compassionate to His worshippers

5. The youth's avarice is cause for his deprivation
His pursuits were unattainable, ominous

6. Why, my lowly world, could you not establish
I wished to be satiated, but was deprived

7. I was called singularly, but wished multitudes
Wretched is the call, and melancholy the response

8. My fate from hopes has now become inert
Amongst decrees, some mobile, some static

9. Despair not my soul, if misfortunes befell
For the noble stumble at times, and rise

10. It's no wonder others suckle the teat of hopes
While I was weaned, left utterly starved

11. Such is time with its people, fickle
Neither misery nor bliss enduring within

12. Indeed, the erudite Abul-Walid Al-Muntaqaa
A burden sufficient, a leading chieftain

13. Had it not been for treading the path of bounty
I would have languished, unaware of its ways

14. Oh you, deprived of hopes and wishes
Are you unaware his gifts are predestined?

15. Do not count upon an encounter and concede to him
For to meet him suffices, so acquiesce

16. And incline with the body of hope at his door
Do not despair, for his generosity is abundant

17. He is clothed in a garment of awe
Embroidered with veneration and esteem

18. Humble despite his lofty ambition
That aspires to attain the heights, resolutely

19. His ambitions reached the ranks of the eminent
As if above the stars, constellations

20. Keen of insight, prudent of advice
A remedy for the ailments of time, wisdom incarnate

21. Sweet and bitter to the bitter palate
Like time itself, misfortune and fortune

22. With generosity he built his glory
Lofty edifice unlike others, ruined

23. Of a people whose wealth has always contained
A right for those who seek from them, assured

24. Merit in him and his kin has always been
Of it we speak, ancient and recent

25. By God, what a fine cavalier truthful of word
Bestowed upon him prose and verse alike

26. Staunch, erecting minarets of all virtues
And unleashing torrents of generosity, selfless

27. An erudite counsel if a problem arises
Clarifying the darkness of dilemmas, adept

28. Clothed in serenity and piety, vigilant, secure
Eloquent in Arabic, like Tamim and Ma'ad

29. He has girded the belt of glorious feats, as you see
Supporting the fragile with reinforcements

30. Time is barren, unable to produce his like
For time with the likes of him is sterile

31. Oh you who reproach him for bonding amiably
Do you not blame those who censure his benevolence?

32. Never! Moving a boulder is easier sought
Than one generous to change from altruism

33. Neither squandering wealth diminishes him
Nor miserliness and blame make him endure

34. The generous man's praises remain for him
While the miser is damned, blamed

35. When I saw your sky of munificence adorned
With stars of generosity, their nodes resilent

36. I sent the devil of my destitution listening
Hoping it would be stoned by one of its meteors