1. O you who were never absent from me, your virtues
Generosity is a habit for me, its smiles

2. It is enough that my heart is lovesick, longing
My body is healthy and well, though my heart aches

3. My love for you returns disappointed
And all love that disappoints is blamable

4. So arise, o generous ones, from your slumber
Be lively like Ka'b and Hatem

5. No world remains without you, you who own it
For kingship is a knot, and you who tie it

6. You have escaped the fetters of fear, living secure
Sleeping, knowing no restless turning in bed

7. You took charge of affairs, so events obey you
You truly prepare and establish them

8. Who knows no poverty, protected by you who grant him plenty
Nor the sweetness of wealth, except by your wisdom