1. Do you not see how generosity has sent forth and chosen
A friend of purity and recited that which does not abandon him

2. He preferred the names of Ibn Hisham so his oaths were clothed
With the actions of the Most High, his right hand and left

3. And no glory except the glory of Asmaa if it flows
And nothing flows except the bounty of Asmaa its superior

4. And bearing resentment towards Asmaa if it flows
With two registers from Asmaa so its trails overflow

5. The howler arouses the wailing women but rather
With his fangs the deaf lip and the arguing

6. And his endeavor falls shorter than the orbit of Asmaa
Wretched as the motes find from dust its sifter

7. And Asmaa son of Hisham preferred over them
The generosity of Asmaa son of Hisham and its attainments

8. So who is like Asmaa son of Hisham when
His youthful sprigs, or what thing equals him?

9. And I was, whenever I met a mean person from them
I met Abu Hassaan, his nobilities glistening

10. Ghassan entertains him hoping for his release
And the Yemeni Ahbasho his confidant and ally

11. A knight, time does not cease to be fertile whilst he lives
And if he were with barrenness, his paths would be desolate

12. So I found what is on earth of creatures I knew
Amongst people, none but the vendor of Asmaa his assets

13. You see him when you come to him wavering
As if you give him that which you are asking of him

14. And if he had nothing in his palm but his soul
He would give it, so let his asker beware of God

15. You see the soldiers and bedouins crowding his door
As the she-camels streamed to the water their calves

16. When they come to his doors he says welcome
Crowd the door even if hunger kills its killer

17. You see the unlucky, crippled above his bowls
His limbs severed and joints

18. When they come to Asmaa it is he who
His palms drip with bounty and fingers

19. You see them numerous when crowding his door
So his walls and dwellings shelter them