1. You were generous to the stranger and kind to him
And you raised the worth of the distant one by mentioning him

2. And you sent in the north wind a greeting
That returned to you with the fragrance of his gratitude

3. Do not wonder at its heat after
It cooled, for it has passed through the agony of his chest

4. And I asked about him, and nothing dispraises his time
If his night were known from his dawn

5. The dispenser of resolves spends his life
Extravagantly, defying the blame and command of fate

6. His days betrayed him in chastity
Of his wealth and safeguarding his honor

7. So when he wanted to praise the like of you, the clouds
Of worries darkened the horizons of his thoughts