1. I discerned the excellence in him with keen insight; truly, I am a man of sound judgement and quick wit regarding men.
When the riding camels stretched their necks and excelled one after the other,

2. And when it circulated among the people, I made clear that they were
Young she-camels freed in the enclosure of a pasturing ground.

3. They set out at dawn with the daughters of the stallion, fearful and cautious,
And a herd that had been muddied with dung.

4. We traveled at night, and when we arrived in his lands,
We stayed and grazed in the best pasture.

5. He saw glory and permanence being built for his children, so he built
In the shade of a lofty, high-reaching structure.

6. I examined him for virtue when I met him,
Because he had inherited from his fathers no wasted inheritance,

7. A young man, not frivolous, when touched by good fortune,
And in the setbacks of fate, not given to lamentation,

8. Judicious, whenever he wished, forbearing and successful,
Though he be sharper than an Indian sword in combat.

9. The builder of glory built for you above an eminence,
On the inaccessible mountain peaks.

10. For that is a young man who, if you come to him for help
To his wealth, you will not come to him through an intermediary.