1. Give authority to one whose excellence
Supplied praise in leisure though not recompensed,
١. لتعطِ الولاية من فضلها
فتى سلَّفَ المدحَ في العُطْلَهْ
2. Whose generosity gave him no reward,
Whose ample time brought him no gift.
٢. فلم يؤتَ في المدحِ من جوده
ولم يؤتَ من سعة المهلَهْ
3. Would you busy yourself with other than one
Who made the span of his life your concern?
٣. أتجعل شغلك غير امرئٍ
جعلتَ مدى عمره شغلَهْ
4. Whatever you do, you deny him -
Yet you are, in the totality, Abul Saqr.
٤. ومهما فعلتَ فأنكرته
فأنت أبا الصقر في الجملَهْ