1. Time has many deceptions between people,
And its changes among mankind are plentiful.

2. Those misfortunes are the youth's banquet,
While education makes him more discerning.

3. Another reasons with the reasonable about his patience -
When bare, the weak's excuses are feeble.

4. When nights are unrecognizable, their denial
Is unknowable if the known is recognizable.

5. Necks are only weighed down by obligation
To a youth who lightens a heavy burden.

6. Circumstances looked upon me, but the prince
Turned them from me while their edges were blunted.

7. When I sought help against time with hands,
Time recoiled, so its course was redirected.

8. Were it not for noble traits in the generous,
It would not be evident that the noble is noble.

9. This is Nizar, a branch of the lofty palm,
Skillful in bounties, of elegant manners.

10. He is nurtured by a lion of war who has no
Equipment but slender spears and curved swords.

11. They walk in close ranks under shields
While bravery's fabric is woven into hearts.

12. If they lacked swords, their resolves would flow
Through their souls, which themselves are swords.

13. They make bounty flow like blood. The most generous of them
Are life itself for the world and its wellbeing.

14. One who was lavish with thousands but had no
Harshness to temper him on the day of bestowal -

15. He would be cruel and violent in war, while his way
In peace would be kindness toward people, gentle.

16. He draws near and keeps aloof in awe and humility,
So he is majestic yet gentle with grandeur.

17. O son of bounties, the best thing for one
Whose bounties build bounties is to help the fallen.

18. If credits went uncounted for your artistry,
Then their slender merits would still be evident.

19. That potter continues his labors,
And when the laborers stop, he stops.