1. أبلِغ أَبا العبَّاس أحدُوثَةً

    ثَناؤها يعبقُ من عِرضِهِ

    Tell Abu al-Abbas a tale

    Whose praise wafts fragrantly from his honor.

  2. اليوم عوَّلتُ على أنَّني

    أصرفُ بعضَ العيد في بَعضِهِ

    Today I resolved that I would

    Spend one part of Eid on another part of it:

  3. أبيعُ ما ألبسُ فيه بِما

    أنفِقُ والدلال في عرضِهِ

    I sell what I wear during it in exchange for what

    I spend, while the auctioneer offers it for sale.

  4. وذاكَ رأيٌ حينَ أبرَمتُه

    جِئتُكَ أستَفتيكَ في نَقضِهِ

    And that was a plan; when I had settled it,

    I came to you to seek your judgment on undoing it.

  5. فما تَرى فيه وأنتَ امرُؤٌ

    من خُلفاءِ الجودِ في أرضِهِ

    So what do you think of it, you who are a man

    Among Generosity’s deputies on its earth?