1. من يكن جاهلاً عطاءَ اللهِ

    فليطالِعْهُ في عَطاءِ اللهِ

    Whoever is ignorant of God's bounty,

    Let him behold it in ʿAṭāʾ Allāh.

  2. مُبْتَدٍ في جميلِه بدعاءٍ

    ليس يوافي أبلها المتناهي

    He begins his kindness with a prayer,

    Even the most accomplished cannot match its [unclear term].

  3. ساهرُ الطرفِ للمكارمِ مُحتا

    طٌ عليها بخاطرٍ غيرِ ساهِ

    Wakeful-eyed for noble deeds, keeping watch

    Over them with a mind never heedless.

  4. رُبّ ليلٍ قطعتُه في ذَراهُ

    يشبهُ الحُلْمَ وهْو في الانتِباهِ

    Many a night I spent in his shelter,

    Resembling a dream, though spent awake,

  5. بمدامٍ كأنما لاح فيها

    مَندليُّ الأفواه في الأفواهِ

    With wine in which there seemed to appear

    Mandalī aloeswood among the aromatics, within mouths,

  6. وصديقٍ يلقي المُسائلُ منه

    ذا جوابٍ ما إنْ له من مَضاهِ

    And a friend in whom the questioner finds

    One with an answer, who has no peer.