1. أَبا سَعيدٍ تَلاقَت عِندَكَ النِعَمُ

    فَأَنتَ طَودٌ لَنا مُنجٍ وَمُعتَصَمُ

    O Abū Saʿīd, blessings have converged at your side.

    For you are a mighty mountain to us, a savior and a refuge.

  2. لازالَ جودُكَ يَخشى صَولَتَهُ

    وَزالَ عودُكَ تَسقي رَوضَهُ الدِيَمُ

    May your generosity never cease to fear its onslaught.

    And your bough vanished; steady rains water its meadow.

  3. أَشرَفتُ مِنكَ عَلى بَحرَصِ الغِنى وَيَدي

    يَجولُ في مُستَواها الفَقرُ وَالعَدَمُ

    Through you I looked out upon [a sea?] of wealth, while my hand—

    Poverty and destitution roam across its flat surface.

  4. فَسَوفَ يُثبِتُ رُكنَ المَدحِ فيكَ أَخٌ

    لَولا رَجاؤُكَ لَم يَثبُت لَهُ قَدَمُ

    So a brother will firmly establish the pillar of praise for you,

    But for hope in you, no foot of his would have stood firm.

  5. أَحرَمتُ دونَكَ خَوفَ النائِباتِ فَما

    شَكَكتُ إِذ قُمتَ دوني أَنَّكَ الحَرَمُ

    I entered ritual consecration before reaching you, fearing calamities; so I did not

    Doubt, when you stood shielding me, that you were the sacred sanctuary.