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Taj al-Din gifted me with his poem

تبرع تاج الدين لي بنواله

1. Taj al-Din gifted me with his poem
Of rhymed prose that benefited before its creation

١. تبرَّعَ تاجُ الدين لي بنوالهِ
كوردٍ أفاد الرِيَّ قبل ورودهِ

2. The whims of rhyme call on me to praise it
As if rhyme itself enlisted in its army

٢. تُطالبني غُرُّ القوافي بمدحهِ
كأنَّ القوافي أصبحت من جنودهِ

3. Yet I refrain, not from stinginess over what's due
But truly, by God, to spare his generosity

٣. فأُمسكُ لا بخلاً عليه بحقِّهِ
ولكنهُ واللّهِ رفْقٌ بجودهِ