Sol 6.1

  1. ولا وصَمةٌ بكَريم مُعْدم نَشبا

    أَهاب من طيّبِ المُرتْاد مُطَلَّبا

    Nor is there disgrace in a noble man, bereft of wealth,

    appealing for what he seeks from a worthy source.

  2. أَصُبَحْتُ بين غنى نفسٍ وفقْر يدٍ

    أسْعى لا يهمّها في حاله غلبا

    I have come to stand between richness of soul and poverty of hand.

    I strive—[the remainder of the supplied line is unclear].

  3. ولي مآثر من شُكرٍ أُدلُّ بها

    على جواد أُجدْ فيها له وعَبَا

    I have tributes of gratitude on which I make my claim

    upon a generous man, striving through them to do him full justice.

  4. لمَّا وجدْتُ لنَبْهانٍ مآثرَ قد

    أُطْري بها شعرآء الأَمَّة العَرَبا

    When I found in Nabhan noble deeds that

    the nation's Arab poets had extolled,

  5. أَملَّتْه ليتامى فالتمسْتُ له

    من برّه مُوجباً عندي وقَدْ وَجَبا

    I placed my hopes in him for orphans, then sought for him [reading uncertain]

    through his kindness a claim upon me—and it was already due.

  6. وحَثَّني علْمُه استقْلالهُ عِوَضاً

    جزْل العطاء لَمن أُهْدي له الأَدبا

    Knowing him spurred me on: he considers recompense scant—

    that lavish giver to whom I offer verse.

  7. إذا تعَمَّدْتُ تجْديدَ المَديح لهُ

    جعلْتُ موْهبةً منه لهُ سبَبا

    Whenever I intend to renew his praise,

    I make a gift from him the occasion for praising him.

  8. أَغرُّ يَرتاحُ جوداً لا يراه قضى

    من مالهِ حاجةً إِلا بما وهَبَا

    Radiant, he delights in giving, counting no need fulfilled

    through his wealth except by what he gives away.

  9. في سادَةٍ من بن نبْهان قد ورثوا

    فضْلَ المَكارم جَداً ما جداً وأَبا

    Among the lords of Banu Nabhan, who have inherited

    the excellence of noble virtues, grandfather after grandfather and father [wording uncertain].

  10. بَرْعى العُفاة رياضاً من مواهبَهُم

    قد أَطلَعوا من نَداهم فوقها سُحُبا

    The supplicants graze in gardens of their gifts;

    above them they have raised clouds of their bounty.