1. دم يا أبا الفضل الكري

    م أخا علوٍّ وارتفاعِ

    Live on, O generous Abū al-Faḍl,

    a man of eminence and exalted rank.

  2. واخلد بهاء الدين مش

    كور المواهب والمساعي

    And live forever, Bahāʾ al-Dīn, praised

    for your gifts and endeavors.

  3. مولاي يا مولى الندى

    قل لي أما وصلت رقاعي

    My lord, O patron of generosity,

    tell me: have my letters not arrived?

  4. أم قد غدوتَ تعد شع

    ري الجزل من سقط المتاعِ

    Or have you come to count my

    rich verse among worthless wares?

  5. ما جاز في الميلاد فر

    راش بأطباقٍ وساعِ

    No servant passed at the birthday celebration

    with broad trays,

  6. إلا طربت كما يلو

    ح وقلت مسعود القضاعي

    without my rejoicing as soon as he appeared

    and saying, “Masʿūd al-Quḍāʿī!”

  7. مولاي ها أنا قد كشف

    ت وكنت مقتنعاً قناعي

    My lord, behold: I have lifted—

    though once veiled—my veil.

  8. وشبعت لكن من نقا

    رِ عيالي الهلكى الجياعِ

    And I have had my fill—but of the nagging

    of my perishing, hungry family.

  9. رزقي ورزقهم علي

    ك فليتهم رزق السباعِ

    My sustenance and theirs depend on

    you—would that they were food for beasts!

  10. وأنعم بجزل يابس

    كالساق منهم والذراع

    And bestow an ample, dry gift,

    like their shins and forearms.

  11. لا زلت يا طوع الندى

    والجود ذا أمر مطاعِ

    May you ever, O servant of generosity

    and bounty, have your commands obeyed.