يا سائلي عن فروض الجود أو سننه

وعن مناقب من يمشي على سننه

O you who ask about the obligations of generosity or its ways

And about the virtues of those who walk in its ways

إن المظفر عز الدين أكرم من

عرفت من الزمن الماضي وفي زمنه

Indeed al-Muzaffar 'Izz al-Din is more generous than

Anyone I knew from past times or in his time

وما مدحت أبا الماضي مجازفة

لكن شهدت بما شاهدت من مننه

And I did not praise Abu al-Madi lightly

But I bore witness to what I witnessed of his favors

لم يستفد عاذلوه بالملام له

فأطلقوا جوده يمشي على رسنه

Those who blamed him for no reason gained nothing

So leave his generosity to walk in its own way

تفيض بالبذل عند العدل راحته

كأن راحته تصغي إلى أذنه

His soul overflows with generosity in justice

As if his soul is inclined to his ear