1. Do you know a way not yet trodden,
Or a spring of gratitude not yet tapped?

2. So I'll repay the bounty that came before my wish
With gratitude towards it never before expressed.

3. Of every eloquent beauty now free,
Upon her fortune’s bread freely feeds.

4. Reverie wanders spreading its wings,
Generosity that the absolute praise binds.

5. And I chose it in gratitude for the blessing of a benefactor
Who selects for favors the men, and carefully picks.

6. The freemen among them his skills enslave,
The deserving among them, jobless, in shackles.

7. Yes, I acknowledged them according to their ranks,
And I quenched them all with pouring rain.

8. One who woos, the meanings connect,
Or a poet affirms the sturdy structure.

9. A king when he lends a hand, hands
Of noblemen take the place of the crown of separation.

10. It seizes from Ghassan wherever gathered
A people dispersed in the dust to converge.

11. You read the eulogies from scrolls of his glory,
Bounty of origins from branches intertwined.

12. When he strove for the most high, he surpassed range,
With forgiveness, and his cheek never broke a sweat.

13. The jealousy of Banu Razeik he wiped out,
What they blamed with precedent did not catch up.

14. And God’s right hand sharpened against him a blade,
His ways to shred the war elephants' armor.

15. He never faced a crisis with a pounding heart,
Never turned back with faltering effort.

16. Rider of the expanse of patience - wider than you see -
Patience and chest on the narrow path.

17. You know his praiseworthy positions, that he
Tore through them with a daring unlike any other.

18. In crises you draw protecting zeal from him
And in resolves, an enraged assault.

19. The self-sufficient steed of his army he secured
As the sanctuary for his troops and fortress of the righteous.

20. I said to hopes - and they are cheerful -
“Honor fears the humiliation of the mercenary.”

21. The highest goal lies ahead of you so prepare
The army of wishes, and comprehend and earn.

22. And be sure that you have come upon a station
Whose lowest of ranks is still lofty. Verify!

23. Dear one of Egypt, call of a confident one
Who sighed relief from the suffocating luck of the destined.

24. Free him from the servitude of time and let him -
Praise of loyalty - stand for the emancipated.

25. And listen to the eloquence of his utterance, not its beauty,
Like a pearl, but purer than untainted pearl.

26. Why is the string of its order narrow, and why
Has a knot of logic burdened upon it?

27. If it did good, it was for the sake of the good. Go gently,
Its hopes in the image of the shining one.

28. Had it not been for the dew of generosity, the water
Of eloquence would not have poured in torrents.