1. Leave those who are misers and set forth,
To the generous man, Ibn Sayyar's son.

2. To one for whom the youths strive to gain his favor,
His hands like the overflowing streams of Tigris.

3. We found many singing his praises,
With fine ancient aloes wood, its embers glowing.

4. Great indeed is the favor of he who is sought,
Exalted among Tameem, having lit a fire.

5. Filled are the leather buckets of Shayz when they leave,
And the milker of the ram, and preventer of harm to a neighbor.

6. When the sky rumbles and its souls quiver,
As if it were a lute struck violently by its strings.

7. You see the nursing mothers carry their young,
To Kaseer in hardship and in ease.

8. The carrier is weary of the burden he carries,
And the kindler, of the fire for the passerby seeking warmth.

9. The milker for the guests when they descend,
On a day of rain, pelted by hailstones.