1. صِيامُكَ لِلمُهَيمِنِ ذِي الجَلالِ

    وَفِطرُكَ لِلمَكارِمِ وَالمَعالي

    Your fasting is for the Guardian, Lord of Majesty,

    and your breaking the fast is for noble deeds and lofty pursuits.

  2. فَيَومٌ لِلتُقى وَلِنَيلِ أَجرٍ

    وَيَومٌ لِلمَواهِبِ وَالنِزالِ

    Thus one day is for piety and earning reward,

    and another day for gifts and combat.

  3. فَأَنتَ مِنَ المَناسِكِ غَيرُ عارٍ

    وَأَنتَ مِنَ المَحامِدِ غَيرُ خالِ

    So you are not bereft of sacred rites,

    nor are you devoid of praiseworthy deeds.

  4. تَبِيتُ وَأَنتَ غَيرُ عَدِيمِ حَمدٍ

    إِذا ما أَنتَ بِتَّ عَدِيمَ مالِ

    You spend the night with no lack of praise,

    even when you spend the night bereft of wealth.

  5. وَصَفتُ فَجازَ وَصفُكَ قَدرَ وَصفِي

    وَقُلتُ فَزادَ فَضلُكَ عَن مَقالي

    I described you, yet your qualities surpassed my description's reach;

    I spoke, yet your excellence exceeded my words.

  6. فِدىً لِلعامِرِيِّ أَبِي وَأُمّي

    وَما ثَمَّرتُ مِن نَشَبٍ وَمالِ

    May my father and mother be a ransom for al-‘Amiri,

    and all I have amassed of property and wealth.

  7. فَلولا فَضلُهُ ما راشَ سَهمِي

    وَلا وَقَعَت مَواقِعَها نِصالي

    For without his bounty, my arrow would not have been feathered,

    nor would my arrowheads have struck their marks.

  8. مَحا بِنَدى يَدَيهِ البُؤسَ عَنّي

    فَأَحسَنَ بَعدَ قُبحِ العَيشِ حالي

    With the dew of his hands he wiped misery from me,

    and made my lot fair after life's ugliness.

  9. جَزاهُ اللَهُ خَيراً عَن رِكابِي

    وَعَن شَدّي إِلَيهِ وَارتِحالي

    May God reward him well for my riding camels,

    and for my setting out toward him and my journey.

  10. فَمُنذُ لَقِيتُهُ لَم أَلقَ بُؤساً

    وَلا خَطَرَ التَغَرُّبُ لِي بِبالِ

    For since I met him, I have met no misery,

    nor has being far from home crossed my mind.

  11. أَبا العُلوانِ فَضلُكَ قالَ شِعرِي

    وَلِلفَضلِ اِشتِهارُ أُولِي الفِضالِ

    O Abu al-‘Ulwan, your bounty composed my verse,

    and through bounty are the generous renowned.

  12. فَلا تَحمَد مَقالِي وَاطَّرِحنيِ

    سُدىً وَاحمَد فَعالَكَ لا فَعالِي

    So do not praise my words; cast me aside,

    unheeded, and praise your deeds, not mine.

  13. وَعِش لِلمَكرُماتِ أَسَرَّ عَيشٍ

    بِأَيمَنِ طائِرٍ وَأَصَحِّ فالِ

    And live for noble deeds the happiest of lives,

    with the most auspicious bird-omen and the truest augury.

  14. فَإِنَّكِ قَد فَضُلتَ عَلى البَرايا

    كَما فَضُلَ اليَمِينُ عَلى الشِمالِ

    For you have surpassed all creation,

    as the right hand surpasses the left.