مَوقِعُ الخَيلِ مِن نَداكَ طَفيفُ

مَوقِعُ الخَيلِ مِن نَداكَ طَفيفُ

وَلَوَ أَنَّ الجِيادَ فيها أُلوفُ

وَلَوَ أَنَّ الجِيادَ فيها أُلوفُ

Horses are but a trifle beside your bounty,

The horses' place is close to your call

The giving of horses is a trifle within your bounty,

even if the noble steeds among them number thousands.

Even if there were thousands of steeds

Even if the thoroughbreds numbered in the thousands.

وَمِنَ اللَفظِ لَفظَةٌ تَجمَعُ الوَص

وَمِنَ اللَفظِ لَفظَةٌ تَجمَعُ الوَص

فَ وَذاكَ المُطَهَّمُ المَعروفُ

فَ وَذاكَ المُطَهَّمُ المَعروفُ

And among words, one sums up the descrip-

And of speech, there is a word that combines beauty

And among words, there is one that gathers all description,

tion—and that is the familiar epithet “finely formed.”

That polished and well-known one

And that is the perfect, celebrated charger.

مالَنا في النَدى عَلَيكَ اِختِيارٌ

مالَنا في النَدى عَلَيكَ اِختِيارٌ

كُلُّ ما يَمنَحُ الشَريفُ شَريفُ

كُلُّ ما يَمنَحُ الشَريفُ شَريفُ

We have no preference to impose upon you in giving;

We have no choice with you in generosity

We have no right to choose from your generosity,

whatever the noble man grants is noble.

All that the noble one grants is noble

For everything the noble one bestows is noble.