أبو الثناء شهابُ الدِّين ما بَلَغَتْ

عقائلُ المالِ إلاَّ من مواهِبه

Abu al-Thana' Shhab al-Din, wealth's ropes have not reached

Except from his gifts

قضى على المال بالإِنفاق نائله

فقلتُ يا فوزَ راجيه وطالبه

He spent money obtaining it

So I said, O success of its seeker and desirer

وكلَّما رُحْتُ أستسقي سحائبه

سُقيتُ عذباً نميراً من سحائبه

And whenever I went to ask for rain from its clouds

I was quenched with fresh, pure water from its clouds

مستعذب الجود يجني الشّهد سائله

كما يَسوغ ويُستحلى لشاربه

The generous whose charity reaps honey

As it becomes lawful and pleasing to its drinker

سيف الشَّريعة ماضي الحدّ منصلت

فهل ظفِرْتَ بأمضى من مضاربه

The sword of Sharia, decisive in its sharpness

So did you gain from its finest striking?

وهل سَمِعتَ بفضلٍ عُدَّ في زمنٍ

ولم يكن آخذاً منه بغاربه

And have you heard of a virtue in an era

That was not taking from it with its breeze?

يا دَرَّ دَرُّ زمانٍ من غرائبه

إنْ كانَ أغربَ شيءٍ في غرائبه

O gem, the gem of an era of its wonders

If the strangest thing was among its wonders

قد عزَّ جانبه العالي وبزَّ عُلًى

فالعِزُّ أجمعُ والعليا بجانبه

Its lofty side became dear and supreme exaltation

So the dearness and height altogether in its side

ولاح للفَلَكِ الأَعلى مناقبه

فَعَدَّها وهي أبهى من كواكبه

It shone to the highest celestial orbit its attributes

It counted them and they are clearer than its planets

يا من يُحَدِّثُ عن العلم يسنده

حدِّثْ عن البحر وارْوِ من عجائبه

O you who talks of knowledge, support it

Talk of the sea and water from its wonders