وإنَّ النَّدى بَينَ الوَرى لغَريبةٌ

إِذا هيَ لاحَت من يَمينِ فَتىً فَتَن

The dew between people is strange,

When it appears from the right of a young man, it seduces.

وهل نافِعي أنِّي أبَيتُ اعتِراضَها

إِذا لَم تَكُن تأباهُ لي نِوبُ الزَّمَن

What good is my night vigil resisting it,

If fate does not wish me to resist the turns of time?

إلى كَم يُباعُ الحمدُ في غَيرِ أهلِهِ

ببَخسٍ أما للحَمدِ أهلٌ ولا ثَمَن

For how little praise is sold among the unworthy,

At paltry prices! As if praise has no people or value,

سِوى ابنِ عُبيدِ اللَّهِ هذا وجُوده

ظَلَمتُ إذا ما قلتُ بعدَك ثُمَّ مَن

Other than Ibn Ubayd Allah. Such is his generosity -

I do wrong when I say, after you, then who?

كأنِّي اتَّخذتُ المَكرُماتِ أدِلَّةً

وسِرتُ فَدلَّتني عليكَ أبا الحَسَن

As though I made favors my guide,

And they led me to you, Abu al-Hasan.