فشرَّقت أبغي مطلع الشمس بالغنى

وقد أشرقَت حتى امَّحَت ظُلمةُ الفقرِ

I sought the rising sun with song

And it rose until the gloom of poverty was erased

وشاكلَ ما خلَّفتُه ما وجدتُه

كأني بَريدٌ بين بَحر إلى بحرِ

What I left behind was like what I found

As if I were a messenger between sea and sea

ولكنَّ ذا عذب المواردِ آمن ال

مقاصد معمور المشاهِد بالشكرِ

But the one whose springs are sweet and secure

Does not fear the inhabited sights with gratitude

له سفنٌ ردَّت على الريح حُكمَها

فصارَت بما شاءَت وشاءَ لها تَجري

He has ships that turned back the winds' judgments

And went as they willed and as he willed they flowed

حَمولتُها ما بينَ مجدٍ مؤثَّلٍ

إلى خُلُقٍ رَحبٍ إلى نائلٍ غَمرِ

Their cargo between abundant glory

And ample character and abundant prosperity

صرفتُ بأدناها الزمانَ وصرفهُ

مجازَفةً والنصرُ حيث أبو النصرِ

I spent time in its lowliness and it spent me

Gambling while victory is with the father of victory