يا مَن تَمنّى عَلى الدُنيا مبالغها

هَلاّ سأَلتَ أَبا بِشر فَتُعطاها

O you who would wish from him the world in all its fullness,

Why not ask Abū Bishr, and be granted it?

ما هبَّتِ الريحُ إلا هبَّ نائِلُهُ

وَلا ارتَقى غايَةً إِلا تَخطّاها

No wind ever blew but his bounty blew forth too,

Nor did he rise toward a goal but that he surpassed it.

إِذا أَخَذتَ بِحَبلٍ مِن حَبائِله

دانَت لَكَ الأَرضُ أَقصاها وأَدناها

If you take hold of one cord among his many cords,

The earth will yield to you—its farthest reaches and its nearest.