جزى الله عني آل خاقانَ إنهم
أطالوا لساني بالثناء وبالشكر
May God reward the house of Khāqān on my behalf—for they
have lengthened my tongue with praise and gratitude.
هم استعتبوا لي الدهرَ والدهرُ ساخطٌ
فأعتبني بالكره منه وبالصعر
For me, they sought to appease Fate, though Fate was wrathful,
and made it grant me favor despite its loathing and disdain.
وهمْ نوّهوا باسمي ومدّوا إلى العلى
يديَّ وأحيوا كلّ ما مات من ذكري
They raised my name to renown and stretched my hands
toward the heights, reviving all remembrance of me that had died.
وهم عرَّفوني قدر نفسي وعظّموا
بأحسابهم ما صغّر الناسُ من أمري
They taught me my own worth, and through their noble lineage magnified
what the people had belittled of my standing.
كفاني عبيد الله لا زال كافياً
به الله همّاً كان ضاق به صدري
ʿUbayd Allāh has sufficed me—may he never cease to be one
through whom God delivers me from a care that once constricted my breast.
كفاني ولم استكفه متبرعاً
فتىً غير ممنوع العطاء ولا نزر
He sufficed me though I had not asked him to, offering freely—
a noble youth whose generosity is neither withheld nor scant;
فتى لا يريد المال إلاّ لبذله
ولا يتلقى صفحة الحق بالغدر
a youth who desires wealth only so that he may give it away,
and never meets the face of truth with treachery.
Sol 5.6