شاهد مالاً ربُّ مال فساسه

سياسة شهم حازم وابن حازم

A lord of wealth was seen possessing wealth,

The politics of a courageous and wise man and the son of a wise man.

اقام بها العصرين حيناً ولم يكن

كمن ضنَّ عن عمرانها بالدراهم

He stayed there for two eras for a while, and he was not

Like one who was stingy about developing it with dirhams.

كأن نقيض الليف عن سعفاته

نقيض رحال المَيس فوق العياهم

It is as if the opposite of palm fiber from its fronds

Is the opposite of the sandals of the afflicted above calamities.

واضحت تغالي بالنبات كأنها

على متن شيخ من شيوخ الأعاجم

Its vegetation became clearly luxuriant as if it were

On the back of an old man from the non-Arabs.

وما الاصل ما رويت مضرب عرقه

من الماء عن اصلاح فرع بنائم

And the origin - I was not told - the sweat of his endeavor

From the water about repairing a growing branch.