إذا شئتَ إنجاز الجوائز بالنّجْح

وبَيع القوافي من قَريضِكَ بالرّبحِ

If you wish to achieve rewards through success,

And sell your rhymes for profit,

وسيرا بمدحٍ في سُؤالِ لنائلٍ

إلى مستحقٍ للسؤال ولِلْمَدحِ

And travel praising, asking for gifts

To one deserving of asking and praise,

فَوافِ بيوتَ الأزْدِ من سَمَدٍ وزُرْ

بّني عُمَرٍ أَهل السَّماحةِ والصَّفحِ

Then visit the houses of Al Azd from Samad and Zur,

The clan of Umar, the people of generosity and pardon.

فتلقى الغِنى والعِزَّ ان كنتَ نازلاً

على يعْرب السّامي أَبي العرَب السَّمْحِ

You will find wealth and honor if you stay

With the noble Arab, my father of the Arabs, the generous one.

فَذاكَ الذي في أَي حالٍ سَألتَه

تَهَلَّل مثلَ السيف واهتزَّ كالرُّمحِ

He is the one whom, whatever state you ask him,

He shines like a sword and trembles like a spear.

وعُسْرته في الجُود مثلُ يساره

ويُمسي على كسب المعالي كما يضْحي

His difficulty in generosity is like his ease,

And he ends the day having gained the heights.

إذا اسْتغلقَ المَطلوب من كل حاجة

تَيسَّرَ من معروفهِ سببُ النّجحِ

When the goal of every need is obscured,

The means to success is made easy by his kindness.

وإنْ جئْته تَجتابُ من كل مهمةٍ

جلاه كما يجْلو الدُّجى طلعَةٌ الصُّبحِ

And if you come to him seeking any task,

He makes it smooth like the dawn dispels the darkness.

لهُ شيمٌ كالرَّوض هَبَّت له الصّبا

فماسَ أَنيقاً زَهرهُ طيّبِ النّفحِ

He has a nature like a garden caressed by the breeze,

So its elegant flowers spread a sweet scent.

لقد جمع العلياءَ بالجود يعرُب

وخالفَ قومٌ جمَّعوا المال بالشُّحِ

Indeed, the noble Arab has gathered generosity,

Unlike those who gathered money through meanness.

أَبو العرَب ابتَزَّ الكمَال وهكذا

تَرَاضى على تَفضيله الكُلُّ بالصُلْحِ

My father of the Arabs embodies perfection.

Thus all agree to prefer him in harmony.

وفي الأَزْدِ أَسلافُ العَتيكِ ومازن

لهُ الحَسَبُ النّاجي من الطّعْنِ والقَدحِ

Among the Azd are the forefathers of Atik and Mazin

Whose lineage saves them from slander and accusation.

أَبا العرَب اسْلَم وابقَ في ظلِّ نعْمةٍ

يصوبك مْزْن الخَير سحاً على سحِ

My father of the Arabs, submit and remain in the shade of blessing,

May the balance of good incline to you smoothly.

وفي أَعينُ الشَّانْين والحُسَّد القَذى

وأكْبادُهم بالغيْظِ داميةُ القَرْحِ

In the eyes of the hostile envious are painful spears,

And their livers are diseased with swelling anger.

وهذا ثناء فيكَ حُلْوٌ تلَذَّه

وفضْلكُ مُسْتغنٍ عنِ القول والشّرحِ

But this praise of you is sweetly savored,

And your merit is above words and explanation.