1. Long may you live, builder of glory, O Abū ʿUmar,

    amid prosperity never surrendered to fortune’s changes.

  2. You lavished kindness upon me until its place

    within my heart came to equal hearing and sight.

  3. Rightly do I love the one in whom I found such blessings—

    with him lies the finest I have encountered in my life.

  4. I never praised Fate until I came to know

    him—and, by my life, he is my desire’s furthest reach.

  5. From his generosity I have stored away for myself,

    through companionship and loyalty, the finest treasure.

  6. Whenever a difficult need arose for me,

    I remembered him, and victory’s bright brow appeared.

  7. Nothing dispels any calamity from me

    except the answer to my cry: “O Abū ʿUmar!”

Sol 5.6