لَهُ هِمَمٌ لا مُنتَهى لِكِبارِها
وَهِمَّتُهُ الصُغرى أَجَلُّ مِنَ الدَهرِ
His are ambitions whose loftiest have no limit;
even his least ambition is more exalted than Time.
لَهُ راحَةٌ لَو أَنَّ مِعشارَ جودِها
عَلى البرِّ صارَ البرُّ أَندى مِنَ البَحرِ
His is a palm—if but a tenth of its bounty
were bestowed upon the land, the land would grow more bountiful than the sea.
وَلَو أَنَّ خَلقَ اللَهِ في مسكِ فارِسٍ
وَبارَزَهُ كانَ الخَلِيّ مِنَ العُمرِ
And were all God’s creation gathered in the body of one horseman
to face him, that challenger would be left bereft of life.
أَبا دُلَفٍ بورِكتَ في كُلِّ بَلدَةٍ
كَما بورِكَت في شَهرِها لَيلَةُ القَدرِ
O Abu Dulaf, blessed may you be in every land,
as the Night of Power is blessed in its month.
Sol 5.6