تركتُ التَّلَوُّمَ للفَاتِرِ

وشَمَّرتُ هَرْوَلَةَ الحَادِرِ

I left complaining to the apathetic

And hurried the pace of departure

وما زلتُ أَرغبُ عن رغبةٍ

الى غيرِ ذِي الخُلقِ الوافِرِ

I still desire to abandon one desire

For another of more virtuous moral

اذا لم أَجدْ ليدي مِنَّةً

تَعَلَّقتُ بالنَّافِعِ الضّائِرِ

If I cannot find my hand grace

I hold fast to the harmful beneficial

لِخُرَّةَ فيْرُوْزَ يهدى الثَّناء

وَمَنْ مِثلُه للفَتى الزائِرِ

To the excellence of Fīrūz he is guided praise

And who is like him to the visiting youth

أُؤملهُ لدفاعِ الخُطُوبِ

وأَرجوهُ للزَّمنِ العاثِرِ

I hope in him to defend calamities

And I wish for him in the stumbling time

وَصَدَّقَ ظَنّي بهِ خُبْرُهُ

ومنفعةُ الظنِّ للخَابِرِ

And his news verified my opinion of him

And the benefit of assumption to the experimenter

يُقصِّرُ عنهُ لِسانُ البليغِ

ويَفضُلُ عن مُقلةِ النَّاظِرِ

The eloquent tongue falls short of it

And excels the sight of the onlooker

جَريءُ الجَنانِ يُلاقي الحُسامَ

بأكرمَ من حَدِّةِ البَاتِرِ

Bold, he meets the swords

With a nobler than the sharpness of the cutting

لَوى قَسْطلَ الخيلِ عن أَرَّجَا

نَ راضٍ بحكمِ القَنا الجَائِرِ

He twisted his horse away from Arraja

Pleased with the rule of the unjust spear

بعيدُ الهُمُومِ يَسُومُ الجيادَ

معالجةَ الخِمْسِ في نَاجِرِ

Far from worries, he leads the horses

To deal with one-fifth in the purse

مَواقعُ آثارِهِ في البلادِ

مَواقعُ سَيلِ الحَيا الماطِرِ

Places of his marks in the countries

Are places of pouring heavy rain

يُنَازِعُكَ الملكَ مَنْ هَمُّهُ

مُلاعبةُ الصَّقْرِ للطَّائِرِ

He disputes you the kingdom whose concern

Is playing with the falcon and the bird

وَهُمْ حينَ تَطرُقُهُمْ مُويدٌ

يَنامونَ عنْ ليلكَ السَّاهِرِ

And when they are distressed by death

They sleep through your sleepless night

أَبى ذاكَ نهضُكَ بالمثْقَلاتِ

تِ وصبرُك والكيدُ للصَّابِرِ

That refused your waking with burdens

By your patience and plotting for the patient

وأَنكَ لا تَرقدُ المطمئنْ

نَ الاَّ على سُنَّةِ الحَاذِرِ

You do not rest reassured

Unless on the way of the cautious

وأَنتَ أَحَقُّ بأَهْوالِهَا

اذا قيلَ هَلْ من فَتىً جَاسِرِ

You are most deserving of its horrors

If it is said, is there a daring youth?

وما الصبحُ أَسفرَ للناظرين

بأَوضحَ من حَقِّكَ السَّافِرِ

The dawn did not shine clearer for the seers

Than your obvious right

اذا ما رأَيتُكَ فوقَ السَّيرِ

ذكرتُ أَباكَ مع الذَّاكِرِ

When I see you above the saddle

I remember your father with the rememberer

كأَني أَرى عَضُدَ المكرمَا

تِ يَرْفُلُ في عِزِّهِ القَاهِرِ

It is as if I see the pillar of the generous

Strutting in his overwhelming dignity

مكباً يُديرُ عَوِيْصَ الأُمو

رِ كَيساً على كأْسِهِ الدَّائِرِ

Inclined, steering the affairs of the nation

Discreet with his circulating cup

ويُخفي على الناسِ أَسْرَارَه

فما يَعْلَمونَ سِوى الظَّاهِرِ

And he hides from the people his secrets

So they do not know except the obvious

لأَرْوَعَ يَرفَعُهُ الناسبون

الى الشَّمسِ والقَمرِ البَاهِرِ

To the highest those descended from him raise him

To the shining sun and moon

فيا مَلِكَ الأرضِ لي حاجَةٌ

نَداكَ على نيلِها ناصِري

So O king of the earth I have a need

With you to support fulfilling it you are my aide

وأَنتَ مليءٌ بانْجَازِها

وما جادَ كالواجدِ القَادِرِ

And you are full of fulfilling it

The able has never been stingy

وعَوَّدْتَنِي عادةً في اللقاءِ

من البِشرِ والكرمِ الغَامِرِ

And you have accustomed me at the meeting

To kindness and abundant generosity

اذا ما تأَمَّلَهَا الحَاسِدو

نَ كَرّوا لها نَظْرَةَ الثْائِرِ

When the envious contemplate it

They deny it the gaze of the provoked

وكم لكَ عنديَ من نِعْمَةٍ

يُقَلَّصُ عنها مَدى الشَّاكِرِ

And how many favors do you have with me

That the reach of the grateful is deficient

مَلأتَ سَمائي وأَرضي بِهَا

فكنتَ بها غَيرَ مُسْتَأْثرِ

You have filled my sky and earth with it

And were not thereby a hoarder