مَعاذَ إلهي كانَ واللّهِ سَيِّداً

جَواداً عَلى العِلاّتِ جَمّاً نوافِلُهْ

My protector, by God he was a generous lord

Openhanded with supererogatory deeds

أَغَرَّ خَفاجياً يَرى البُخْلَ سُبَّةً

تَحَلَّبُ كَفّاهُ النَّدى وأَنامِلُهْ

He urged his mount with a whip just for show

His palms dripping with the morning dew and reins

عَفِيفاً بعِيدَ الهمِّ صُلْباً قناتُهُ

جميلاً مُحَيَّاهُ قَلِيلاً غوائِلُهْ

Chaste, far from worries, firm in purpose

Beautiful in greeting, few his defects

وكانَ إذا ما الضَّيْفُ أرْغى بَعِيرَهُ

لَدَيْهِ أَتاهُ نَيْلُهُ وفَواضِلُهْ

If ever a guest made his camel kneel

His date palms and overflowing generosity came to him

وقَدْ عَلِمَ الجوعُ الذي باتَ سارِياً

عَلى الضَّيفِ والجيرانِ أَنَّكَ قاتلُهْ

Hunger that passed the night raging

Over the guest and neighbors knows you as its killer

وأَنَّكَ رَحْبُ الباعِ يا تَوْبُ بالقِرى

إذا ما لئيمُ القَوْمِ ضاقَتْ منازِلُهْ

You whose abode is most ample, repent, in the lands

When the vile among the people are straitened in dwellings

يَبِيتُ قَرِيرَ العَيْنِ مَنْ باتَ جارُهُ

ويُضْحي بخَيْرٍ ضَيْفُهُ ومُنازِلُهْ

He whose neighbor is you sleeps with delighted eye

His guest and dwellings fare well in the morning