هو الرئيسُ ومنَّاحُ الجليس من ال
قوْلِ الأنيس مقالاً طيبَ الأثرِ
He is the chief, generous to his companion in—
—genial speech, words sweet in their effect.
الحائزُ المجدَ عن قومٍ أماجدٍ قد
نالوا المعالي بحدِّ الحازم الحذرِ
Possessor of glory from a people of noble men, who
attained the heights by the sword-edge of the resolute and wary.
حوى من النُّبْلِ ما لوْ ناله أحدٌ
سواه قيل له يا أوحدَ البَشَرِ
He possessed such nobility that, had anyone
besides him attained it, he would be hailed: “Peerless among mankind!”
وقلدتْهُ المعالي من جَواهِرها
لآلئاً تزدري بالشمس والقمر
And lofty honors hung about him, from their jewels,
pearls that scorn the sun and moon.
وأودعَ اللهُ فيه كلَّ مكرمةٍ
شاعتْ مآثرها في البدو والحضرِ
And God lodged within him every noble virtue,
whose illustrious deeds became renowned among nomads and townsfolk.
Sol 5.6