أَبو الفَضلِ مَن أَجرى الى الفَضلِ يافِعاً

فَظَلَّ بِهِ يُدعى وَصارَ بِهِ يُكنى

Oh generous master who granted bounty, doing good

Thus with it being called and becoming known

سَلامَتُهُ شَمسُ المَعالي وَسَقمُهُ

كُسوفُ المَعالي لا كُسِفنَ وَلا بِنّا

His health is the sun of glory and his illness

Is an eclipse of glory, no covering or building

وَلم يَأتِهِ وِردُ السقام لِغَير ما

عَرَفنا فَخُذ مَعنى تَأَلُّمِهِ مِنّا

And no sickness came to him except what

We know so take the meaning of his pain from us

وَما رادَهُ الا لِيُشغَلَ عَن نَدىً

وَاِلا فَلِم قَد خَصَّ بِالأَلَم اليمنى

And nothing wanted it but to distract him from generosity

Otherwise why was the right hand singled out for pain?

وَما يُحجَز البَحرُ الخَضمُّ عَن النَدى

وَلا السَيِّدُ الاِستاذ عَن جودِهِ يُثنى

Neither the vast sea from generosity desists

Nor the master professor from his generosity is deterred