أَتاكَ نَوالُهُ قَبلَ السُؤالِ

وَرَوّى مِن تَمَلُّقِهِ الزُلالي

His gifts came before asking

And he quenched my thirst with his pure generosity

فَتى لَولاهُ شابَ عِذارُ عَيشي

وَحالَ عَنِ المَلاحَةِ وَجهُ حالي

A youth without whom the prime of my life would have withered

And the state of my affairs would have turned for the worse

إِذا قامَت مِنَ الهَيجاءِ سوقٌ

شَرى بِبَنانِهِ فيها المَعالي

When the markets of the respected ones bustle

He buys their wares with his eloquence and nobility