تكّرمتَ حتّى جُزْتَ حَدَّ التكُّرمِ

وأَلبستَ أَثوابَ الغِنى كُلَّ مُعْدِمِ

You were so generous that you reached the utmost generosity

And dressed in the robes of wealth every destitute

وما زلتَ تعفو الذنبَ عن كُلّ مذنِبٍ

مُسيءٍ وعظمَ الجُرْمِ عن كلّ مجرم

You kept forgiving the sin from every sinner

Wrongdoer, though grave be his crime from every criminal

إلى أن حويتَ الفضلَ وحدَك سابقا

وسُدْتَ البرايا من فصيحٍ وأَعجم

Until you alone contained all merit preceding

And you blocked the deserts from eloquent and non-Arab

وذا ابن عبيدِ اللّه عبدُك خاضعا

مُقِرّاً بما في ذنبه المتقدّمِ

This is the submissive servant Ibn Obeidillah

Admitting the sin he committed aforetime

وأَحسن من كلّ المحاسن مُذْنِب

تلقّاه مولاه بِعَفْوٍ وأَنعُم

And the best of all good deeds is a sinful man

Whom his Master receives with pardon and bounty

فزِده على ذا العفوِ فضلا ونِعمة

يزِدْك عليها اللّه عزّ تعظُّم

So increase for him over this pardon a grace and favor

That God may increase for you glory and esteem

بِما حَلَّ قلبي من ودادكَ فاغتَدَى

مَشُوباً ومخلوطاً بلحمي والدمِ

With the affection for you that filled my heart to excess

Commingled and mixed with my flesh and blood

تَقَبَّلْه واجعلْ عنده لك نِعمةً

تروح بها في الناس أَكرمَ مُنعِمِ

Accept it and make for him with you a favor

That will give him relief among people, most generous bestower

فقد كان أيضاً مالكاً لعبتْ بهِ

خطوبٌ وأنت اليوم كهفُ الترحُّم

For he was once a master, with whom misfortunes toyed

While you today are the cave of consolation

وأَعظمُ سؤلي أَن أراك وصلتَه

وأَغنَيْتَه بالجُود قبل التكلُّم

And my greatest request is to see you've reconciled with him

And enriched him with generosity before he speaks