يا سيداً صرَّف عنِّي العنا
بفعله المعرب أو باسمه
O master who turned affliction away from me
by his eloquent deed—or by his very name.
شكراً لجودٍ لازم للثنا
كدوم روح المرء مع جسمه
Thanks for a generosity forever wedded to praise,
as a person's soul abides with his body.
لولاه أصبحتُ فتىً شاعراً
يبكي من الجودِ على رسمِه
Without it, I would have become a young poet,
weeping for generosity over its deserted trace.
Sol 5.6