يا أيها السيدُ الذي غمرتْ

قِدْماً أياديه شُكر من شَكَرَهْ

O sir whose hands are immersed

In gratitude from those who thanked him

قد كنتَ أوليتَني يداً عظمتْ

عندي وكانت لديك محتقرَهْ

You had extended to me a great hand

Honored by me though it was disdained by you

أربعةً جُدتَ لي بها سلفاً

إذ عقّني من ثِقاتيَ البررَهْ

You found four for me in advance

When you freed me from my righteous guarantors

وكم يدٍ قبلها جَبرتَ بها

عظمي وكان الزمانُ قد كسرَهْ

And how many a hand before it you mended

My bone though time had broken it

فإن تُقاصِصْ فغيْرُ ذي شططٍ

وعبدُ مولىً أحقُّ من عذرَهْ

So if you take to account, none but the transgressor

A servant excuses his master more than himself

وإن تُؤخِّر قِصاصَ ذي عَوَزٍ

يشكْركَ والشكرُ خير ما ثمرَهْ

And if you delay the accounting of the destitute

He thanks you, and gratitude is the best fruit

وحقُّك الشكر كيف كُنتَ وما اخ

ترتَ ففيه الصلاحُ والخِيَرهْ

And your right is gratitude however you were

For in it is righteousness and good

وكُبْر ظنّي أنْ ليس مثلك من

أخدَجَ معروفه ولا بتَره

And my great expectation is that none like you

Whose kindness strayed nor was severed

يفْديك من ذاك كل منتكِثٍ

يُعقِبُ من صَفوِ فعله كدره

May He ransom you from every wavering person

Who follows the purity of his deed with murkiness

رزقي لشهرين قد علمتَ به

أربعةٌ نيّفت على عشره

You knew my livelihood for two months

Was fourteen in addition to ten

ونيِّفُ العقد كالسَّنام له

إن جُبّ أبقى بظهره دَبَره

And the addition to the decade is like a hump

If rounded, it stays with its back bent

لن يقضى العقدُ بعد نيِّفهِ

حاجة ذي حاجة ولا وطره

The decade will not fulfill after its addition

The need of the needy nor his plight

وكيف حملُ العقير راكبه

لا كيف أو قطعه به سَفره

And how can the lame bear his rider

Rather, how can it take him on a journey?

فاترك لرزقي سنامه يَقِهِ

فأنت أولى موفِّرٍ وفره

So leave the hump to shade my livelihood

For you are most abundant in conferral and plenty

يا مُؤثِرَ الناسِ بالثراء ومن

له عليهم بالسؤددِ الأثره

O you who prefer people with wealth while you

Have the greatest effect upon them

لا أوحش المجدُ يا بني عُمرٍ

منكم فأنتُم أجلُّ من عَمَرَه

Glory is not lonesome, O son of Umar

For you are more magnificent than its habitation