أضحى أبو الصقر وأفعالُه

كأنما تنتجُ مِن وجهِهِ

Abu Al-Saqr's deeds and acts

Seem to emanate from his face

عارضَ بالإحسانِ حُسناً له

لا يبلغ الوصفُ مدَى كُنهِهِ

He confronted goodness with kindness

Description falls short of his essence's expanse

ليسَ له عيبٌ سِوى أنَّه

لا تقعُ العينُ على شِبْهه

He has no flaw but that

No eye falls on his likeness

يا وارداً حوضاً سوى حَوْضِهِ

عَدّ عن الغِبِّ إلى رِفْهِه

O you who visit a pond other than his pond

Count as remote what is near his plenty

تلقَ فتىً تَرضى العُلا فِعْله

في عَقْب ما يأتي وفي بَدْهه

He met a lad whose deeds the highborn approve

After what comes and in its midst

تَسْتَضْحِكُ الآمالُ عن بِشْره

وتَذْعَرُ الأحداث عن نَجْهِه

Hopes laugh at his good tidings

And events dread his success

لم تُلْهِهِ عن سُؤددٍ لذةٌ

متى تُغازِلُ غيرَه تُلْهِهِ

No pleasure has made him forget a promise

When it coquettishly woos another, it makes him forget

يَقْصُرُ ما يُعطيكَ في حُلْمه

عن بعضِ ما يُعطيك في نُبْهِهِ

What he gives you in his patience falls short

Of some of what he gives you in his alertness

يَجْبَهُ بالآلاف سُؤَّالَه

يا حبذا ذلكَ من جَبْهِهِ

He answers thousands of questions with his eloquence

How excellent that eloquence of his is

أكثرُ شكوى ضيفِهِ أَنَّه

يُغَبُّ بالبِرِّ على كُرْهِهِ

The most frequent complaint of his guest is

He insists on kindness despite his displeasure