أسدى إليَّ أبو الحسين يدا

أرجو الثوابَ بها لديه غدا

Abu al-Husain extended to me a hand,

Through it I hope for reward from him tomorrow.

وكذاك عاداتُ الكريم إذا

أسدى يداً حُسبتْ عليه يدا

Such are the ways of the generous when

A hand is extended, another is counted for him.

فيرى إجازة ما يُسام ولا

يلقى مُطالبُهُ به نَكدا

So he sees the approval of what he donates,

And his requests are not met with misery.

إن كان يَحْسُدُ نفسَه أحدٌ

فَلأزْعُمَنَّكَ ذلك الأحدا

If someone envies himself,

I claim you are that someone.

يومٌ يُثار به ندى غده

لا زال دأَبُكَ هكذا أبدا

A day will come in which his goodness is stirred,

May your habit ever remain thus.

يا من يُساجل نفسَه حسداً

أحسنْتَ حين حسدْتَها الحسدا

O you who competes with himself out of envy,

You have done well by envying it with envy.

يا ربِّ آنِسْهُ فأحسبُهُ

مستوحشاً ممَّا قد انفردا

O Lord, make him feel at ease, for I reckon

Him lonely because of his seclusion.