إن أنتَ لم تَرْعَ وأنت المفضالْ
لنا حقوقاً أوجبتْها أقوالْ
If you fail to show us regard, though you are the munificent one,
we have claims upon you that these verses have made binding:
فيها أماديحٌ صِيابٌ أمثالْ
فلْترعَ فينا لا عَدَتْك الآمالْ
they hold panegyrics, unerring shafts, and maxims.
So show us regard—may hopes never pass you by—
حقَّ الذي أعطاك وهْوَ الفعّالْ
أنك مسئولٌ وأنا سُؤَّالْ
and honor the due of Him who gave to you, the Doer of all.
For you are the one petitioned, and I am forever petitioning.
تفاوتَتْ منَّا ومنك الأحوالْ
فأنت معمور ونحن أعطالْ
How vastly different are our fortunes, yours and ours:
you are a giver, while we are empty-handed;
وأنت مَوْسومٌ ونحن أغفالْ
سالمَك المالُ وعادانا المالْ
you are marked out, while we are blank and unmarked.
Wealth is at peace with you, and wealth is our foe.
وشكر تفضيلِ الرجال الأفضالْ
فافعلْ جميلاً ساعدتْك الأفعالْ
The thanks for being favored above other men is to bestow favors.
So do a kindness—may your deeds stand by you.
Sol 5.6