لَولا يَزيدُ اِبنُ مَنصورٍ لَما عِشتُ

هُوَ الَّذي رَدَّ روحي بَعدَما مُتُّ

Were it not for Yazid son of Mansur, I would not have lived,

He who returned my soul after I had died,

وَاللَهِ رَبِّ مِنىً وَالراقِصاتِ بِها

لَأَشكُرَنَّ يَزيداً حَيثُما كُنتُ

By Allah, the Lord of Minya and dancing girls in it,

I will thank Yazid wherever I am.

ما زِلتُ مِن رَيبِ دَهري خائِفاً وَجِلاً

فَقَد كَفانِيَ بَعدَ اللَهِ ما خِفتُ

I have not stopped fearing and worrying about the vicissitudes of fate,

After Allah, what I feared has protected me.

ما قُلتُ في فَضلِهِ شَيئاً لِأَمدَحَهُ

إِلّا وَفَضلُ يَزيدٍ فَوقَ ما قُلتُ

I have not said anything about his virtues to praise him,

Except that Yazid's virtues are beyond what I have said.