ظفَرُ بنُ عبدِ اللهِ أك

رَمُ من يُصافِيهِ المُصافي

Zafar son of Abdullah is more generous

Than those who try to equal him in generosity

حُرُّ يَفي لصَديقهِ

بعُهودِهِ والحُرُّ وافي

A free man who fulfills his promises to his friend

And the free man is faithful

لكنِنَّي أشكو نوا

هُ فوخزُهُ وخزُ الأَشافي

Yet I complain of the stabbing of love

And the stabbing of passions

شكوى وَقيذٍ ما لِعلَّ

تهِ سوى لُقياهُ شافي

A complaint of burning passion but what

Can cure it except meeting him as a healer

فلْيَرْعَ ثابتَ عَهدِهِ

كيلا يُزعزعَه التَّجافي

So may he keep his pledge steadfast

Lest it be shaken by estrangement

ولْيُسْقَ غَرسُ وفائهِ

وصَفائهِ سَقْيَ الظِّرافِ

And may he water the plant of his loyalty

And purity with the watering of friendship

ولْيُتْبعِ البِرَّ القدي

مَ بصَفْوِبِرٍّ كالسُّلافِ

And may he follow the old goodness

With new pure goodness like honey

إنَّ القوادِمَ بالخَوا

في والقَصائِدَ بالقوافي

Verily those who come with true love

And poems with rhymes