بنو فُرَيْغونَ قومٌ في وُجوهِهُمُ

نورُ الهُدى وضِياءُ السُّوُدِ العالي

The sons of Freigoun are a people with

The light of guidance and brilliance of noble blacks upon their faces,

كأنَّما خُلِقوا من سؤْدُدٍ وعلا

وسائرُ النَّاسِ من طينٍ وصَلْصالِ

As if they were created from aloes wood and height

While the rest of mankind is from clay and potsherds.

مَنْ تلْقَ مِنهُمْ تقُلْ هَذا أجلُّهُمُ

شأناً وأسناهُم بالنَّفسِ والمَالِ

Whosoever meets them would say this is the best of them

In rank and most excellent of soul and wealth.

فإنْ تقِسْهُمْ بأملاكِ الورى فهُمُ

ماءٌ زلالٌ إذ الأملاكُ كالآلِ

And if you compare them to the domains of the earth, they are

Pure water, while domains are like salts.

يا سائلي ما الّذي حصَّلْتَ عندهُمُ

دَعِ السُّؤالَ وقْم فانظُرْ إلى حالي

O questioner, what have you obtained from them?

Leave off questioning and arise and look upon my state.

ألا ترى الآنَ حالي كيفَ قد حلِتَتْ

بهِمْ ألم ترَ حالي عندَ تَرْحالي

Do you not see my state now, how it has settled

With them? Have you not seen my state during my wandering?

أفادَني الملِكُ المَيمونُ طائرُهُ

عِزّاً وألبَسَني سِربالَ إقبال

The auspicious king has granted me honor with his bird

And clothed me in a robe of favor.

واشتَقَّ من حَقِّهِ بَحراً طغى وطمى

حُبابُهُ فَوقَ أفكاري وآمالي

And he produced from his right a sea that overflowed and crashed

Its bubbles above my thoughts and hopes.

فإنْ أكُنْ ساكِتاً عن شُكرِ أنعُمِهِ

فإنَّ ذاكَ لِعَجزي لا لإغفالي

If I am silent in thanks for his gifts

It is from inability, not neglect.