يا فَضلُ قَد أَودَعتَني عِظَةً

ما بَعدَها غَلَطٌ وَلا سَهوُ

O Fadl, you have instilled in me a lesson,

After which there shall be neither error nor oversight.

وَبَرِئتُ مِمّا تَستَريبُ بِهِ

فَلِيَنهَني بِكَ ذَلِكَ البَروُ

I have been cleared of that which you suspected,

So let that acquittal be a source of joy for me through you.

وَاِقبَل أَبا العَبّاسِ عُذري مِن

لَفظِ الصَبِيِّ مَذاقُهُ حُلوُ

And accept, O Abu al-Abbas, my excuse regarding

The words of a child, the taste of which is sweet.

إِن ضاقَ عَفوُكَ وَهوَ ذو سِعَةٍ

عَنّي فَلَيسَ بِواسِعٍ عَفوُ

If your forgiveness—vast as it is—proves too narrow

To encompass me, then no forgiveness is truly wide.

أَنتَ الَّذي أَلِفَ السَماحَ فَما

غَيرُ السَماحِ لِقَلبِهِ لَهوُ

You are he who has befriended generosity, such that

Nothing but benevolence serves as a pastime for his heart.

تَغدو جَميعَ العِرضِ وافِرُهُ

وَالمالُ مُعتَصَرُ النَوى نِضوُ

You awaken with your honor entirely abundant,

While your wealth is wrung dry by giving, emaciated and worn.