أَبا قُدامَةَ قَد قَدَّمتَ لي قَدَماً

مِنَ المَكارِمِ صِدقاً غَيرَ ما مَينِ

Abu Qudamah, you have offered me a step

Of sincere virtues, without any deviation.

ضِقنا بِدَينِكَ فَاِحتَجنا إِلى الدَينِ

مُذ غِبتَ عَنّا بِوَجهٍ ساطِعِ الزَينِ

We were constricted by your debt, so we needed the debt

Since you left us with a shining face.

وَكُنتَ عَوناً إِذا دَهرٌ تَخَوَّنَنا

عَيناً عَلَينا فَأَنتَ العَونُ بِالعَينِ

You were a helper whenever time betrayed us.

An eye over us, so you are the helper with the eye.

إِنَّ الجِيادَ عَلى عِلّاتِها صُبُرٌ

ما إِن تَشَكّى الوَجا في حالَةِ الأَينِ

Surely, the stallions with their ailments have patience

They do not complain while in the state of weakness.

وَالنَصلُ يَعمَلُ إِخلاصاً بِجَوهَرِهِ

لا بِاِتِّكالٍ عَلى شَحذٍ مِنَ القَينِ

And the sword works sincerely with its essence

Not by reliance on sharpening by the whetstone.