لِأَنَّهُ الغايَةُ القُصوى الَّتي عَجَزَت

عَن أَن تُؤَمِّل إِدراكاً لَها الهِمَمُ

For it is the ultimate goal that ambitions

Have failed to hope of attaining it fully

ما تَستَحِقُ مُلوكُ الدَهرِ مَرتَبَةً

في الفَضلِ إِلّا لَهُ مِن فَوقِها قَدَمُ

No kings of time deserve any rank

In virtue, but above it his steps ascend

ذَكاؤُهُ إِن دَجا لَيلُ الشُكوكِ ضحى

وَظِلُّهُ إِن خَطا صَرفُ الرَدى حَرمُ

His intellect, though night of doubts grew dim, dawns

And his shade, though course of calamities erred, is inviolable

فَلَو عَدا الكَرمُ المَوصوفُ راحَتَهُ

عَن أَن يُجاوِزها لَم يُكرم الكَرَمُ

So if described generosity left at rest

Its rights, Generosity would not be generous