ورجاء سيف الدولة الشرف الذي

يتقاصر التفصيل عن تفصيله

The honor of Sayf al-Dawla's hope which

Detail falls short of detailing it

ضمنت تأميلي نداه فرده

جذلان من سفر الظنون بسؤله

I secured my deference to his call so he returned it

Generously, free from the journey of doubts with his asking

وأفقت حين بلغت ورد نواله

عن ورد ممتنع النوال بخيله

And I awoke when I reached the roses of his grant

From roses whose grant was miserly in its stinginess

فالغيث يغبطني على إنعامه

والدهر يحسدني على تاميله

So the rain envies me for his gifts

And time envies me for his favors