دَعَوتُهُ فَأَجابَتني مَكارِمُهُ

وَلَو دَعَوتُ سِوى نُعماهُ لَم تُجِبِ

I called upon him, and his generosity answered me,

Even if I had called upon other than his favors, they would not have answered.

وَجَدتُهُ الغَيثَ مَشغوفاً بِعادَتِهِ

وَالرَوضُ يَجني بِما في عادَةِ السُحُبِ

I found him a raincloud obsessed with its habit,

And the meadow reaps the fruits of the clouds' habit.

لَو فاتَهُ النَسَبُ الوَضّاحُ كانَ لَهُ

مِن فَضلِهِ نَسَبٌ يُغني عَن النَسَبِ

If he lacked prominent lineage, he would have

From his virtues a lineage that suffices lineage.

إِذا دَعَتهُ مُلوكُ الأَرضِ سَيِّدَها

طُرّاً دَعَتهُ المَعالي سَيِّدَ العَرَبِ

When the kings of the earth call him their master,

Nobly they call him, the master of Arabs.