كَثَّرتَ وَفري بَعدَ إِقلالِ

وَزِدتَ مِن حالِكَ في حالي

You increased after lessening

And added to your state in my state

وَما تَقَضَّت مِنكَ أُكرومَةٌ

في ثالِثِ الدَهرِ وَلا التالي

No debt of yours was settled

In the first nor last era

سَومُ غُلامي وَاِرتِجاعي لَهُ

إِن أَنتَ لَم تُغنَ بِهِ غالِ

My threat to take back my slave boy

If you do not enrich him with wealth

وَهَبتَ لي مالَكَ سَمحاً بِهِ

وَكَيفَ لا تَأخُذُ لي مالي

You gave me your money generously

How could you not take my money?

إِن تَصِلِ القُربى لِمُدلٍ بِها

فَإِنَّ أَعمامَكَ أَخوالي

If you reconcile relatives out of weakness

Then your uncles are my in-laws

وَالشِعرُ رَهنٌ بِجَزاءِ الَّذي

تولِحِ مِن نُعمى وَإِفضالِ

And poetry is hostage to reward from one

Who hints of favor and bounty

وَفي أَبي طَلحَةَ لي شافِعٌ

وَجارِكَ الشاهِ بنِ ميكالِ

And in Abi Talha I have an intercessor

And your neighbor Shah Ibn Miqal

وَسائِلٌ مُرجُوَّةٌ كُلُّها

لِكُلِّ إِحسانِ وَإِجمالِ

And all the requests are hoped for

For every favor and bounty

فَتَمِّمِ النُعمى الَّتي لَم يَزَل

مِثلُكَ يُسديها لِأَمثالي

So complete the favors which the likes of you

Have always bestowed upon the likes of me