أَبلِغ أَبا حَسَنٍ بِآيَةِ جودِهِ

عِندي وَنِعمَتِهِ الَّتي لا تُجهَلُ

Tell Abu Hasan of the proof of his generosity

toward me, and of his favor, which cannot go unrecognized.

إِنّي بَلَوتُ لَهُ خِلالاً لَم يَرُح

في مِثلِ أَصغَرِها الغَمامُ المُسبِلُ

I have tested virtues of his; never has

the streaming rain cloud equaled even the least of them.

ماذا تَقولُ وَلَم تَزَل ذا هِمَّةٍ

فُضُلٍ تَقولُ بِها الجَميلَ وَتَفعَلُ

What will you say? You have always possessed a resolve

noble—by it you speak what is gracious, and do it.

فيفِتيَةٍ بَكَروا عَلَيَّ تَطَرُّباً

مِن أَوجُهٍ شَتّى وَفيهِم دِعبِلُ

Young men came early to me, eager for merriment,

from many quarters, with Diʿbil among them.

وَعَلَيكَ سُقياهُم لَنا إِذ لَم يَكُن

في نَوبَةٍ إِلّا عَلَيكَ مُعَوَّلُ

It falls to you to give them drink on our behalf, since never

in any turn has there been anyone but you to rely upon.

وَأَهَقُّ مَن وَسِعَ النَضامى جودُهُ

بِالراحِ مَن كانَت لَهُ قُطرُبُّلُ

And among those whose bounty embraces boon companions, the strongest claim

to wine belongs to the man who has Qutrubbull.