أُنبيكَ عَن طَولِ الأَميرِ وَفَضلِهِ

أُنبيكَ عَن طَولِ الأَميرِ وَفَضلِهِ

وَعَن جَدِّهِ في المَكرُماتِ وَهَزلِهِ

وَعَن جَدِّهِ في المَكرُماتِ وَهَزلِهِ

I tell you of the prince’s bounty and excellence,

And of his seriousness in noble deeds and his jesting.

كَريمٌ أَبى إِلّا التَفَضُّلَ إِنَّهُ

كَريمٌ أَبى إِلّا التَفَضُّلَ إِنَّهُ

لِدينارِهِ إِرثٌ قَديمٌ وَسَهلِهِ

لِدينارِهِ إِرثٌ قَديمٌ وَسَهلِهِ

A generous man who insists on bestowing favors; this is

An ancient inheritance from his Dinar and his Sahl.

مَحا عَفوُهُ ذَنبَ المُسيءِ وَلَم يَزَل

مَحا عَفوُهُ ذَنبَ المُسيءِ وَلَم يَزَل

بِهِ حِلمُهُ حَتّى أَتى دونَ جَهلِهِ

بِهِ حِلمُهُ حَتّى أَتى دونَ جَهلِهِ

His pardon erased the wrongdoer’s sin, and still

His forbearance attended him until it stood against his folly.

وَأَخذُ يَدي مَنٌ عَلَيَّ وَإِنَّما

وَأَخذُ يَدي مَنٌ عَلَيَّ وَإِنَّما

يُقالُ لِقَوّالِ الخَنا خُذ بِرِجلِهِ

يُقالُ لِقَوّالِ الخَنا خُذ بِرِجلِهِ

Taking my hand is a favor to me; it is only

To a speaker of obscenities that one says, “Seize him by his foot.”