أبى الهمُّ أن يعتاد صدري وناصري

على الهمِّ صدرٌ لم يكن مثله صدرُ

The sorrows refused to grow accustomed to my heart and my defender

To sorrows, there is no heart like my heart

وذَّلت صروف الدهر عني وعصمتي

ببأسِ وزيرٍ فيه يفْتخرُ الدهْرُ

And the vicissitudes of fate were subdued from me and protected me

With the might of a minister, the ages take pride in him

ونادت لي الآمال طوعاً ومنُجدي

من ابْن عُبيد اللهِ جيش عُلاً مجْر

And hopes called out to me willingly and my glory

From the son of Ubayd Allah, an exalted army dressed in armor

وشيكُ القِرى في عطفه أريحيَّةٌ

يظلُّ بها نشْوانَ والكَرمُ الخمر

The villages are soon in his kindness a place of comfort

In it the melody and generosity like wine

اذا صاب أرضَ المُعْتفين بجودهِ

ونُعْماهُ مات المحْلُ وانهزم الفقر

If he strikes the land of the protected with his generosity

And favors it, death dies and poverty flees

تُشدُّ حُباهُ في النَّديِ براجحٍ

حليمٍ له في كل مُعْظمةٍ غَفْرُ

His affections strengthen love with an impartial one

Clement, who has forgiveness in every honored one

كأنَّ أحاديثَ الوزيرِ وذِكرَه

منابتُ روضِ الحَزْن باكرها القطر

It is as if the words of the minister and his mention

Are the first drops of the meadow of sadness by the rain