يبذلُ المال فانْ حَلَّ بهِ

لاجىءٌ من صَرْفِ دهرٍ منَعهْ

He spends his wealth, so if resolved with it

A refugee from the decree of a prohibiting fate

فَلِذي الفاقَةِ خِصْبٌ وغِنىً

ولذي الخِيفَةِ أمْنٌ وَدَعَهْ

So for the impoverished, fertility and wealth

And for the frightened, safety and left it

أبَداً يجمعُ الأسِ الغِنى

ويَفُضُّ الجودُ ما قد جَمَعهْ

Forever he gathers money, the wealthy

And generosity overflows what he had gathered

زيْنبيٌّ يفْخرُ الدهرُ

به أحْرزَ المجْدَ غُلاماً يَفَعَهْ

Zainabiy proudly whom time

Boasts of, he achieved glory as an active youth

شمسُ مجْدٍ وعُلا مُشْرِقَةٌ

منْ رِداءٍ وقميصٍ طُلَعَهْ

A shining sun of glory and highness

Of a cloak and shirt it rose

ضيِّقُ الأعْذارِ لكنْ ضَيْفهُ

من حِماهُ وقِراهُ في سَعَْ

Constricted excuses but his guest

Who protected and honored him with latitude

المَعالي خلَصتْ مُلْكاً لهُ

وهي في خُلْقِ سِواهُ قُلَعَهْ

The glories extracted for him a kingdom

While in the creation of others snatched it

من قريشٍ حيثُ غاياتِ العُلى

وسواهم قاصرٌ أنْ يَفْرَعَهْ

Of Quraish, where the heights of ascension

And others, falling short to branch it

لرماحِ القومِ سكْبٌ منْ دَمٍ

ولِغُرَّانِ المَقاري دَعْدَعَهْ

For the tribe's spears, a pouring of blood

And for the thick-haired playful foals neighing

وابو القاسمِ منهمْ سابقٌ

كادَ يستصحبُ كُلاًّ تَبَعَهْ

And Abul Qasim among them a predecessor

He almost took along each who followed him

أنا من فرطِ هوى مِدْحتهِ

صِرتُ أهْوى من زَماني جُمعهْ

I, from intense love praising him

Became infatuated with his entire epoch