جهلتُ شهاب الدين ثُمَّ بَلوْتُهُ
فعاينتُ كلَّ المجد عند أبي نصْرِ
I knew not Shihab al-Din; then I put him to the test,
and saw with my own eyes all glory abiding with Abu Nasr—
كما جهل السَّاري مخائل سُحْبه
فأخْبَرَهُ عن صِدْقِها سبلُ القطْرِ
as a night traveler failed to read the rain-signs in the clouds above him,
until the pouring rain told him how true those signs had been.
Sol 5.6