قالوا جَرى قَلَمي في غَيرِ مَدحِكُمُ

لا وَالَّذي عَلَّمَ الإِنسانَ بِالقَلَمِ

They said my pen flowed in praise of others,

No! By Him who taught man with the pen,

وَما خَلَوتُ بِذِكراكُم وَكانَ مَعي

ثانٍ يُثَلِّثُ ذِكراكُم سِوى الكَرَمِ

And I was never alone with your mention, there was

Another who made your mention a third, except generosity,

فَاِستَعمِلوا مِنهُ ما قَد كانَ حاضِرَهُ

فَالجودُ لَيسَ عَلى عِرضٍ بِمُتَّهَمِ

So employ that part of it which was ready,

For generosity is not with suspicion blamed,

لا يَقطَعَن مُفسِدٌ في المَجدِ عُلقَةَ ما

بَينَ الأَيادي وَبَينَ الجودِ مِن رَحِمِ

Let no corrupter cut off in glory the ties

Between the hands and generosity of a womb,

هَبوا خَواطِرَنا في جاهِلِيَّتِها

فَلَم تَضِع حُرُماتُ الأَشهُرِالحُرُمِ

They let go our thoughts in their ignorance,

So the sanctities of the sacred months did not place

كُلُّ الزَمانِ عَلَيها أَشهُرٌ حُرُمٌ

بِكُم فَكُنَّ بِهَذا المُلكِ في حَرَمِ

All time to them is sacred months,

With you, so be in this kingdom inviolate.