عَلمْتَ زَكيَّ الدينِ أنيّ مُطَالَبٌ

بِدَينٍ وَلِمْ لا وَهْوَ وَعْدُ كَرِيمِ

You knew, Zaki al-Din, that I am held

To a debt, yet why not when it is the promise of a generous one

فَقلِّدْ صَنِيعاً واغتَنِمْ من مَدائحِي

فَلا بُدَّ ما دنَسَّتُها بِلَئيمِ

So act generously and make use of my praises

For they must be sullied by the ignoble