أَخالِدُ لَم أَخبِط إِلَيكَ بِنِعمَةٍ

سِوى أَنَّني عافٍ وَأَنتَ جَوادُ

O Khaled, I have not approached you with any blessing

Except that I am well and you are generous

فَإِن تُعطِني أُفرِغ إِلَيكَ مَحامِدي

وَإِن تَأبَ لا يُضرَب عَلَيكَ سِدادُ

So if you give to me I will pour out my praises to you

And if you refuse no barrier can be set against you

رِكابي عَلى حَرفٍ وَقَلبي مُشَيَّعٌ

وَغَيرُ بِلادِ الباخِلينَ بِلادُ

My mount is on the verge and my heart bids farewell

To the land of the misers is not a land

إِذا أَنكَرَتني بَلدَةٌ أَو نَكَرتُها

نَهَضتُ مَعَ البازي عَلَيَّ سَوادُ

If a city denies me or I deny it

I move on with the one who leaves me in the dark

أَخالِدُ بَينَ الأَجرِ وَالحَمدِ حاجَتي

فَأَيُّهُما تَأتي فَأَنتَ عِمادُ

O Khaled between reward and praise is my need

So whichever comes to me, you are its pillar

وَما خابَ بَينَ الأَجرِ وَالحَمدِ عامِلٌ

لَهُ مِنهُما عِندَ العَواقِبِ زادُ

No worker loses between reward and praise

For him from both at the end is provision

أَخالِدُ ناهِزها فَإِنَّ سَماعَها

جَميلٌ وَمَأتاها تُقىً وَسَدادُ

O Khaled, reproach it, for listening to it is beautiful

And its consequence is piety and integrity