فَقالَت أَلَيسَ اِبنُ الوَليدِ الَّذي لَهُ

يَمينٌ بِها الإِمحالُ وَالفَقرُ يُطرَدُ

She said, "Is he not the son of Al-Walid, who has

A hand with which want and poverty are driven away?

يَجودُ وَإِن لَم تَرتَحِل يا اِبنَ غالِبٍ

إِلَيهِ وَإِن لا قَيتَهُ فَهوَ أَجوَدُ

He gives generously even if you do not move, O son of Ghālib,

To him, and even if you do not stay in his abode, he is the most generous,

مِنَ النيلِ إِذ عَمَّ المَنارَ غُثاؤُهُ

وَمَن يَأتِهِ مِن راغِبٍ فَهوَ أَسعَدُ

Than the Nile when its abundant waters spread,

And whoever comes to him as a seeker, he is the happiest,

فَإِنَّ اِرتِدادَ الهَمَّ عَجزٌ عَلى الفَتى

عَلَيهِ كَما رُدَّ البَعيرُ المُقَيَّدُ

For the turning back of care is difficult for the youth -

It turns back upon him as the tethered camel returns.

وَلا خَيرَ في هَمٍّ إِذا لَم يَكُن لَهُ

زَماعٌ وَحَبلٌ لِلصَريمَةِ مُحصَدُ

And there is no good in care when it has no

Reins or rope for the noble stud.

جَرى اِبنُ أَبي العاصي فَأَحرَزَ غايَةً

إِذا أُحرِزَت مَن نالَها فَهوَ أَمجَدُ

The son of Abi Al-‘Āṣī set forth and attained the utmost

When the utmost is attained, he who reaches it is the most glorious,

وَكانَ إِذا اِحمَرَّ الشِتاءُ جِفانُهُ

جِفانٌ إِلَيها بادِئونَ وَعُوَّدُ

And when winter reddened its eyelids,

They were eyelids towards which the initiators set out and grew accustomed.

لَهُم طُرُقٌ أَقدامُهُم قَد عَرَفنَها

إِلَيهِم وَأَيديهِم مِنَ الشَحمِ جُمَّدِ

They had paths which their feet had come to know

To them, and their hands were solid with fat.

وَما مِن حَنيفٍ آلَ مَروانَ مُسلِمٍ

وَلا غَيرِهِ إِلّا عَلَيهِ لَكُم يَدُ

There was no sincere Hanifite client of Marwān

Or other, except over him you have a claim.

إِذا عَدَّ قَومٌ مَجدَهُم وَبُيوتَهُم

فَضَلتُم إِذا ما أَكرَمُ الناسِ عُدِّدوا

When a people recount their glory and houses,

You excel when the most generous of mankind are counted."