غَيْمُ مَدَامِعِهِ تَفِيْضُ

وَثِيَابُهُ سُودٌ وَبِيْضُ

His tears overflow

His clothes black and white

يَبْكِي فَيَضْحَكُ مِنْ طَوِيْ

لِ بُكَائِهِ الرَّوْضُ الأَرِيْضُ

He weeps then laughs gently

For his crying the garden is delighted

وَلَدَيَّ إِخْوَانٌ قَرَا

ئِحُهُمْ بُحُورٌ لاَتَغِيْضُ

I have brothers who recite

Their eulogies oceans that do not dry up

وَلَنَا مُغَنٍّ جَلَّ قَدْ

رَاً أَنْ يَشَاكِلَهُ الغَرِيْضُ

We have a renowned singer

None can equal his melody

وَالرًّاحُ قَدْ عَزَّتْ عَلَى الشُّ

عَرَاءِ مُذْ ذَلَّ القَرِيْضُ

The wind has prevailed over the poets

Since the ode waned

وَعَلَيْكَ عَوَّلَ فِي النَّدَى

مَنْ رَاحَ لَيْسَ بِهِ نُهُوضُ

In benevolence, you are relied upon

By one who walks without vigor

وَلأَنْتَ مَرْجَاةُ المُرَجِّ

ي عٍنْدَهُ الجَاهُ العَرِيْضُ

You are the hope of the hopeful

With abundant favor

فَامْنُنْ بِهَا حَمْرَاءَ يَحْ

سُدُ مِسْكَهَا الطِّيْبُ الرَّضِيْضُ

So grant with a red camel

Whose musk the finest perfume would envy

واعْلَمْ بِأَنَّ صَنَائِعَ ال

مَعْرُوفِ أَكْثَرُهَا قُرُوضُ

And know that the works

Of kindness are but loans