إِذا نَزَلَ الفَضلُ بنُ يَحيى بِبَلدَةٍ

رَأَيتَ بِها عُشبَ المَكارِمِ يَنبُتُ

When Fadl ibn Yahya descends upon a town

When Al-Fadl ibn Yahya descends upon a town,

You see in it the plants of nobility sprouting.

You see the grass of noble virtues springing up therein.

وَلَيسَ بِسَعّالٍ إِذا سيلَ حاجَةً

وَلا بِمُكِبٍّ في ثَرى الأَرضِ يَنكُثُ

He is no miser if a request pours forth,

He is not one to feign a cough when asked for a favor,

Nor a turner of his face into the dust of the earth.

Nor does he bend toward the earth's soil, scratching the ground.