أبا حَسَنٍ في طيِّ كلِّ مساءةٍ

من اللهِ صنعٌ للعبادِ جميلُ

O Abu Hasan, in the fold of every misfortune,

There is kindness from God for His servants.

كرهتُ لَكَ التِّرحالَ أمسِ وربَّما

أفادَ الفتي طولَ المُقامِ رَحيلُ

Yesterday, I disliked your traveling, but perhaps

A youth will benefit from a long stay by departing.

وقد يكرَهُ الشيءَ الفتى وهو خَيرُهُ

لَه ويحبُّ الشَّيءَ وهو وَبِيلُ

A man may dislike something when it is better for him

And like something when it is worthless.

ولو لَم تُفِد إلاّ الجِهَادَ فإنّه

ثوابٌ كما نصَّ الكتابُ جزيلُ

Even if you gain only jihad, its reward

Is great, as the Book has described.

فكيف وقد أصبحتَ جاراً لماجدٍ

يجودُ على عِلاّتِه ويُنيلُ

How then, when you have become a neighbor of Majid,

Who bestows on the eminent and gives freely?

كريمٍ كليلِ الطّرْفِ عن عيبِ جارِه

وما طَرْفُه عِند السّؤالِ كلَيلُ

Noble, barely glancing at the faults of his neighbor.

His glance in requesting is not miserly.

شرى الحمدَ بالأموالِ لا يَستقيلُ في

شِراهُ ولا عندَ البِيَاعِ يُقيلُ

He bought praise with wealth, not content

In buying it, nor stingy toward the seller.

ومَنْ كمُعينِ الدِّين أمّا جَنابُه

فرحبٌ وأمّا ظِلُّه فَظَليلُ

He who helps the faith - his side

Is vast, and his shade is shady.

إذا وَرَدَت آمالُنا بَحرَ جُودِه

صَدَرنَ روَاءً ما بِهنِّ غَليلُ

When our hopes reach the sea of his generosity,

They draw fresh water with no brackishness.

فكُنْ واثِقاً باللهِ ثم بِجُودِه

فإنِّي بما أمَّلتُ مِنهُ كَفيلُ

So trust in God, then in his generosity,

For I guarantee what I hope from him.