وَأَقولُ إِن أَنا لَم أَفُه بِثَنائِكُم

وَأَقولُ إِن أَنا لَم أَفُه بِثَنائِكُم

ضاعَت لَكُم عِندي يَدٌ وَذِمامُ

ضاعَت لَكُم عِندي يَدٌ وَذِمامُ

And I say: if I do not speak your praise,

If I do not comprehend your praise

your favor and its claim upon me would be lost.

You have lost to me a hand and a bridle

أَما أَنا وَيدُ اِبنِ مَنصورٍ مَعاً

أَما أَنا وَيدُ اِبنِ مَنصورٍ مَعاً

فَكَما يُقالُ خَميلَةٌ وَغَمامُ

فَكَما يُقالُ خَميلَةٌ وَغَمامُ

As for me and Ibn Mansur's hand together,

As for me and the hand of Ibn Mansur together

we are, as they say, a leafy grove and a cloud.

It is as though it is said a dove and a cloud

نِعَمٌ لَهُ خُضرٌ تَرَنَّمَ فَوقَها

نِعَمٌ لَهُ خُضرٌ تَرَنَّمَ فَوقَها

شُكري كَما رَكِبَ الغُصونَ حَمامُ

شُكري كَما رَكِبَ الغُصونَ حَمامُ

His favors are verdant; above them sang

Good fortune for him, green, over which cooed

my gratitude, as doves perched upon the branches.

My gratitude as pigeons alight on branches

حَسبي مِنَ الجَدوى وِدادُكَ وَحدَهُ

حَسبي مِنَ الجَدوى وِدادُكَ وَحدَهُ

فَهُوَ الغِنى لا ما يَرى أَقوامُ

فَهُوَ الغِنى لا ما يَرى أَقوامُ

Your affection alone is all the bounty I need;

It suffices me of usefulness your love alone

for it is wealth, not what some people regard as wealth.

For it is the riches not what people see