1. سَقَى خِلاطَ مُلِثُّ الوَدقِ مِن دارِ

    فَإِنَّ فيها لُباناتي وَأَوطاري

    May ceaseless rain water Khilat, that abode,

    for there lie my longings and my desires.

  2. ماجَت خُراسانُ وارتَجَّت قَواعدُها

    كأَنَّها الدَوحُ لاقى صَوبَ إِعصارِ

    Khurasan surged, and its foundations shook,

    as though it were spreading trees struck by a whirlwind's blast.

  3. وأَضحَتِ الكُرجُ في تَفليسَ خائفةً

    إِذ جاورت مِنكَ جاراً أَيَّما جارِ

    And the Georgians in Tiflis grew fearful,

    when they found in you a neighbor—what a neighbor!

  4. غَيثاً من الرُّعبِ مَلاناً وَليثَ شَرىً

    يَظلُّ ما بَينَ فَيَّاضٍ وَزَوَّارِ

    A raincloud brimming with terror, and a lion of Shara,

    ever poised between overflowing bounty and a lion's roar.

  5. عَليَكَ تَقرا مُلوكُ الأرضِ قاطِبةٌ

    صَحائفَ الَمجدِ في نَجدٍ وَأَغوارِ

    Before you, all the kings of the earth recite

    the pages of glory, in highlands and lowlands.

  6. والنَّاسُ والطَّيرُ أَضيافٌ وعائِلَةٌ

    للهِ دَرُّكَ من مُقرٍ وَمِن قاري

    And people and birds are guests and needy dependents.

    God be praised for you—what a teacher and host!

  7. بسَطتَ لي يَوَم حَمَّامٍ الرُّها أَمَلاً

    وَأَنتَحُرٌّ كريمٌ نَجلُ أَحرارِ

    You held out hope to me that day at al-Ruha's bathhouse,

    and you are noble and generous, a scion of noble men.

  8. كَوَعدِ عَمِّكَ إِذ وافاهُ عَرقَلَهٌ

    يَستنِجزُ الوَعدَ في نَظمٍ وأَشعارِ

    Like your uncle's promise, when Arqalah came to him,

    seeking fulfillment of the promise in verse and poems.

  9. فقالَ بيتاً سَرى كالشَّمسِ في مَثَلٍ

    مُوَلَّدٍ من لُبابِ الشِّعرِ سَيّارِ

    Then he uttered a verse that traveled like the sun, a proverb

    newly coined from poetry's finest essence, widely circulating:

  10. قُل لِلصَّلاحِ مُعني عِندَ إِعساري

    يا أَلفَ مَولاي أَينَ الأَلفُ دينارِ

    Say to Salah, my helper in my hardship:

    O my lord a thousandfold, where are the thousand dinars?

  11. وأَنتَ لا شَكَّ من ذاكَ النِّجارِ ولي

    وَعدٌ عَليكَ وهذا وَقت تَذكاري

    And you are doubtless of that stock, and I have

    a promise binding upon you; and this is the time for my reminder.

  12. ما أَنتَ دونَ صلاحِ الدِّينِ في كَرَمٍ

    وَلا أَنا دونَ حَسَّانِ بنِ عَمَّارِ

    You are no less than Salah al-Din in generosity,

    nor am I less than Hassan ibn Ammar.