كريمٌ يرى أن الرجاءَ موَاعدُ
وأنَّ انتظار السائلين منَ المطلِ
A generous man who holds that hopes are promises,
And that keeping petitioners waiting is a form of stalling.
وَخيرُ الموالي من إذا ما مدحُته
مَدَحتُ به نفسي وأخبرتُ عن فضلي
And the best of patrons is one such that, whenever I praise him,
I thereby praise myself and proclaim my own merit.
Sol 6.1