وَوَاللهِ ما عارَضْتُ جودَكَ ساعَةً
بِشِعْريَ إِلاَّ كانَ أَشْعَرَ مِنْ شِعْري
And by God, never for a moment did I challenge your generosity
With my poetry without its proving more poetic than my poetry.
كَأَنَّ عَطاياكَ الجَسيمة أَقْسَمَتْ
بِأَنّي لا أَنْفَكُ مُهْتَضَمَ الشُّكْرِ
As though your immense gifts had sworn
That I would forever be thwarted in giving due thanks.
Sol 6.1