إن كان بالكرم الخلود فما أرى
في العالمين سوى سعيد يسلمُ
If immortality comes through generosity, then I see
If immortality comes through generosity, then I see no one
among all the worlds none but Saʿid surviving.
among all people but Saʿīd who will survive.
وله من الحسن البديع براقع
وعليه من بشر السماحة ميسم
He possesses consummate excellence in wondrous beauty,
And he has veils of wondrous beauty,
and generosity’s welcoming smile has set its seal upon him.
and upon him is the mark of generosity’s good cheer.
عبقٌ به مسك الثناء تكاد في الن
ادي نوافج ذكره تتكلم
Through him the musk of praise breathes fragrance; in the assem—
The musk of praise clings fragrantly to him; almost, in the
—bly, the wafts of his renown nearly speak.
assembly, the musk-pods of his renown speak.
Sol 6.1