1. والله مجتهِداً في الحَلْفِ والقَسَم

    يا بن المعزِّ يميناً غيرَ متَّهَمِ

    By God, earnestly swearing and taking an oath,

    O son of al-Muʿizz, an oath beyond suspicion:

  2. لو كان للشكر شخصٌ يستبين إلى

    عَيْنَيْك في غيرِ أَلفاظٍ ونُطْق فَمِ

    If gratitude had a bodily form that could appear to

    your eyes, without words or speech from a mouth,

  3. جعلتُه لكَ رأىَ العَيْن مُنتَصِباً

    حتّى يبينَ بيانَ الصِّدق في الكَلِمِ

    I would set it upright for you, in plain sight,

    so it might be as clear as truth expressed in words.

  4. من أينَ أَنْسى أياديكَ الّتي سَلَفَتْ

    عندي ولحميَ من أَفضالها وَدَمي

    How could I forget your favors once bestowed

    upon me, when my flesh and blood come from their bounty?

  5. كم مِنَّةٍ لك عندي لستُ أكفُرُها

    ونعمةٍ قد أنافتْ بي على النِّعَم

    How many favors you have done me, which I do not deny,

    and blessings that have raised me above other blessings!

  6. لولاك لم يَبْدُ شِعْري مِن كنانَتِه

    ولا سَمَتْ بي أمالي ولا هِمَمي

    Without you, my poetry would not have emerged from its quiver,

    nor would my hopes or aspirations have borne me aloft.

  7. وَلَم أَرُحْ مستقيمَ السّعد مكتفيا

    أُرَدّد الطَّرْفَ في مالٍ وفي حَشَم

    Nor would I have gone about with steady good fortune and all my needs met,

    turning my gaze again and again over wealth and attendants.

  8. وكيف أَشكر إحْدَى ما منَنْتَ به

    وقد رَماني نَدى كفَّيْكَ بالبَكَم

    And how can I give thanks for even one favor you have bestowed,

    when the bounty of your two hands has struck me dumb?

  9. يَفْدِيك عبدُك مّما بتَّ تحذَرُه

    يا أكرَم الناسِ في الأخلاق والشَّيم

    May your servant ransom you from what you have spent the night fearing,

    O noblest of people in character and disposition!