1. عذولي منك في أمر مريج

    وسمعي منك في ذكر أريج

    My reprover is in turmoil over you,

    And my ears are filled with fragrant mention of you.

  2. بذكرك طابَ منطقهُ وأغرت

    ملامته هوى قلبي اللَّجوج

    Mention of you sweetened his speech; and what inflamed

    My stubborn heart’s passion was his reproach,

  3. كما أغرَى الملامُ نوالَ كفي

    وليّ الدِّين ذي المدح البهيج

    Just as reproach spurred the bounty of the two hands

    Of Walī al-Dīn, whose praises bring delight.

  4. كريمٌ لو تفاخرهُ كرام

    مضوا يعدو بغيظٍ في ضجيج

    A generous man—were generous men to vie with him in glory,

    They would go off running in rage, amid an uproar.

  5. لو أن ابن الفرات النيلَ داجى

    تفرَّجنا على ذاكَ الخليج

    Were Ibn al-Furāt to humor the Nile,

    We would enjoy the sight of that canal.

  6. مليجيٌّ له في الجودِ بابٌ

    يكاد زحامه ينهى ولوجي

    A man of Malīj, he has a door to bounty;

    Its throng almost bars my entry.

  7. بدا جوداً فإن أحجب لعذرٍ

    أتيت بطوخ فيه على مليج

    He appeared as bounty itself; should I be barred for some excuse,

    On his account, I would bring Ṭūkh against Malīj.