1. أَوقَدتُ بَعدَ الهُدُوِّ ناراً

    لَها عَلى الطارِقينَ عَينُ

    I kindled a fire after the stillness of night.

    It has an eye on travelers by night.

  2. شَرارُها إِن عَلا نُضارٌ

    لَكِنَّهُ إِن هَوى لُجَينُ

    Its sparks are pure gold when they rise,

    but silver when they fall.

  3. دَعَتهُم فَاِنثَنى إِلَيها

    مُحِبُّهُم قُوَّةٌ وَأَينُ

    It called them, and toward it turned

    their lover—strength and weariness [sense uncertain]—

  4. إِلى كَريمِ الفِعالِ سَمحٍ

    عَطاؤُهُ لِلكَريمِ زَينُ

    toward a generous man of noble deeds,

    whose giving is an adornment to the noble.

  5. يَقضي دُيونَ العُلا بِبَذلٍ

    إِذ لَيسَ يُقضى لَهُنَّ دَينُ

    He settles the debts of lofty virtues through bounty,

    though no debt owed to them can ever be repaid.