1. شاهد مالاً ربُّ مال فساسه

    سياسة شهم حازم وابن حازم

    A man of wealth beheld an estate and tended it

    With the stewardship of a noble, resolute man, son of a resolute man.

  2. اقام بها العصرين حيناً ولم يكن

    كمن ضنَّ عن عمرانها بالدراهم

    He stayed there morning and evening for a time, and was not

    Like one who begrudged dirhams for its cultivation.

  3. كأن نقيض الليف عن سعفاته

    نقيض رحال المَيس فوق العياهم

    As though the creaking of palm fiber from its fronds

    Were the creaking of mays-wood saddles atop sturdy camels.

  4. واضحت تغالي بالنبات كأنها

    على متن شيخ من شيوخ الأعاجم

    And it rose high with growth, as though it were

    Upon the back of an elder among the non-Arabs.

  5. وما الاصل ما رويت مضرب عرقه

    من الماء عن اصلاح فرع بنائم

    And the rootstock, so long as you soak its rooting place

    With water, does not slumber in tending a branch.