أتى مغناك ذو أملٍ ترجى

أتى مغناك ذو أملٍ ترجى

بأن تعلى له قدراً وحظا

بأن تعلى له قدراً وحظا

One with a hope came to your dwelling, hoping

A hopeful man came to your abode, hoping

that you might raise his standing and his fortune.

that you would raise his standing and fortune.

وخالك في الندى والجود معنا

وخالك في الندى والجود معنا

ويقبح أن تكذب فيك لفظا

ويقبح أن تكذب فيك لفظا

He deemed you, in liberality and generosity, a meaning—

And in bounty and generosity he deemed you Maʿn;

and it is shameful that you should belie a word spoken of you.

and it is unseemly for you to belie a word spoken of you.