Sol 6.1

  1. هو المسلك المألوف يُغشَى ويقصدُ

    وتلتمس الحاجات من حيث تُوجدُ

    It is the familiar path, frequented and sought,

    And needs are sought where they can be met.

  2. ومَن لم يسد بالفضل عن بذل ماله

    فليسَ لهُ في فضله المال سوددُ

    And whoever gains no eminence through generously giving his wealth

    Has no eminence in his surplus wealth.

  3. واولى بحوْز الأجر والشكر موقنٌ

    بان كلّ شيء غير هذين ينفد

    And worthiest of winning reward and thanks is one certain

    That everything except these two comes to an end.

  4. كمثل أبي عبد الإله فإنّما

    حوى فضل محمُود الخلال محمّدُ

    Like Abu Abd al-Ilah—for indeed

    Muhammad, praiseworthy in character, has gathered excellence.

  5. فتىً الفت نفسٌ له الجود وانبرى

    لسان يقول العرف وانبسطت يدُ

    A youth whose soul is accustomed to generosity; forth springs

    A tongue that speaks kindness, and a hand opens wide.

  6. جواد همام جاره لا يسرّهُ

    من المال إلاّ ما ينيل ويرفدُ

    Generous and high-minded; his neighbor takes no pleasure

    In wealth except what he grants and bestows.

  7. لإخْلاف كفيه إذا أخلف الحيَّا

    افاوق دراها اللُّجينُ وعسجدُ

    The teats of his two palms, when rain fails,

    Yield milkings whose flow is silver and gold.

  8. فتى تشهد العلياء والمجد أنّهُ

    إذا ذكر السّادات للازد سيّدُ

    A youth—eminence and glory bear witness that he,

    When the chiefs of the Azd are named, is a chief.

  9. بقيتَ أَبا عبد الإله مكرماً

    ترجي لفعل الصّالحات وتُحمدُ

    May you remain, Abu Abd al-Ilah, honored,

    Looked to for righteous deeds, and praised.

  10. وغزّك محروس وفضلك باهر

    وربعك مأنوس وعمرك سرمدُ

    And may your honor be guarded, your excellence radiant,

    Your dwelling full of companionship, and your life everlasting.