1. هكذا الحرُّ إذا الحرّ افتَقرْ

    يَستقلَّ الحرصَ أو يشكو القَدَرْ

    Such is the noble man when he falls into poverty:

    He thinks little of greed, or complains of fate.

  2. واستمدَّ الخير من معْدَنِهِ

    وسلِ الحاجةَ من وجه الظَّفَرْ

    And draw good from its source,

    And ask for what you need from the face of triumph.

  3. خَلَّ نزْوى واستَجرْ في سَمَدٍ

    بسماحِ الأزْدِ من بُخْلِ مُضَرْ

    Leave Nizwa, and seek refuge in Samad,

    In the generosity of the Azd, from the stinginess of Mudar.

  4. وأبو القاسم يمّمهُ تكنْ

    مثلَ غيث جاد أو بحر زَخرْ

    And Abu al-Qasim—seek him out, and you will be

    Like rain that poured abundantly, or a sea that surged.

  5. سيدٌ يهتزّ بأساً ونَدىً

    كاهتزاز الصّارم العَضبِ الذَّكَرْ

    A lord who quivers with valor and bounty,

    Like the quivering of a keen, hard-steeled sword.

  6. قسمَ الله العُلى قسمَ أبي

    القاسمِ الخَيرِ عليّ بنِ عُمَرْ

    God allotted the heights of honor as the share of Abu

    al-Qasim the benevolent, Ali ibn Umar.