نَهارُكَ ما فيهِ لَيانٌ وَلا قِرىً

نَهارُكَ ما فيهِ لَيانٌ وَلا قِرىً

لِعَينٍ وأَيّامُ ابنِ زَيدٍ صَوالِحُ

لِعَينٍ وأَيّامُ ابنِ زَيدٍ صَوالِحُ

Your day holds neither ease nor refreshment

Your day has no night or villages

for the eye, while Ibn Zayd's days are good.

For an eye, and the days of Ibn Zayd are righteous

وذاكَ ابنُ عمِّ الصِدقِ أَمّا عطاؤُهُ

وذاكَ ابنُ عمِّ الصِدقِ أَمّا عطاؤُهُ

فجزلٌ وأَمّا جَيبُهُ فَهوَ ناصِحُ

فجزلٌ وأَمّا جَيبُهُ فَهوَ ناصِحُ

And that is a true cousin: as for his giving,

And that is the cousin of truthfulness. As for his generosity

it is lavish; and as for his breast, it is free of guile.

It is plentiful, and as for his pocket, it is sincere

وَكانَ شِفاءً غيرَ داءٍ دُنُوُّهُ

وَكانَ شِفاءً غيرَ داءٍ دُنُوُّهُ

إذا احوَلَّ أَبصارُ العُيونِ اللَوامِحُ

إذا احوَلَّ أَبصارُ العُيونِ اللَوامِحُ

His nearness was a cure, not an illness,

And it was a cure without an illness, his closeness

when the gazes of glancing eyes turned askew.

When the eyes of the blamers squint

إذا قالَ لي قُم قلتُ بل أنت فاكفني

إذا قالَ لي قُم قلتُ بل أنت فاكفني

فقامَ فَجَلّى أَبيَضُ الوَجهِ واضِحُ

فقامَ فَجَلّى أَبيَضُ الوَجهِ واضِحُ

When he said to me, “Rise,” I said, “Rather, you—do it for me.”

When he said to me, "Get up," I said, "Rather, you stop me"

So he rose and excelled, fair-faced and radiant.

So he got up, his bright face apparent