1. فَقُلتُ إِنَّ أَبا حَفصٍ تَدارَكَني

    مِنهُ نَوالٌ كَفاني الدينَ والسَّفَرا

    So I said, “Indeed, Abu Hafs has come to my rescue:

    a bounty from him spared me debt and travel,

  2. وَشَرَّدَ الهَمَّ عَنّي بَعدَ ما حَضَرَت

    مِنهُ حَواضِرُ لا آلو لَها صَدَرا

    and banished care from me, after there had come

    visitations of it I had no power to turn away.

  3. فَكُنتُ فيكُم كَمَمطُورٍ بِبَلدَتِهِ

    فَسُرَّ أَن جَمَعَ الأَوطانَ والمَطَرا

    So among you I was like one receiving rain in his own land,

    delighted to have home and rain together.”