1. قَدْ أَتَانَا الَّذِي بَعَثْتَ إِلَيْنَا

    وَهْوَ شَيْءٌ فِي وَقْتِنَا مَعْدُومُ

    What you sent to us has indeed arrived,

    And it is something unavailable at present.

  2. طَلْعَةٌ غَضَّةٌ أَتَتْنَا تُحَاكِي

    سَفْطَاً فِيْهِ لُؤلُؤٌ مَنْظُومُ

    A tender palm-blossom cluster came to us, resembling

    A casket with strung pearls inside.

  3. وَكَثِيْرٌ مَا قَلَّ عِنْدَكَ عِنْدِي

    إِذْ حَبَانِي بِهَا رَئِيْسٌ عَظِيْمُ

    And what is little to you is much to me,

    For a great leader bestowed it on me.

  4. مَا جَوَادٌ مَنْ جَادَ بِالمَالِ لَكْنْ

    نَ المُوَاسِي هُوَ الجَوَادُ الكَرِيْمُ

    The generous man is not he who gives wealth, but

    He who shares is the generous, noble man.