1. قالوا رَبيعُك قَد قدم

    فَلَكَ البشارَة بِالنِعَم

    They said, “Your spring has arrived;

    so glad tidings to you of blessings!”

  2. قُلتُ الرَبيعُ اِخوالشتا

    ءِ أَم الرَبيعُ أَخو الكَرَم

    I said, “The spring that is winter’s brother,

    or the spring that is generosity’s brother?”

  3. قالوا الَّذي بِنَوالِهِ

    يُغني المقلُّ عَن العَدَم

    They said, “The one whose bounty

    frees the needy from destitution.”

  4. قُلتُ الرَئيسُ ابنُ العَمي

    د اِذاً فَقالوا لي نَعَم

    I said, “The chief, Ibn al-ʿAmīd,

    then?” They said to me, “Yes.”