إِذا نَزَلَ الفَضلُ بنُ يَحيى بِبَلدَةٍ

إِذا نَزَلَ الفَضلُ بنُ يَحيى بِبَلدَةٍ

رَأَيتَ بِها عُشبَ المَكارِمِ يَنبُتُ

رَأَيتَ بِها عُشبَ المَكارِمِ يَنبُتُ

When al-Fadl ibn Yahya alights in a town,

When Fadl ibn Yahya descends upon a town

When Al-Fadl ibn Yahya descends upon a town,

You see the grass of noble deeds sprouting there.

You see in it the plants of nobility sprouting.

You see the grass of noble virtues springing up therein.

وَلَيسَ بِسَعّالٍ إِذا سيلَ حاجَةً

وَلَيسَ بِسَعّالٍ إِذا سيلَ حاجَةً

وَلا بِمُكِبٍّ في ثَرى الأَرضِ يَنكُثُ

وَلا بِمُكِبٍّ في ثَرى الأَرضِ يَنكُثُ

And he is not one to cough when asked for a favor,

He is no miser if a request pours forth,

He is not one to feign a cough when asked for a favor,

Nor one to bend over, scratching in the earth’s soil.

Nor a turner of his face into the dust of the earth.

Nor does he bend toward the earth's soil, scratching the ground.