Sol 6.1

  1. فَدَتكَ عِمادَ الدينِ نَفسي وَما حَوَت

    يَميني وَأَهلي الأَقرَبونَ وَمَعشَري

    May my soul ransom you, Imad al-Din, and all that is held

    by my right hand, and my nearest kin and clan.

  2. نَهَضتَ بِما كَلَّفتُ جودَكَ حامِلاً

    لِأَعباءِ حاجاتي نُهوضَ مُشَمِّرِ

    You rose to the task I laid upon your generosity, bearing

    the burdens of my needs with the vigor of one girded for action.

  3. فَأَغنَيتَني عَن كُلِّ مُثرٍ مُبَخَّلٍ

    وَكَم مِن غَنِيٍّ نَفسُهُ نَفسُ مُقتِرِ

    Thus you spared me recourse to any wealthy man deemed miserly;

    and many a rich man's soul is the soul of a pauper.

  4. نَزَعتَ إِلى مَجدٍ قَديمٍ وَسودَدٍ

    مُنيفٍ وَأَصلٍ كِسرَوِيٍّ مُطَهَّرِ

    You are heir to ancient glory and to a lordship

    exalted, and to an unsullied lineage of Khosrow,

  5. إِلى خَيرِ بَيتٍ مِن ذَوابَةِ فارِسٍ

    وَأَكرَمِ عيصٍ في الأَنامِ وَمَعشَرِ

    to the finest house among Persia's foremost,

    and the noblest stock and clan among mankind.

  6. فَقُلتُ وَقَد أَولَيتَنيها بَرِيَّةً

    مِنَ المَطلِ ما شيبَت بِمَنٍّ مُكَدِّرٍ

    So I said, when you had bestowed it on me, free

    of delay, untainted by galling reminders of favors:

  7. أَبى اللَهُ أَن يُسدي إِلَينا صَنيعَةً

    سِوى الكُرَماءِ الغُرِّ آلُ المُظَفَّرِ

    God would let none bestow a kindness upon us

    save the generous, illustrious ones—the house of al-Muzaffar.

  8. وَمَن يُخجِلُ السُحبَ المَواطِرَ كَفُّهُ

    فَغَيرُ بَديعٍ أَن يَجودَ بِمِطَرِ

    And one whose palm shames the rain-pouring clouds—

    it is no marvel that he should bestow rain.

  9. وَمَن عُرِفَت بِالعُرفِ وَالبَذلِ كَفُّهُ

    فَإِسداؤُهُ المَعروفَ لَيسَ بِمُنكَرِ

    And one whose palm is known for kindness and giving—

    his bestowing kindness is no strange thing.