1. He lived united while others died divided,
Aiming for the gentle pace of his steadiness.

2. My father visits while he starts the evening,
The morning folds away the darkness’ cold.

3. The breeze of the zephyr enlivens the horizon,
Spreading the magic of flowers’ nectar.

4. O Allah, make Ne’man’s valley a fertile valley,
And give Ne’man’s era its share of water.

5. And Maha counts Ne’man as home,
The twisting roads and carnelian a cheek and bosom.

6. Yearned for like the religion yearns for faith,
Yes, though it wearies souls and subjects them.

7. The small pearls bend like flowers blooming,
In their smile is a draft of wine and honey.

8. And a small orphaned jewel,
That did not leave passion for its viewer any sanity.

9. We did not know before him such refinement in passion,
Ibn Bissam has indeed a necklace in passion.

10. Like the minister’s generosity and might,
When remembered in both situations, he aspires.

11. The minister who forbid us from loving,
So we turned away and did not transgress.

12. He fears the side of the devout and dreads
Ins and Jinn feared Solomon and his limits.

13. The most glorious and determined of both worlds,
And the most pious of worshipers in devotion and asceticism.

14. A rising full moon in the king’s sight,
And dignified whom the king loves completely.

15. Awe-inspiring, if he saw blood he would not
Sweat until blood flows from him forcefully.

16. Clement, so that clemency suits him,
Until the sinner of sins would intentionally sin.

17. Generous, if the rain of generosity,
Wanted to emulate him, that would be unique.

18. A leader as glory wants,
Not like whom the journey made slow and tumble.

19. Eloquent whom praise in him gushes,
While he is more radiant than it, brighter chested.

20. Whose sword is hoped for and whose intellect feared,
So his minted coins are hoped for and his coins dreaded.

21. His speech is ministry and his essence found
In reaching the heights most productive and useful.

22. And it saw a necklace due to his sublime merit
That both East and West bear witness to.

23. By his life, it has named him minister,
The utmost of a society whose nobility he began.

24. So it sufficed for Egypt and Damascus,
And made both eyes overflow with justice and plenty.

25. And he walked in life by the path of truth,
Clarifying guidance, dominating, lionizing.

26. And he wore among them a gown of honor, while his envious enemies recoiled.
O envious tortured one against him,

27. You have come with some misery, pause!
How do you intend to blame a master whenever

28. His enemies increase, God increases his glory?
If he extends his palm to the lowly,

29. He is most generous in gifts and strengthened it.
Fear his meetings and be wary until

30. He assembles you in his justice, lions and lionesses.
And he destroyed the tyrants with might and awe,

31. And renewed kindness among us and initiated.
Singular in the ranks of virtue you will find,

32. Around his door from mankind an army.
He has mercy on the group without his equal, a group

33. Guided and follows provision with provision.
Glory does not prevent him from the lowly, nor does he

34. Give the needy a gift or strengthen it.
Successful of opinion, a slayer of enemies,

35. However you experience him, he is always blessed.
No fault in him can be counted except:

36. His hands make the free man a slave.
He has resolved Damascus after a time

37. Where the complainers could find no purpose.
How many messages we sent to the bureaus

38. Disappointed, as if fate abandoned them.
Long did their back and forth to the people last,

39. As if we sent them alone they would have collapsed.
So that hardship is now ease,

40. With truth, and that prevention, plenty.
And money flowed from Damascus and Egypt

41. Like the downpour of rain, near and far.
Resolute actions whose blessings,

42. The likes of which guide kingdoms.
And he observes from his limit and bounty,

43. Almost challenging between the swords.
A green-feathered pen, no crookedness,

44. When his life is prosperous, plentiful.
Carried by the minister’s hands we became

45. Radiant in a lofty cloud that manifested.
O minister whose praise his career guides,

46. And his ingenuity to purposes is guided.
The reciters thank you on my behalf with might

47. Cutting paths, biting, and leveling.
Memories beautiful in your making with me,

48. In rhythms the mounts and camels compete over.
Traveling on the horizon among the maidens,

49. And the maidens in their beauty like servants.
Every meaning like a star, and every verse,

50. More guided on the horizon than one can guide.
I give them to you to immortalize praise in meanings,

51. Leaving my opposite faded away forever.
Thus good work grows vegetation,

52. And thus the enemy harvests his harvest.
Live in the shade of love and you are hoped for,

53. And the enemy will perish while you are the redeemer.
The house was filled by your hand with sustenance,

54. So fill us with verses praising you with praise.