1. O unique of the age in sovereignty and lineage
And singular of the time between non-Arabs and Arabs

2. And he whose star ascends, Egypt flourishes through him
Has become fortunate and gained from it great profit

3. I do not hope from you to fulfill what
Your excellencies have promised of generosity and ranks

4. For you are a rain, and it is the rain's habit
To come and irrigate without promise or request

5. And though the band of architects has gained
Victory over me after despair and wanted me for rubble

6. And I was safe and content from their plots
Without a gifted residence built with my earnings

7. And though its construction's beginning with it
Was in the month of your noble birthday, Rajab

8. If only since it saw me, destitute,
It had left me alone in this ruined residence

9. But it swore that immediately it would complete it
Even without pay, this is wondrous

10. So I did not cease borrowing until I was thrown into what
Had nearly, were it not for you, led me to ruin

11. And your eye of justice was not sleeping from me
Even though the profession of literature reached me

12. And debts besieged me that nothing could deflect
Save white silver and gold

13. And where could I get them except if
The light of your will which dispels the gloom of worries poured forth

14. You have not ceased to mend the brokenness of the two worlds across
The ages with what you grant of prosperity

15. The panegyrics' ennoblement of you did not increase, for you have
Filled the scrolls of what is recited from books