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She who adorned people's necks with his generosity like a necklace,

وقائلة من طوق الخلق جوده

1. She who adorned people's necks with his generosity like a necklace,
I said to her, he is the crescent moon,

١. وقائلةٍ مَنْ طَوَّقَ الخلقَ جودُهُ
بأعناقهِم طَوْقاً فقلتُ هلالُ

2. The descendant of Sa'eed, the son of the Sultan whose
Short spear is long in his grip,

٢. سليلُ سعيدٍ نجلُ سلطان الذي
قصارُ القَنَا في راحتَيْهِ طِوالُ

3. He is the renowned master in every place,
He has scope in the highest heavens,

٣. هو السيدُ المعروفُ في كلِّ بُقْعَةٍ
له في علوِّ الخافقينِ مَجَالُ

4. Generous, benevolent, his struggle cannot be endured,
And he has no equal in this time,

٤. سخيّ أبيّ لا يُطاق كفاحُه
وليسَ لهُ في ذا الزمانِ مِثَالُ

5. The peers bow to him in war prostrated,
When the tips of the deadly lances bare,

٥. تخِرُّ له الأقْرانُ في الحربِ سُجَّدَاً
إذا قدَّ هاماتِ الرِّعالِ نِصَالُ

6. And I praised him in poetry,
And even if my enemies turned on me and said,

٦. وأثنى عليهِ بالقريضِ مدائحي
ولو لَجَّ عذّالي عليَّ وقالوا

7. And the times deprived me of attaining him,
Even if they made it prohibited for me,

٧. وحرَّمني صرفُ الزمان نوالَه
ولو أن جدواه عليَّ حَلالُ