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His excellence proclaimed among the greats of his age,

كفى بحبيب في أساطين عصره

1. His excellence proclaimed among the greats of his age,
My ancestor set him as a paragon for his peers.

١. كَفَى بِحَبِيبٍ فِي أَسَاطِينِ عَصْرِهِ
هُمَاماً عَلَى الأَقْرَانِ قَدَّمَهُ الجَدُّ

2. When he appears his majesty reveals him
As the unique master among his people.

٢. إِذَا مَا بَدَا دَلَّتْ جَلالَةُ شَخْصِهِ
عَلَى أَنَّهُ فِي قَوْمِهِ الْعَلَمُ الْفَرْدُ

3. He spent the longest epoch warring against fate,
His wit and effort never failed him therein.

٣. قَضَى فِي جِهَادِ الدَّهْرِ أَطْوَلَ حُقْبَةٍ
فَمَا خَانَهُ فِيهَا الذَّكَاءُ ولاَ الجِهْدُ

4. The passing years but gave his gaze
More insight into the ruin of affairs.

٤. وَمَا زَادَهُ زِيَغُ السِّنِينِ بِلَحْظَهِ
سِوَى نَظَرٍ فِي حَالِكِ الأَمْرِ يَسْتَدُّ

5. For him the house has the bounds of sublimity,
But by God's grace he has no bounds.

٥. لَهُ الْبَيْتُ غَايَاتُ الْمَعَالِي حُدُودُهُ
وَلَكِنْ بِلُطْفِ اللهِ لَيْسَ لَهُ حَدُّ

6. Built on piety, unassailable in vengeance,
Gracious to the secure, sweet is commune with him.

٦. مَشِيدٌ عَلَى التَّقْوَى مَنِيعٌ عَلَى العِدَى
قَرِيبٌ إِلى العافِينَ عَذْبٌ بِهِ الوَرْدُه

7. Steadfast in principles, they being three,
With the like of them their progeny thrives.

٧. مَتِينٌ عَلَى الأَرْكَانِ وَهْيَ ثَلاَثَةٌ
بِأَمْثَالِهَا تَحْيِي أَبُوَّتَهَا الْوُلْدُ

8. I recalled a youth—were I to recount his qualities
And signs of excellence, narration would not suffice.

٨. ذَكَرْتُ شَبَاباً لَوْ سَرَدْتَ صِفَاتِهِمْ
وَآيَاتِهِمْ فِي الْفَضْلِ لَمْ يَحْصِهَا السَّرْدُ

9. They on the day of pride are our witnesses
That we are worthy of what glory requires.

٩. أُولَئِكَ هُمْ يَوْمَ الفِخَارِ شُهُودُنَا
عَلَى أَنَّنَا أَكِفَّاءُ مَا يَبْتَغِي الْمَجْدُ

10. When nations seek their protectors, among us are
The wise reproach and the lion, a bouquet.

١٠. وَإِنَّا إِذَا اسْتَكْفَتْ بِلاَدٌ حِمَاتِهَا فَفِينا
الْحَكِيمْ الضَّرْبُ وَالأَسَدُ الوَرْدُ