1. ألا بُشرى فقد حزت الصوابا

    ونلت بفعلك الحسن الثوابا

    Lo, glad tidings! You have indeed attained what is right.

    And you have earned reward through your good deed.

  2. وقد شيدت بيت المجد حتى

    فتحت من السماك إليه بابا

    And you have indeed raised the house of glory until

    You opened a door to it from al-Simāk.

  3. واجريتَ المجرَّة فيه نهراً

    وصيرت النجوم بها حِبابا

    And you made the Milky Way flow within it as a river,

    And made the stars bubbles in it.

  4. لقد أرضت شمائلك الليالي

    فكان سواد مفرقها شبابا

    Your virtues have indeed pleased the nights,

    So the blackness at their hair's parting was youth.

  5. وعدلُك أورث الأيام نوراً

    لذاك تداولت منه اقترابا

    And your justice bequeathed light to the days,

    Thus they took turns drawing near to it.

  6. ولو نطق الزمان بما يراه

    لألَّف في مناقبكم كتابا

    And were Time to speak of what it sees,

    It would compose a book about your virtues.