سعدت مطالعنا بأكرم وافد

وأعز مجتاز وأشرف ماجد

Our horizons were blessed by the most generous guest,

And the most honored wayfarer, the noblest man of renown.

مولاي قاضي مصر من شدت له

بدءاً دمشق بكل فضل تالد

My lord, the judge of Egypt, for whom

Damascus first sang of every time-honored virtue.

شهم تدفق طبعه بمكارم

طابت مآثرها وحسن مشاهد

A noble man whose nature overflowed with generous deeds,

Whose glorious deeds are sweet and whose displays are beautiful.

وإليك وافدة الثناء عَرُوبة

بكراً تهادى من عيون قصائدي

And to you comes a loving envoy of praise,

A virgin, swaying forth from the choicest of my poems.

تسعى على قدم الضراعة خدمة

كخريدة تختال بين ولائد

She hastens on supplication's foot, in service,

Like a secluded maiden, swaying proudly among maidservants.

بكرت مهنئة بفصْلٍ زاهر

يندي وعيدٍ بالمسرة عائد

She came early with congratulations on a radiant season,

That sheds dew, and a feast returning with joy,

وركاب سعد في الفلا متنقل

لمقرّ عزّ بالمفاخر شاهد

And a caravan of good fortune traveling through the wilderness

Toward an abode of glory, witness to proud achievements.

مولاي شكراً للسرى فأرى له

عند الصباح يكون حمد الحامد

My lord, thanks for the night journey; I see that it

Earns the grateful one's praise at dawn.

للنفس تخلية ويعقب بعدها

للّه تحلية بأنفس عائد

For the soul, a cleansing; and after it follows

Adornment for God, with the most precious reward.

ولك الفداء بما فنيت وإِنما

يقضي الإِله بها لجم فوائد

And may I be your ransom for what has worn you out; it is only

For abundant benefits that God decrees it.

ولنا بيوسف أسوةٌ بوسائل

كانت له في مصر جل مقاصد

And in Yusuf we have an example, through means

That became, for him in Egypt, his chief aims.