1. يا ابن الوزِيرَيْنِ وابن السَّادة الصِّيدِ

    يا سَيِّداً غير مظلوم بتَسْويدِ

    O son of the two viziers and son of the proud lords,

    O lord, rightly accorded lordship!

  2. لك الهناء بمولودٍ أقَرَّ بهِ

    عَيْنَيْ أبي النَّجْم مَوْلَى كُلِّ تمجيدِ

    Congratulations on a newborn who has gladdened

    The eyes of Abu al-Najm, worthy of every tribute.

  3. وكان أهلاً لما يُولاهُ من حَسَن

    بدرُ البدُور وصنْديدُ الصَّناديدِ

    And worthy of the good bestowed upon him was

    Badr, full moon of full moons and champion of champions.

  4. بدرٌ حباه بنَجمٍ من حباهُ بكمُ

    يا آل وَهب بَني الغُرِّ الأماجيدِ

    Badr, granted a star by the One who granted him you,

    O house of Wahb, sons of the illustrious and glorious.

  5. أعدَيْتَهُ بَرَكاتٍ منكَ في شُعَب

    شتَّى من الأمْر حتَّى في المواليدِ

    You spread your blessings to him across branches

    Of various affairs—even in the births of children.

  6. لما توالى لك النَّجْمان في نَسَقٍ

    وافاهُ نجمٌ هَدى السَّارين في البيدِ

    When your two stars followed one another in sequence,

    A star came to him, guiding night travelers through the deserts.

  7. وكان دهراً عن الأذْكار مُنْغَلِقاً

    فكان فَألُكَ من خير المقاليدِ

    And long had he been closed off from male offspring,

    So your good omen proved one of the finest keys.

  8. طَرَّقْتَ بابنيك لابْن جاءه سُرُحاً

    واليُمْنُ صاحب تَطْريق وتمْهيدِ

    With your two sons you paved the way for a son who came to him with ease,

    And good fortune is master of opening and smoothing the way.

  9. كما تُطَرِّقُ بالآراء تَقْدَحُها

    برأْيه فَتُلَقَّى كلَّ تَسديدِ

    As you pave the way with ideas you kindle

    With his judgment, and so receive all sound guidance.

  10. لقد جُمِعْتَ وإياه على قَدَرٍ

    والحمدُ للّه أنْواعَ التَّحاميدِ

    Indeed, you and he were joined by destiny,

    And praise be to God—in every form of praise.

  11. أضحى التَّلاؤم في الخيْرات بينكما

    مثْلَ التلاؤم بين الرأس والجيدِ

    Your harmony in good deeds has become

    Like the harmony between head and neck.

  12. فالجَدّ بالجدِّ مُؤْتَمٌّ يُماثِلُه

    والرأْيُ بالرأي في نقْض وتَوْكيدِ

    So fortune follows fortune, matching it,

    And judgment accords with judgment in refuting and affirming.

  13. لا زال شَمْلَ اجتماع شَمْلُ أمرِكما

    وشمْلُ أمْرِ الأعادي شمْلَ تبديدِ

    May your joint affairs forever remain united,

    And your enemies' affairs remain scattered.

  14. وكلُّكُمْ فأدام اللّه نِعْمَتَهُ

    إدامَةً بين إعْزاز وتأيِيدِ

    And for you all, may God make His blessing endure,

    Perpetually, amid honor and support.

  15. فكلُّكُم يا بني وهْبٍ ذَوُو كرم

    مُرَدَّدٌ في المعالي أيَّ تَرْديدِ

    For you all, O sons of Wahb, possess generosity

    Ever recurring in lofty deeds, time and again.

  16. من كان أهْلاً لإمتاعٍ بدوْلَتِه

    فأنْتُمُ أهْلُ إمتاع وتخليدِ

    If anyone deserves that his rule be long enjoyed,

    Then you deserve lasting enjoyment and perpetuity.

  17. أصلحتُم الدين والدنيا بيُمْنِكُمُ

    من بعد ما طال إفسادُ المناكيدِ

    You have set religion and worldly life right through your good fortune,

    After the ill-fated had long wrought corruption.

  18. فالملْك في روضَةٍ منكمْ وفي عُرُسٍ

    والدين في جُمْعَةٍ منكم وفي عِيدِ

    So the realm, thanks to you, is in a garden and at a wedding feast,

    And religion, thanks to you, is at Friday worship and a festival.

  19. لا تَحْمَدُوني أن جَوَّدْتُ مَدْحَكُمُ

    فإنما قام تَشْييدٌ بِتوطيدِ

    Do not praise me for excelling in my praise of you,

    For the building rose only on a firm foundation.

  20. جوَّدْتُ فيكم كما أجْوَدْتُ أيدِيَكُمْ

    ما حَمْدُ مُتْبِعِ أَجْوادٍ بِتَجوِيدِ

    I excelled in praising you, just as your hands excelled in giving;

    What praise is due to one who follows the generous with fine praise?

  21. تُحكَى المكارمُ عنكمْ وهي شاهدةٌ

    ليسَتْ بغَيب ولا تُحصى بتعديدِ

    Your noble deeds are recounted, though they are plain to see;

    They are not hidden, nor can counting encompass them.

  22. وما حِكاية شيْءٍ لا خَفاء به

    جاء العيانُ فألْوَى بالأسانِيدِ

    And what need is there to recount a thing with nothing hidden about it?

    Direct sight has come and swept away chains of transmission.

  23. بل إنما قلتُ قَوْلي فيكُمُ مِقَةً

    مِنِّي لكُمْ قبل شُكْرِي للمَرافيدِ

    Rather, I spoke my words about you only out of affection

    From me for you, before my gratitude for gifts.

  24. لاَ تَحْسَبُوني لشيء غيْرِ أنفُسِكُمْ

    أُغْرَى بتجديدِ مَدْح بعْدَ تَجْدِيدِ

    Do not think that, for anything but your own selves,

    I am impelled to renew praise, time after time.

  25. لكنْ كما راقَت القُمْرِيَّ جَنَّتُهُ

    فظلَّ يُتْبِعُ تغْرِيداً بتغْريدِ

    But just as its garden delighted the ringdove,

    So it kept following one warble with another.

  26. أحِبُّكمْ لحُلاكُم لا لأنْعُمِكُمْ

    كلّا وإن أصبَحَتْ غوْثَ المجاهيدِ

    I love you for your graces, not for your favors.

    Not at all, though they have become relief for the hard-pressed.

  27. ولينبَسِطْ لي عذري إن سألتُكُمُ

    فإن دِينيَ فيكم دينُ توَحِيدِ

    And let my excuse have full scope if I ask of you,

    For my faith in you is a faith of oneness.

  28. أفسدتُمُونِيَ لا إفْسَادَ تَنْحِيَةٍ

    للخير عنِّيَ بلْ إفساد تَعْويدِ

    You have spoiled me, not by removing

    Good from me, but by making me accustomed to it.

  29. وزهَّدتْني أياديكُمْ وفضْلُكُمُ

    في كل شيء سواها كل تزهيدِ

    And your favors and bounty have made me indifferent

    To everything but them—utterly indifferent.

  30. تاللّه أسألُ قوماً غيركم صَفَداً

    يا أعْيُنَ الماء في دهْر الجلاميدِ

    By God, I will ask none but you for a gift,

    O springs of water in an age of boulders!

  31. وما اعْتَفَيْتُكُمُ إلا بِتَجْربَةٍ

    إذا اعتفى القومَ عافيهِمْ بتقليدِ

    And I sought your bounty only on the strength of experience,

    While a people's supplicant seeks their bounty on hearsay.