ذَكَرْتُ عُلاكُمْ بِحُكْمِ الأدِيبْ

ذَكَرْتُ عُلاكُمْ بِحُكْمِ الأدِيبْ

فَراقَ الكَلامُ وَراقَ النَّسِيبْ

فَراقَ الكَلامُ وَراقَ النَّسِيبْ

I spoke of your eminence by the man of letters' judgment;

I recalled your eminence with the wisdom of a literate

I recounted your eminence with the mastery of a man of letters,

So the words delighted, and the love-verse delighted.

Words parted and kinship departed

So the words grew elegant, and the lyrical prelude flowed sweet.

وَجَاءَ الغَريبُ يَقودُ البَديعْ

وَجَاءَ الغَريبُ يَقودُ البَديعْ

وَجاءَ البَديعُ يَقودُ الغَريبْ

وَجاءَ البَديعُ يَقودُ الغَريبْ

And the unusual came leading the wondrous,

The stranger came leading the eloquent

And rare expressions arrived, leading wondrous metaphors,

And the wondrous came leading the unusual.

And the eloquent came leading the stranger

And wondrous metaphors arrived, leading rare expressions.

جَزَاكُمْ عَلى ما وَصَلْتُمْ بِهِ

جَزَاكُمْ عَلى ما وَصَلْتُمْ بِهِ

جَنَاحَ الأَديبِ سَميعٌ مُجِيبْ

جَنَاحَ الأَديبِ سَميعٌ مُجِيبْ

May you be rewarded for that with which you strengthened

May you be rewarded for what you have connected

May He reward you for how you have mended

The man of letters' wing, by the All-Hearing, the Answerer.

The wing of the literate - attentive and responsive

The scholar's wing—an All-Hearing, Responsive Lord.

كَأَنِّيَ قَدْ نِلْتُ مَا نَالَهُ

كَأَنِّيَ قَدْ نِلْتُ مَا نَالَهُ

فَلِي فِي الْمَسَرَّةِ أَوْفَى نَصِيبْ

فَلِي فِي الْمَسَرَّةِ أَوْفَى نَصِيبْ

As though I had received what he received,

As if I have attained what he attained

It is as though I have attained the very thing he attained,

So mine is the fullest share of joy.

So for me in happiness is the most fulfilling share

Thus, in this joy, I claim the most abundant share.

فَشُكْرِي لِآلاَئِكُمْ عِنْدَهُ

فَشُكْرِي لِآلاَئِكُمْ عِنْدَهُ

وَعِنْدِيَ شُكْرُ الْغَيوثِ الْجَدِيبْ

وَعِنْدِيَ شُكْرُ الْغَيوثِ الْجَدِيبْ

So my thanks for your favors are with him,

My gratitude to your blessings is with Him

So my gratitude for your favors bestowed upon him,

And mine are the parched land's thanks for rain.

And with me, gratitude for the pouring rain

And upon me, is like the barren land's gratitude for heavy rain.

وَقَوْلِي وَقَدْ هَزَّنِي صُنْعُكُمْ

وَقَوْلِي وَقَدْ هَزَّنِي صُنْعُكُمْ

كَهَزِّ الصَّبِا لِلْقَضيبِ الرَّطيبْ

كَهَزِّ الصَّبِا لِلْقَضيبِ الرَّطيبْ

And my words—your kindness having stirred me

And my words - as your deed has shaken me

And my speech, as your noble deeds have moved me,

As the east wind stirs a tender bough—are:

As the shaking of the gentle breeze to the supple branch

Is like the east wind swaying a tender, supple branch.

بَقِيتَ وَنُعْمَاكَ مَرْجُوَةٌ

بَقِيتَ وَنُعْمَاكَ مَرْجُوَةٌ

وَفَاسُكَ مِصْرٌ وَأَنْتَ الْخَصِيبْ

وَفَاسُكَ مِصْرٌ وَأَنْتَ الْخَصِيبْ

May you endure, your bounty ever hoped for;

You remained, and your blessings are hoped for

May you endure, your blessings ever hoped for,

And your Fez is Egypt, and you are al-Khasib.

And your sword is Egypt, and you are the fertile

With your Fez as an Egypt, and you as Al-Khasib.