1. أيا عامراً لمكارم ومآثر

    وفضائل ومناقب ومفاخر

    O ʿĀmir, builder of noble deeds and glorious achievements,

    of virtues, merits, and honors!

  2. يا راقياً أوج العلاء وناصرا

    دين الإله أكرم به من ناصر

    O you who ascend the summit of glory and champion

    God’s religion—how noble a champion you are!

  3. يا كاشفاً كلّ الكروب وشافيا

    بالثأرى كم داء قديم دائم

    O dispeller of every affliction, healer

    through vengeance of many an ancient, lingering ailment!

  4. لو شاهدا جداك ما انصفتهم

    من شارب وذويه وابن الناصر

    Had your two grandfathers witnessed how you won them justice

    against Shārib, his kin, and Ibn al-Nāṣir,

  5. لصفها منهما زال أذاهما

    من هامة تؤذيهما بمقابر

    [Unclear opening]; gone from them both would be their torment

    from an owl that troubles them among the graves.

  6. لولا جنانك ثابتاً ومثبتا

    ومصمما لم يرعوى لمشاور

    Had your heart not been steadfast and a source of firmness,

    and resolute, yielding to no counselor,

  7. ما نلت ما قد نلته يا سيدي

    ما ليس يخطر للجميع بخاطر

    you would not have attained what you have attained, my lord—

    what never crosses anyone’s mind.

  8. وبك الخلافة قد علت وتطاولت

    حتى علت فوق السماك السامر

    Through you the caliphate has risen and towered,

    until it rose above al-Simāk, the night companion.

  9. بمديحكم زال القريض وقد زهت

    خطب الخطيب بذكركم بمنابر

    Through praise of you, poetry has vanished, while resplendent have grown

    the preacher’s sermons, mentioning you from pulpits.

  10. لولا هموم ذقتها وشدائد

    كابدتها ما إن دعيت بقاهر

    Had it not been for cares you tasted and hardships

    you endured, you would never have been called “Vanquisher.”

  11. وزهدت في المال العزيز ببذله

    ما يفجعن قلب البخيل القاصر

    And you renounced precious wealth by giving away

    what would sorely grieve the heart of a petty miser.

  12. وبفعلك الاسم المسمى ثابت

    يا عامراً أكرم به من عامر

    And your deeds prove the name you bear:

    O ʿĀmir, how noble a builder you are!

  13. الفرد أنت وليس لك بمشاور

    فيما تحوز من العلا وموازر

    You are peerless, with neither a counselor

    in the heights you attain, nor a supporter.

  14. الآن قد أحصدت ما أزرعته

    تصفو الحياة لجاسر ومخاطر

    Now you have brought to harvest what you sowed;

    life grows serene for the bold and the risk-taker.

  15. ولك الشجاعة والسياسة والسخا

    كالريح كالبحر الخضم الزاخر

    And yours are courage, statecraft, and generosity,

    like the wind, like the vast, overflowing sea.

  16. روحي الفدا لأنامل قد أمطرت

    عالي النظار من الخطير الفاخر

    My soul be the ransom for fingertips that have rained

    the finest [gold?], of a precious, splendid kind.

  17. ما خالد ما حاتم ما جعفر

    في جودهم كالوابل المتواتر

    Neither Khālid nor Ḥātim nor Jaʿfar

    can match, in their generosity, that unceasing downpour.

  18. ومدارس قد شدتها وخلائق

    أغنيتها وأثرت ربّ مآثر

    And schools you erected, and multitudes

    you enriched, and many glorious deeds you left behind.

  19. هذي المواهب من جواد فاضل

    فاشكر فقد ضمن المزيد لشاكر

    These gifts come from a generous, noble giver;

    so give thanks, for he has guaranteed more to the grateful.

  20. واسلم ودم في نعمة وسعادة

    ثم الصلاة على النبيّ الحاشر

    And be safe, and endure in blessing and happiness;

    then blessings upon the Prophet, the Gatherer.