وهم الذين كسوا قوام جوائبي

ثوبا من الفخر الذي لن يبذلا

And they are the ones who clothed the form of my Jawāʾib

In a robe of glory that will never be cheapened.

وجلوا مقامي في الوقائع بعدما

ازرى به صدأ فلم يك يجتلى

And they burnished my standing in al-Waqāʾiʿ, after

Rust had tarnished it, leaving it unseen.

واذكر رفاعة ذلك العلم الذي

ملأ المدارس علمه والمحفلا

And I mention Rifāʿa, that luminary whose

Learning filled the schools and the assembly.

تزهو الجوائب لازدواج كلامه

بكلامها زهو المليحة بالحلى

Al-Jawāʾib glories in the joining of his words

With its own, as a beauty glories in her jewels.

من اجل ذلك انتجت شكرا له

ابدا يزيد تاثلا وتاصلا

For that reason I brought forth gratitude to him,

Forever growing firmer and taking deeper root.

لو كنت استقرى حساب جميعهم

لاتى إلى يوم الحساب مؤجلا

Were I to reckon the account of them all,

It would be deferred until the Day of Reckoning.

ومن الفخار لنا اذا طاب الثنا

ان نمدح الملك العزيز الافضلا

And it is our glory, when praise is sweet,

To praise the mighty, most excellent king,

من جوده اغنى واقنى آملا

ووجوده سر الملائك والملا

Whose bounty enriched and endowed the hopeful,

And whose being gladdened the angels and the multitude.

في كل فعل قد قضاه منة

وبكل لفظ قاله آلت إلى

In every deed he has accomplished lies a favor,

And with every word he spoke, a blessing accrued.

تمضي الامور بعزمه وبعدله

فاذا المضي يضارع المستقبلا

Affairs proceed through his resolve and justice,

And lo, the past resembles the future.

لا يخطئ المستور منها رأيه

ابدا وليس لديه شيء معضلا

His judgment does not miss what is hidden in them,

Ever; nor is anything too difficult for him.

افلا ترى كيف استصح زماننا

بفعاله من بعد ما قد خبلا

Do you not see how our age regained its health

Through his deeds, after it had been deranged?

فهو الذي صدق البليغ بوصفه

اذ قال احسن ما يكون واجملا

For he is the one the eloquent speaker truly described,

When he spoke the finest and fairest words possible.

قد علم الادباء وصف كماله

نظم البديع فطولوا وتطولا

Describing his perfection has taught men of letters

To compose exquisite verse: they wrote at length, and he gave generously.

اهدى الملوك اليه فخر سماتهم

لما رأوه بالكمال مكللا

Kings offered him their proudest distinctions,

When they saw him crowned with perfection.

وهو الذي باحاسن الاخلاق قد

نال الفخار جميعه وتجملا

And he it is who, through the finest virtues, has

Won all glory and adorned himself.

فالله نسأل ان يطيل بقاءه

ما رتل التالي الكتاب المنزلا

So we ask God to prolong his life,

As long as the reciter intones the revealed Book.