كرِّموا الفضل في رحيب مكانِهْ

كرِّموا الفضل في رحيب مكانِهْ

وأجلُّوه في خصيب زمانِهْ

وأجلُّوه في خصيب زمانِهْ

Honor merit in its spacious home,

Honor excellence in its spacious abode

And revere it in its fruitful age.

And revere it in its fertile time

واذكروا صاحب السماحة فينا

واذكروا صاحب السماحة فينا

من يديه والوحي من وجدانه

من يديه والوحي من وجدانه

And speak of the generous man among us:

And remember the man of generosity among us

Bounty from his hands, inspiration from his heart.

Whose hands were inspired and whose heart was enlightened

شاعر الدولة الحريص على الدو

شاعر الدولة الحريص على الدو

لة في سرّه وفي إعلانه

لة في سرّه وفي إعلانه

The state's poet, devoted to the state,

The poet of the state, zealous for the state

In his private thoughts and his public declarations.

In private and in public

واذكروا عدله وإحسانه في

واذكروا عدله وإحسانه في

مرتضى حكمه وفي سلطانه

مرتضى حكمه وفي سلطانه

And recall his justice and beneficence in

And remember his justice and kindness

His well-approved rule and in his authority.

In the authority he approved and in his sultanate

والسجايا الحسان للسيد الكا

والسجايا الحسان للسيد الكا

مل في بيته وفي ديوانه

مل في بيته وفي ديوانه

And the fine qualities of the consummate gentleman,

And good qualities pleasing to the perfect master

In his home and in his office.

In his house and in his office

ووفاء الإلف الذي فقد الإل

ووفاء الإلف الذي فقد الإل

فَ فكان الكريم في أحزانه

فَ فكان الكريم في أحزانه

And the fidelity of the companion who lost his beloved,

And the loyalty of companionship that lost companionship

And was noble in his sorrows.

So the generous one was in his sorrows

وطوى الخافقين يسأل عنها

وطوى الخافقين يسأل عنها

وهي في قلبه وفي أجفانه

وهي في قلبه وفي أجفانه

And he traversed East and West, asking after her,

With eyelids that concealed their weeping

While she was in his heart and in his eyelids.

And a heart that held its pain

كاد من شدة الأسى يهجر العا

كاد من شدة الأسى يهجر العا

لم لولا العزاء في إيمانه

لم لولا العزاء في إيمانه

He nearly forsook the world from the intensity of grief,

He almost abandoned the world from intense grief

But for the consolation in his faith.

Were it not for the solace of his faith

وكأن الأشجان في كل نفس

وكأن الأشجان في كل نفس

هي من شجوه ومن أشجانه

هي من شجوه ومن أشجانه

And it is as though the sorrows in every soul

It was as if the grief in every soul

Were part of his grief and of his sorrows.

Came from his own sorrow and anguish

لم يضع صبرُهُ على الخطب فيها

لم يضع صبرُهُ على الخطب فيها

ما لها من حنوّه وحنانه

ما لها من حنوّه وحنانه

His patience in the calamity of her loss did not diminish

His patience with misfortunes did not waver

Her share of his tenderness and affection.

Due to his affection and tenderness for them

أكبروا الأسرة التي أنجبته

أكبروا الأسرة التي أنجبته

علماً في جلاله وبيانه

علماً في جلاله وبيانه

Extol the family that brought him forth,

Honor the family that bore him

A luminary in his dignity and eloquence.

With knowledge in his majesty and eloquence

والذي ناله من الملك الصا

والذي ناله من الملك الصا

لحِ أجر الصنيع من رضوانه

لحِ أجر الصنيع من رضوانه

And what he received from the righteous king,

And what he attained from the righteous king

A reward for service, granted through his favor:

Is the reward of beneficence from His approval

لقب الرتبة التي هي حق ال

لقب الرتبة التي هي حق ال

علم في ذمة الحمى وضمانه

علم في ذمة الحمى وضمانه

The title of the rank that is learning's rightful due,

The title he deserved through his knowledge

Under the homeland's pledge and guarantee.

Protected by zeal and commitment

شرف الشعر في الحمى أن يكون ال

شرف الشعر في الحمى أن يكون ال

شعراء السراة من أعيانه

شعراء السراة من أعيانه

It honors poetry in the homeland when

Poetry was ennobled under his protection

The foremost poets stand among its notables.

With poets ranked among the elite

وسمو النبوغ أن يجد النا

وسمو النبوغ أن يجد النا

بغ مثل العزيز من أقرانه

بغ مثل العزيز من أقرانه

And genius is exalted when a gifted man finds

The glory of genius is to find

One like Aziz among his peers.

A peer like the precious one among his comrades

وإذا ما تمكن الملك في الأر

وإذا ما تمكن الملك في الأر

ض لقوم فالشعر من أركانه

ض لقوم فالشعر من أركانه

And when dominion is firmly established on earth

When a king rules the land

For a people, poetry is one of its pillars.

Poetry becomes one of his pillars

وهو للملك في مكان اللآلي

وهو للملك في مكان اللآلي

واليواقيت من عُلا تيجانه

واليواقيت من عُلا تيجانه

And in dominion it holds the place of pearls

It has the king's esteem like rubies

And rubies on the heights of its crowns.

And sapphires in the crown's heights

وأجل الغزاة من فتح الأم

وأجل الغزاة من فتح الأم

صار منهم بعقله ولسانه

صار منهم بعقله ولسانه

And noblest among conquerors is he who takes cities

The greatest conquerors who opened lands

With his mind and his tongue.

Did so with their minds and tongues

يا صحاب العزيز في سيرتيه

يا صحاب العزيز في سيرتيه

ورفاق العزيز في ميدانه

ورفاق العزيز في ميدانه

O Aziz's companions in his two paths,

O companions of the precious one in his conduct

And Aziz's comrades in his arena,

And comrades of the precious one in his domain

جمعتكم قربى الوزير إليه

جمعتكم قربى الوزير إليه

في الرواء المشهود من بنيانه

في الرواء المشهود من بنيانه

The minister's kinship with him has gathered you

My kinship to the minister brought you together

In the manifest splendor of his building.

In well-known harmony built from its foundation

والتقيتم له وفيّين بالعه

والتقيتم له وفيّين بالعه

دين في عيده وفي مهرجانه

دين في عيده وفي مهرجانه

And you have met for him, true to the two pledges,

And you came to him, faithful to the covenants

At his celebration and his festival.

At his feast and ceremony

من بساتينكم أتى يأخذ اليو

من بساتينكم أتى يأخذ اليو

م كما تأخذون من بستانه

م كما تأخذون من بستانه

From your gardens he has come to gather

From your gardens he came to take

Today, as you gather from his garden.

As you take from his garden

فلكم من حديثه ما اشتهيتم

فلكم من حديثه ما اشتهيتم

ولكم ما اشتهيتمُ من خُوانه

ولكم ما اشتهيتمُ من خُوانه

So you have all you desire of his conversation,

You have from his words what you desired

And all you desire from his table.

And whatever you desired of his companions

ولكم من صديق قيس ولبنى

ولكم من صديق قيس ولبنى

محكمات ابتداعه وافتنانه

محكمات ابتداعه وافتنانه

And from the friend of Qays and Lubna you have

You have an eloquent Qays and Bu Naym

The well-wrought works of his invention and artistry.

The innovations of his creation and fascination

بعث العاشقين بعد البلى بي

بعث العاشقين بعد البلى بي

ن أساطير فنِّه وعيانه

ن أساطير فنِّه وعيانه

He revived the two lovers after decay,

He sent the lovers after ruin

Amid the legends of his art and his vision.

Among the legends of his art and reality

وأعادت حياة عباسة قد

وأعادت حياة عباسة قد

رته بين فكره وبنانه

رته بين فكره وبنانه

And Abbasa's life was restored

And restored the life of Abbasa

By his power, between his thought and his fingertips.

Between his thought and composition

تحفة في محاسن الخلد جاءت

تحفة في محاسن الخلد جاءت

من مقاصيره وفي ألحانه

من مقاصيره وفي ألحانه

A masterpiece among eternity's beauties, it came

A masterpiece of eternal splendor

From its pavilions and in its melodies.

From his manuscripts and melodies

رب ذكرى أعادت الميت حياً

رب ذكرى أعادت الميت حياً

في جديد الثياب من أكفانه

في جديد الثياب من أكفانه

Many a remembrance has brought a dead man back to life,

Like the memory that revived the dead

In fresh garments, out of his shrouds.

In new garb from their shroud

يا عزيز الوادي زمانك هذا

يا عزيز الوادي زمانك هذا

في سلام الوادي وفي اطمئنانه

في سلام الوادي وفي اطمئنانه

O Aziz of the valley, this is your time,

O beloved of the valley, your time is now

In the valley's peace and its tranquility.

In the valley's peace and tranquility

وجد اليوم أهله والتقى في

وجد اليوم أهله والتقى في

ك الأديب الغريب في أوطانه

ك الأديب الغريب في أوطانه

Today he has found his people and found fellowship in you—

Today it found its people, and in you

The man of letters, a stranger in his own homeland.

The cultured stranger met his homeland

واستوى في النجوم من بعد ما كا

واستوى في النجوم من بعد ما كا

ن الخفي المجهول في عرفانه

ن الخفي المجهول في عرفانه

And he has taken his place among the stars, after being

And rose among the stars after obscurity

Obscure, unrecognized for his learning.

Unknown in his knowledge

شاعر العصر أنت وهو اعتراف

شاعر العصر أنت وهو اعتراف

لك من شيبه ومن شبانه

لك من شيبه ومن شبانه

You are the poet of the age—an acknowledgment

You are the poet of the age, it acknowledges

Offered you by its gray-haired elders and its young men.

From its elders and youth

وأنا المخلص الذي كلُّ ما ير

وأنا المخلص الذي كلُّ ما ير

ضيك في وسعه وفي إمكانه

ضيك في وسعه وفي إمكانه

And I am the devoted one: all that

And I am the loyal one who does all he can

Pleases you lies within my power and my ability.

To please you, within his capacity