أَبا الصَقرِ لا زالَت مِنَ اللَهِ نِعمَةٌ

أَبا الصَقرِ لا زالَت مِنَ اللَهِ نِعمَةٌ

تُجَدِّدُها الأَيّامُ عِندَكَ وَالدَهرُ

تُجَدِّدُها الأَيّامُ عِندَكَ وَالدَهرُ

O Abu al-Saqr, may a blessing from God never cease,

O Abu Al-Saqr, God's blessings upon you

renewed for you by the days and time.

Continue as the days and time renew them

وَلا زالَتِ الأَعيادُ تَمضي وَتَنقَضي

وَلا زالَتِ الأَعيادُ تَمضي وَتَنقَضي

وَتَبقى لَنا أَيّامُكَ الغُرَرُ الزُهرُ

وَتَبقى لَنا أَيّامُكَ الغُرَرُ الزُهرُ

And may festivals keep passing and ending,

As the seasons pass and fade away

while your radiant, shining days remain for us.

Your glorious days remain resplendent flowers

فَإِنَّكَ لِلدُنيا جَمالٌ وَزينَةٌ

فَإِنَّكَ لِلدُنيا جَمالٌ وَزينَةٌ

وَإِنَّكَ لِلأَحرارِ ذُخرٌ هُوَ الذُخرُ

وَإِنَّكَ لِلأَحرارِ ذُخرٌ هُوَ الذُخرُ

For you are the world's beauty and adornment,

For you are beauty and ornament of the world

and for noble men you are a treasure—the very treasure.

And treasure hoarded for the noble and free

رَأَيتُ الهَدايا كُلّها دونَ قَدرِهِ

رَأَيتُ الهَدايا كُلّها دونَ قَدرِهِ

وَلَيسَ لِشَيءٍ عِندَ مِقدارِهِ قَدرُ

وَلَيسَ لِشَيءٍ عِندَ مِقدارِهِ قَدرُ

I found all gifts beneath his worth,

I see all gifts pale before your worth

and nothing has any worth beside his stature.

Nothing equals anything in its proper measure

فَلا فَضلَ إِلّا وَهوَ مِن فَضلِ جودِهِ

فَلا فَضلَ إِلّا وَهوَ مِن فَضلِ جودِهِ

وَلا بِرَّ إِلّا دونَهُ ذَلِكَ البِرُّ

وَلا بِرَّ إِلّا دونَهُ ذَلِكَ البِرُّ

For no bounty exists but comes from the bounty of his generosity,

Every merit springs from your bounty's excess

and no kindness exists but that kindness falls short of him.

No righteousness but yours deserves that name

فَأَهدَيتُ مِن حَليِ المَديحِ جَواهِراً

فَأَهدَيتُ مِن حَليِ المَديحِ جَواهِراً

مُنصَّلَةً يزهى بِها النَظمُ وَالنَثرُ

مُنصَّلَةً يزهى بِها النَظمُ وَالنَثرُ

So I offered jewels from the ornaments of praise,

So I gift you gems of panegyric verse

blade-tipped, in which verse and prose take pride:

That bring renown in prose and poetry

مَدائِحُ تَبقى بَعدَما نَفَدَ الدَهرُ

مَدائِحُ تَبقى بَعدَما نَفَدَ الدَهرُ

وَتَبهى بِها الأَيّامُ ما اِتَّصَلَ العُمرُ

وَتَبهى بِها الأَيّامُ ما اِتَّصَلَ العُمرُ

praises that remain after time has run out,

Eulogies that long outlast time’s span

and with which the days grow radiant as long as life endures.

And days shine bright throughout a lifetime's extent

شَكَرتُ لِإِسماعيلَ حُسنَ بَلائِهِ

شَكَرتُ لِإِسماعيلَ حُسنَ بَلائِهِ

وَأَفضَلُ ما تُجزى بِهِ النِعَمُ الشُكرُ

وَأَفضَلُ ما تُجزى بِهِ النِعَمُ الشُكرُ

I thanked Ismail for his gracious favors,

To Ismail went thanks for his fine trial

and the best recompense for favors is gratitude.

Gratitude repays best a blessing conferred