1. بابي طلوعك ايها القمر

    حتى متى يا بدر تنتظر

    May my father be a ransom for your rising, O moon!

    How long, O full moon, are you to be awaited?

  2. يا مجملاً فيه الجمال له

    خصر كحظي منه مختصر

    O one in whom beauty is gathered, with

    A waist as slender as my share of him.

  3. العشق أول مرة نظر

    كم خاض في دم عاشق نظر

    Love is, at first, a glance;

    How often has a glance waded in a lover's blood!

  4. والمجد يحمد فعل أحمده

    في كل ما يأتي وما يذر

    And glory praises the deeds of its Ahmad,

    In all he does and all he leaves undone.

  5. الحمدوي المكتفي بندى

    كفيه إما أمسك المطر

    Al-Hamdawi, content with the dew of

    His two hands whenever the rain holds back.

  6. وكفى الوزير مهمة فغدا

    منه بحيث السمع والبصر

    And he relieved the vizier of a weighty concern, and became

    To him what hearing and sight are.

  7. فإذا دجا خطب يفرجه

    عن وجهه اراؤه الزهر

    And when a calamity grows dark, it is dispelled

    From his face by his radiant counsels.

  8. بعزيمة كالسهم ماضية

    يرتد عنها الصارم الذكر

    With a resolve as piercing as an arrow,

    The sharp, hard-steeled sword recoils from it.

  9. غرس الصنائع في الورى فغدا

    يجتنى له من شكرهم ثمر

    He planted benefactions among mankind, and now

    Fruit is gathered for him from their gratitude.

  10. لا يخش صرف الدهر زائره

    فذاره من أحداثه وزر

    Let his visitor not fear time's reversals,

    For his dwelling is a refuge from its calamities.

  11. يا مثرياً من كل مكرمة

    إني إلى جدواك مفتقر

    O you rich in every noble deed,

    I am indeed in need of your bounty.

  12. لي حاجة وقضاؤها أمم

    سهل عليك وما لها خطر

    I have a need, and its fulfillment is within reach,

    Easy for you, and no weighty matter.

  13. ومتى يكن عمراً لها أحد

    فالشيخ سيدنا لها عمر

    And whenever anyone is an Amr for it,

    Then the shaykh, our master, is its Umar.

  14. لا زلت ما سجع الحمام وما

    نفح النسيم ونور الزهر

    May you ever remain, as long as doves coo and

    The breeze wafts and flowers bloom,

  15. في عيشة لا جوها قطر

    فيه ولا في صفوها كدر

    In a life whose sky has no rain

    In it, nor any murk in its serenity.