يا أبا إسْحَاقَ زادَ ال

يا أبا إسْحَاقَ زادَ ال

لهُ في حُسْنِ حُبورِكْ

لهُ في حُسْنِ حُبورِكْ

O Abu Ishaq, may God increase

O Abu Ishaq, God has increased

the beauty of your joy.

His goodness in your good fortune

وغَدا شانيك ذا هَمْ

وغَدا شانيك ذا هَمْ

مٍ طويلٍ بِسُرورِكْ

مٍ طويلٍ بِسُرورِكْ

And may your hater fall into grief,

And your affairs have become anxious

long-lasting, at your happiness.

After a long time of your happiness

عمَّرَ اللهُ بِطُلاَّ

عمَّرَ اللهُ بِطُلاَّ

بِ النَّدى أبوابَ دُورِكْ

بِ النَّدى أبوابَ دُورِكْ

May God fill with seekers

May God make eternal, with freshness

of bounty the gates of your homes.

The doors of your houses

أَشرَقَ الدَّهرُ وما إش

أَشرَقَ الدَّهرُ وما إش

راقُه إلاَّ بِنُورِكْ

راقُه إلاَّ بِنُورِكْ

Time shines, and its radiance

The days have dawned and their dawning

comes only from your light.

Is only through your light

وأرى الأيامَ لا تَبْ

وأرى الأيامَ لا تَبْ

خَلُ إلاَّ بَنظيرِكْ

خَلُ إلاَّ بَنظيرِكْ

And I see the days withholding

And I see the days cannot

only someone equal to you.

Bring forth except your like

قلتُ للحاسِدِ صبرا

قلتُ للحاسِدِ صبرا

إذ نوَى نَيلَ صَبيرِكْ

إذ نوَى نَيلَ صَبيرِكْ

I said to the envier, "Be patient,"

I said to the envious, "Have patience"

when he sought to reach your mountain's height.

When he intended to obtain your equal

أنتَ غَيْثٌ لموالي

أنتَ غَيْثٌ لموالي

كَ ولَيثٌ لمُثيرِكْ

كَ ولَيثٌ لمُثيرِكْ

You are rain to your allies,

You are a downpour for my friends

and a lion to whoever provokes you.

And a lion for your opponents

فالوَرى في بَرْدِ آصا

فالوَرى في بَرْدِ آصا

لِكَ أو حَرِّ هَجيرِكْ

لِكَ أو حَرِّ هَجيرِكْ

So all mankind is in your evenings' coolness

So people in the cold of your roots

or in the heat of your noonday.

Or the heat of your resplendent deeds

لا يُنَبِّي عن مَعالي

لا يُنَبِّي عن مَعالي

كَ الورى مثلُ خبيرِكْ

كَ الورى مثلُ خبيرِكْ

None tells mankind of your glories

Do not awaken to your greatness

like one who knows you well.

Unlike your expert scholar

شِدْتَ عَلياكَ بتَغلي

شِدْتَ عَلياكَ بتَغلي

سِك فيها وبُكورِكْ

سِك فيها وبُكورِكْ

You built your eminence with pre-dawn effort

You have tightened your belt

in its pursuit, and with your early rising.

Over it, early in the morning and late

ظاهراً للحمدِ تُنبي

ظاهراً للحمدِ تُنبي

هِ على بُعْدِ ظَهيرِكْ

هِ على بُعْدِ ظَهيرِكْ

Standing forth for praise, you raise it high,

Appearing praiseworthy, pointing

though your supporter is far away.

To your distant glorious peak

كَيْفَمَا جرَّدْتَ أقلا

كَيْفَمَا جرَّدْتَ أقلا

مَكَ أغنَتْ عن ذُكورِكْ

مَكَ أغنَتْ عن ذُكورِكْ

However you unsheathe your pens,

However much you have bared your words

they suffice in place of your sharp swords.

They have sufficed, without your males

فكأنَّ الدَّهرَ قد سَطْ

فكأنَّ الدَّهرَ قد سَطْ

رَ ما بينَ سُطورِكْ

رَ ما بينَ سُطورِكْ

It is as though Time itself has written

It is as if time has spread out

what lies between your lines:

What is between your lines

بِدَعٌ ترتَعُ منها ال

بِدَعٌ ترتَعُ منها ال

عينُ في وَشْيِ حَبيرِكْ

عينُ في وَشْيِ حَبيرِكْ

wonders on which the eye grazes,

Innovations from which the eye drinks

amid the embroidery of your patterned cloth.

In the still of your shining sea

حسْبُنا من جُودِكَ الغَم

حسْبُنا من جُودِكَ الغَم

رِ ومن فَيضِ بُحورِكْ

رِ ومن فَيضِ بُحورِكْ

We have enough of your abundant generosity

It suffices us from your generosity, the wine

and of the overflow of your seas:

And from the outpouring of your oceans

قد أتانا منه ما زا

قد أتانا منه ما زا

دَ على شُكْرِ شُكورِكْ

دَ على شُكْرِ شُكورِكْ

we have received from it what exceeds

There has come to us from it what has increased

the thanks of even one most grateful to you,

Above gratitude for your gratitude

بينَ صُفْرٍ من دناني

بينَ صُفْرٍ من دناني

رِكَ أو صُفرِ خُمورِكْ

رِكَ أو صُفرِ خُمورِكْ

whether yellow dinars from you

Between the yellow from your gold pieces

or your yellow wines.

Or the yellow of your wine

فاشفَعِ العُرْفَ بِعَرْفٍ

فاشفَعِ العُرْفَ بِعَرْفٍ

تَرتضيه من بَخُورِكْ

تَرتضيه من بَخُورِكْ

So add to your kindness a fragrance

So intercede with propriety, with propriety

you find pleasing from your incense.

That you accept from your incense

وَابْقَ لا أَقصرَ صوبُ ال

وَابْقَ لا أَقصرَ صوبُ ال

مُزْنِ عن فِيحِ قُصورِكْ

مُزْنِ عن فِيحِ قُصورِكْ

Live on; may the clouds' rain never fail

And remain not falling short of the direction

to reach your palaces' wide expanses.

Of your palace, from the scent of your lodgings