1. أَسْعٍدْ بيُمنٍ وإقبالٍ أَبا عُمرٍ

    وعشتَ وابنك عيشاً دآئمَ العُمُرِ

    May you rejoice in good fortune and prosperity, Abu Umar.

    And may you and your son live a long, enduring life.

  2. ومرحباً بكُما من سيدين غدَت

    بُشرا كما فرحاً في البدو والحضرِ

    And welcome to you both, two lords whose

    glad tidings have become a joy in desert and town.

  3. يا أرضَ نَزْوى تباهي واكتسي زهراً

    فأنتِ بين الفُراتِ العذبِ والمطرِ

    O land of Nizwa, take pride and clothe yourself in flowers,

    for you lie between the sweet Euphrates and the rain.

  4. وياسماءَ المعالي أشرقي فلقد

    أضاء جوُّك بين الشمس والقمرِ

    And O sky of lofty glory, shine, for

    your firmament has brightened between the sun and moon.

  5. قد اصبحت بهما في بهجةٍ سَمَدٌ

    عَذراءَ تختالل بين الوشي والحِبَرِ

    Through them both, Samad has become, in splendor,

    a maiden strutting in brocade and striped cloth.

  6. كالرّوضة الأُ نفَ اعتادَت بها نفساً

    ريحُ الصّبا وغدتها رقة السَّحَرِ

    Like an untouched meadow, visited with a breath

    by the east wind, and nourished by the gentleness before dawn.

  7. حاك الرّبيعُ لها وَشياً وصاغ لها

    منه قلائدَ من نور ومن زهرِ

    Spring wove brocade for her and fashioned for her

    from it necklaces of blossoms and flowers.

  8. بوركت من صادر عن بيت خالقهِ

    قاضٍ مناسِكَهُ بوركتَ من صَدَرٍ

    Blessed are you, returning from your Creator's House,

    your rites fulfilled; blessed be your return.

  9. الآن أعظمتُ فيما دون منطقهِ

    ووجههِ حقَّ فضل السّمع والبصرِ

    Now I have come to prize, before his speech

    and his face, the true worth of hearing and sight.

  10. شفى غرامي إصغائي إلى كَلمٍ

    منه وامتعي من حسنهِ نظري

    Listening to words has healed my longing—

    words from him; gazing upon his beauty has delighted me.

  11. إني أَراك لمن لم يستطع سُبلا

    للحجّ أَفضلَ محْجوج ومُعْتَمَرِ

    I see you, for anyone unable to find a way

    to Hajj, as the finest destination for pilgrimage and Umrah,

  12. إذا رآى بركاتٍ فيكَ بيّنة

    بحسن ما فيك من سيما ومن نظرِ

    when he sees clear blessings in you,

    in the beauty of your bearing and your gaze,

  13. مقدِّرا فيكَ بيتَ الله مستَلماً

    عِطفيك مثل استلام الركن والحجرِ

    envisioning in you God's House, and reverently touching

    your two sides as one touches the Corner and the Stone.

  14. يا فائقاً بصفات الفَضْل ليس لهُ

    شبه تبارك من سوّاك من بَشَرِ

    O you who excel in virtue's qualities, who have no

    equal—blessed be He who fashioned you as a man!

  15. ليهنك الولدُ الميمون إنَّ له

    عليك لله صُنعاً غيرَ مُستتَرِ

    May your auspicious son gladden you; surely, through him,

    God has bestowed on you a favor not concealed.

  16. ضاحي المحيّا كريم الخِيم احبسه

    مجدُ العتيك محلّ الأنجم الزَّهرِ

    Bright of face, noble of nature, he is held

    by al-Atik's glory at the station of the radiant stars.

  17. يسمو بمجد بني نبهان في يمنٍ

    وينتى بزياد في عُلَى مضرِ

    He rises through the glory of the sons of Nabhan in Yemen,

    and through Ziyad traces his lineage to Mudar's heights.

  18. ذو همّة وعزيماتٍ يمانيةٍ

    إلى صلابة عُود غيرِ ذي خَورِ

    A man of high ambition and Yemeni resolutions,

    joined to the firmness of wood untouched by weakness.

  19. جشَّمته مطلباً ضاهيَ إرادتهُ

    فرامَه بعزيز النّفس مُصطبرِ

    These charged him with a quest matching his resolve;

    and he pursued it with a proud, steadfast soul.

  20. أَخلاق سادات نبهان بها ملكوا

    إرْثَ المنابر والتيجانِ والسُّرُرِ

    Such are the qualities of Nabhan's lords, by which they won

    the inheritance of pulpits, crowns, and thrones.

  21. ارتهمُ في عيون الخَلق انفسُهم

    أن الخطير إلى العلياء في خطرِ

    Their own souls showed them, in the eyes of humankind,

    that a man of stature faces danger on the way to glory.

  22. مُشمِّرون لإدارك المَكارِم لا

    يَرضَون عن هرمَ عجز ولا صِغرِ

    Girding themselves to attain noble deeds, they do not

    accept weakness from old age or youth.

  23. صِيدٌ يمانونَ أَزديَّون كلّهم

    بدور علياءَ وَهَّابون للبدرِ

    Proud nobles, Yemenis, Azdis, every one,

    full moons of glory, lavish givers of purses of coin.

  24. هُم الملوك سكنَّا في جوارهِهُم

    ظلّ الغنا وَجنينا يانعَ الثمرِ

    They are the kings; in their neighborhood we dwelt

    in the shade of plenty, and gathered ripened fruit.

  25. فَعدّهم في الأنام النّاسُ وحدهمُ

    وعدّ عمّا ترى من سائر الصُّوَرِ

    Count them alone as people among humankind,

    and pass over all the other forms you see.

  26. ألقى أبو عمَر السّامي ومدّ أبو

    عبدِ الإله علينا حُلّةَ الحِبَرِ

    The exalted Abu Umar laid, and Abu

    Abd al-Ilah spread over us, a robe of striped cloth.

  27. فما اعتياديَ من شكوى الزَّمان وقد

    قَضى لديهم بإدراك المنى وطَري

    Why should I keep complaining of time, when

    with them it has met my need by fulfilling my wishes?

  28. بسيدي قد أتاح الله لي فرجاً

    من فرحة هيّجَت شوقي ومُدّكَري

    Through my master, God has granted me relief,

    born of a joy that roused my longing and my memories.

  29. جاهدتُ صَرف زماني في مَغيبهما

    حَولاً وهذا أَوان النّصر والظَّفَرِ

    I battled time's reversals during their absence

    for a year; now is the time of victory and triumph.

  30. كم نكبةٍ قد أَصابتني فهوّنها

    ترقّبي لك عن قرب ومُنتظَري

    How many a calamity befell me, yet was softened

    by my hope of your coming soon, and what I awaited.

  31. لولا مكانُك في الدنيا لقد أسفت

    نفسي على قرب ما أزدادُ في عُمْري

    Were it not for your presence in the world, there would be sorrow

    in my soul over even a short addition to my life.

  32. وقد تغرّبتُ حولاً بعد سيرك في

    إقامتي فأنا الآتي من السّفَرِ

    And I lived as a stranger for a year after your departure,

    though I stayed put; so I am the one returning from travel.

  33. شكري لربٍّ قضى لي في سلامتكم

    أُمنيّتي وكفاني فيكم حَذَري

    My thanks to the Lord who granted me, through your safety,

    my wish, and spared me my fears for you.

  34. هذا ودونك بكراً بنتَ ساعتها

    عجّلتُها فأَتت في زيِّ مُعتذرِ

    Here, take a maiden, the daughter of her hour;

    I hurried her forth, so she came in the garb of one seeking pardon.