1. دمت مجد الدين يا من

    نفسه بالجود صبه

    May you endure, Majd al-Din, O you

    whose soul is enamored of generosity.

  2. لك أخلاق كرام

    وسجايا مستحبه

    Yours are noble qualities

    and admirable dispositions.

  3. ويد تخجل فينا ال

    غيث بل تفضل سحبه

    And a hand that, among us, puts to shame the

    rain—indeed, surpasses its clouds.

  4. ثرة في يبس العا

    م فما تبرح رطبه

    Abundant in the dryness of the

    year, it never ceases to be moist.

  5. ولك الآراء أضحت

    بأمور الملك طبه

    And your judgments have become

    expert in the affairs of kingship.

  6. والمقام الثبت والعز

    مه مثل العضب عضبه

    And a steadfast stance, and

    a resolve keen as a sharp sword.

  7. يا جوادا سهل النا

    ئل والأزمة صعبه

    O generous one, easy to obtain is your

    bounty, though hardship is severe,

  8. يخضب السيف ويقري الض

    ضيف والشّهباء جدبه

    who reddens the sword and feeds the

    guest, though the gray year is barren.

  9. أنت من يرجى ويخشى

    فمع الرغبة رهبه

    You are the one people look to with hope and fear;

    so with desire comes dread.

  10. حبذا يا ضيق العذ

    رباع لك رحبه

    How splendid, O you with scant excuses—

    your reach is wide.

  11. الوفد رواء

    سرية من بعد سرية

    The delegation has drunk its fill,

    one troop after another.

  12. لك وجه مستنير

    كضياء الصبح نقبه

    Yours is a radiant face,

    like the light of dawn in hue.

  13. ويدا صار لها أح

    سانها المألوف دربه

    And a hand whose accustomed kindness

    has become second nature.

  14. هي باللثم حطيم

    مدة العام وكعبه

    For kisses, it is a Ḥaṭīm,

    all year long, and a Kaaba.

  15. يا صبيحا وفصيحا

    صبحتي خطب وخطبه

    O handsome and eloquent one,

    at the two dawns of crisis and oration.

  16. رجحت منك حلوم

    خففت قدس وهنبه

    Your wisdom proved so weighty

    it made Quds and Hanbah seem light.

  17. يا وهوب الأجرد المق

    رب والجب داء شطبه

    O lavish giver of the sleek,

    cherished horse, and [unclear wording concerning its grooves].

  18. يا رغيب الجود حقا

    لي في مدحك رغبه

    O truly abundant in generosity,

    I long to praise you.

  19. عش فكم فرحت مهمر

    ما وكم فرجت كربه

    Live on! How often you have gladdened a troubled soul,

    and how many sorrows you have relieved!

  20. وإذا جفن الردى الرا

    قد في حرب تنّبه

    And when Death's sleeping eyelid

    awakens in war,

  21. نحرت بيضك للذم

    ربه نحرا ولَبَّه

    your white blades pierce the warrior's

    throat and upper breast in that battle.

  22. رب عاف كدر مش

    ربه صفّأت شربه

    Many a petitioner whose drink was turbid—

    you made his draught clear.

  23. وطريد مستجير

    خائف آمنت سربه

    And a fugitive seeking refuge,

    fearful—you gave him security.

  24. هبة الله ولائي

    لك عند الله قربه

    Hibat Allah, my allegiance

    to you is a pious act in God's sight.

  25. لك في كل فؤاد

    ذا نعماك محبه

    For you, in every heart

    that has received your favors, there is love.

  26. ليس في قلب مداجي

    ك من الإيمان حبه

    There is not, in the heart of one who feigns friendship

    with you, a grain of faith.

  27. إن من يجحد معرو

    فك ما يعرف ربه

    Indeed, whoever denies your kindness

    does not know his Lord.

  28. يا جوادا تعتريه

    من سماع الحمد طربه

    O generous one, overtaken

    by delight on hearing praise,

  29. دم كذا خل خلال

    حلوة كالشهد عذبه

    remain thus, a friend of virtues

    sweet as honey and delightful,

  30. مسرف الجود وهوبا

    ما سرت ريح مهبه

    extravagant in generosity, lavish in giving,

    as long as the wind blows on.