1. عضد الدين دمت يا أكرم الخل

    قِ لمن يجتديه ذخرا وكهفا

    ʿAḍud al-Dīn, may you endure, O noblest of creation,

    a treasure and refuge for whoever seeks your bounty.

  2. أنت أذكى وأنت أزكى إذا ما

    فخر الناس عرف عرض وعرفا

    You are the most fragrant, and you the purest, whenever

    people boast of honor's fragrance and of kindness.

  3. أنت أنداهم جنابا مريعا

    إن سئلت الندى ووجها وكفّا

    You are the most generous of them, in your fertile domain,

    and in face and hand, when bounty is asked of you.

  4. أنت ما زلت للموالين عزا

    وحياة وللمعادين حتفا

    You have always been strength to your allies,

    and life, and to your enemies, death.

  5. أنت أعددت للوقائع والحر

    ب رماحا لدنا وحصداء زغفا

    You have prepared for battles and war

    supple spears and tightly linked, ample mail,

  6. وجلادا يزري العدو ونهدا

    يسبق الطرف حين تجربه طرفا

    and swordplay that humbles the foe, and a sturdy

    courser that outruns the glance when you test it.

  7. يا شقيق العلى وخل المعالي

    عشت الفا من السنين والفا

    O brother of glory and intimate friend of lofty virtues,

    may you live a thousand years, and another thousand!

  8. وجد الخلف في سوى جودك الجم

    م ولم نلق في سماحك خلفا

    A substitute can be found for all but your abundant bounty,

    and in your generosity we have found no broken promise.

  9. يا أعف الأنام كم ربع مجد

    وعلاء لولا نداك تعفى

    O most virtuous of humankind, how many an abode of glory

    and eminence would have been effaced but for your bounty!

  10. كم مقل شفيت أدواءه جو

    د فعوفي من بعد ما كان أشفى

    How many a poor man you have cured of his ills through bounty,

    and he recovered after coming close to death!

  11. بأبي منك شيمة وخلالا

    من صفاء الرحيق أحلى وأصفى

    May my father be the ransom for your nature and virtues—

    sweeter and clearer than limpid, pure wine.

  12. طل جدواك لا يقاس به وب

    ل الغوادي وظل نعماك أضفى

    The dew of your bounty is unmatched by the downpour

    of morning clouds; the shade of your favors spreads wider.

  13. أنت فرغت قلب كل عديم

    بسماح ملاءت منه الأكفا

    You have emptied every needy heart of care

    with bounty from which you have filled their palms.

  14. ليس يخفى ما بت تصنع من خي

    ر وضوء الصباح ما ليس يخفي

    The good you have done through the night cannot be hidden;

    and morning's light is something none can conceal.

  15. نام قوم عن العلى وتنبه

    ت بطرف ما حاد عنها فاغفى

    Some slept heedless of glory, while you kept vigil,

    with an eye that never turned from it to doze.

  16. فابق مستسعدا بملكك وأسمع

    در مدح وصفته فيك رصفا

    So live on, happy in your dominion, and hear

    pearls of praise I have set forth about you in ordered rows,

  17. ما شدا الورق في الغصون سحيرا

    وسرين السحائب الغر وطفا

    as long as gray doves sing among the branches just before dawn,

    and bright white clouds journey by night, their fringes heavy with rain.