1. صبح اللهم مجد الد

    دين بالسعد المقيمِ

    O God, greet Majd al-

    Din this morning with lasting good fortune.

  2. وأحيِهِ ما رنّج الغص

    ن ضحى مر نسيمِ

    And keep him alive as long as the bough is swayed

    at forenoon by a breeze's passage.

  3. فهو سار من ثراه

    في طريق مستقيمِ

    For it travels from his soil

    along a straight path.

  4. ملك مرهوب يوم ال

    بأس مرهوف العزيمِ

    A king feared on the day of

    battle, keen in resolve.

  5. وصريح المجد من سر

    ر المعالي في الصميمِ

    And pure-born in glory, from the heart

    of high honors, at their very core.

  6. ورث السؤدد عن مك

    رمة الخرق الكريمِ

    He inherited eminence from the noble

    bounty of the open-handed, generous man.

  7. فله كل حديث

    من علاء وقديمِ

    His is all that is new

    in greatness, and all that is ancient.

  8. ذو اليد السبطة لا الجع

    دة والوجه الوسيمِ

    With an open hand, not a clenched

    one, and a handsome face;

  9. والفعال الأبيض المش

    رق في لخطب البهيمِ

    and white deeds, radiant

    amid pitch-dark calamity.

  10. بتوالي عدله الشا

    ئع في الناس العميمِ

    Through his unceasing justice, spread

    among the people, embracing all,

  11. هرب الظلم وولى

    عاديا عدو الظليمِ

    oppression fled and turned away,

    running like a male ostrich.

  12. وتحامين الأسود ال

    سود غزلان الصريمِ

    And the lions—the

    black ones—shunned the thicket's gazelles.

  13. زين دست المك منه

    بأخي راي حكيمِ

    The royal throne is adorned through him

    with a man of wise judgment:

  14. أصمعي المعي

    علم حبر عليمِ

    keen-witted, discerning,

    a luminary, a scholar, deeply learned;

  15. حازم ثبت عجول

    عازم قاس رحيمِ

    decisive, steadfast, swift to act,

    resolute, stern, merciful;

  16. يقظ القلب حديد ال

    غرب غير المستنيمِ

    wakeful of heart, sharp of

    edge, never lulled to rest.

  17. عاقم الإيعاد لكن

    وعده غير عقيمِ

    His threats are barren, yet

    his promise is not barren.

  18. رأيه أعظم أَن يذ

    خر إلا للعظيمِ

    His judgment is too great to be held

    in reserve except for great affairs.

  19. صارف عنا تعدّي

    كل شيطان رجيمِ

    He wards off from us the aggression

    of every accursed devil,

  20. بظبي تمسي إلى ها

    م الأعادي جدّ هيمِ

    with blades that at evening long for the

    heads of enemies, madly enamored;

  21. وجياد عادها في

    حربها عض الشكيمِ

    and steeds that once more, in

    battle, champ the bit.

  22. فوقها كل هزبر

    صادق الفتك شتيمِ

    Upon them rides every lion,

    unfailing in deadly assault, grim-faced.

  23. زدت فضلا يا أبا الفض

    ل على حلم الحليمِ

    You have surpassed in bounty, O Abu al-

    Fadl, the forbearance of the forbearing.

  24. دم فكم رمّ بإحسا

    نك من حال رميمِ

    Live on! How often your kindness has repaired

    a fortune fallen into ruin!

  25. أنت أمن لأخي خو

    ف ومال لعديمِ

    You are safety for one in

    fear, and wealth for the destitute.

  26. مزج الله لك النع

    مة صفوا بالنعيمِ

    May God mingle for you blessing,

    pure and unclouded, with bliss.

  27. يا كريم الخيم ما مر

    عاك بالمرعى الوخيمِ

    O noble in nature, your grazing ground

    is no unwholesome pasture.

  28. لا ولا عهدك للعا

    فين بالعهد الذميمِ

    No, nor is your pledge to those

    who seek your bounty a dishonorable pledge.

  29. فابق للسؤال ما طي

    ف بركن وحطيمِ

    So live on for petitioners, as long as people circle

    the Corner and the Hatim.

  30. وتقلَّد كل عقد

    رائق الدر نظيمِ

    And wear about your neck every necklace

    of lovely pearls, finely strung,

  31. من ثناء كأسه اس

    كر من كأس النديمِ

    of praise whose cup is more

    intoxicating than a boon companion's cup.

  32. ما لذي الرمة شروا

    ه ولا لابن الخطيمِ

    Dhu al-Rummah has nothing like it,

    nor does Ibn al-Khatim.

  33. واحو مع عسر شعيب

    عمر أصحاب الرقيمِ

    And attain, along with Shu‘ayb's hardship [as written],

    the lifespan of the Companions of the Inscription.

  34. ليقل من سره مك

    ثك في السعد المقيمِ

    Let whoever rejoices in your remaining

    in lasting good fortune say:

  35. زاد في العمر على انس

    سر لقمان الحكيمِ

    “May he outlive the

    vultures of Luqman the Wise.”