1. يا علاء الدين يا غر

    رة فرعي آل هاشم

    O ʿAlāʾ al-Dīn, O radiant glory

    of both branches of the house of Hāshim!

  2. بأبي أخلاقك الغر

    ر وثغر لك باسم

    My father be ransom for your radiant virtues

    and your smiling mouth.

  3. وآباء شرعته

    لك آباء أكارم

    And the forefathers of its sacred law

    are your noble forefathers.

  4. أنت ما مسبي الندى الجم

    م ويا مسدى المكارم

    You are no captive of abundant bounty,

    and O bestower of noble deeds!

  5. حاتم عبدك بالجو

    دِ وكعب لك خادم

    Ḥātim is your slave in generosity,

    and Kaʿb is your servant.

  6. يا عظيم القدر ما تذ

    خر إلا للعظائم

    O great in stature, you are reserved

    for great undertakings alone.

  7. أنت إن أقطب وجه الد

    دهر مفتر المباسم

    You, if Time's face grows grim,

    part your lips in a smile.

  8. أنا والزوجة قد جئ

    ناك يا اسمح حاكم

    My wife and I have come

    to you, O most generous judge.

  9. نترجى منك يا من

    عنده ترجى المغانم

    We look to you, O you

    from whom gains are hoped for,

  10. سنة القاضي بتبري

    ز الذي سن المغارم

    for the custom of the judge in Tabrīz,

    who instituted the levies.

  11. وأرى بينكما في ال

    فخر يا نجل الخضارم

    And I see [a likeness] between you two in

    glory, O scion of the munificent lords.

  12. ومتى درت علينا

    منك أخلاق الدراهم

    And whenever there flow upon us

    from you the virtues of dirhams,

  13. فهي لي عرس وإل

    لا فهي من بعض المآتم

    she is a wedding feast to me; but

    otherwise she is one of the mourning gatherings.

  14. دمت ما غنت على الأي

    كِ فصيحات الحمائم

    May you endure as long as there sing in the groves

    the eloquent doves.