حلمك رأس ثابت كالجبال

حلمك رأس ثابت كالجبال

يا وابلا فيه لعلت وبالُ

يا وابلا فيه لعلت وبالُ

Your forbearance is a steadfast summit, like the mountains.

Your dream is a steady head like mountains

O downpour, in which [unclear word]—calamity.

O clouds in it perhaps adversity and affliction

يا ماجداً صدف آمالنا

يا ماجداً صدف آمالنا

أنت مآل للمرجّي ومالُ

أنت مآل للمرجّي ومالُ

O noble one, shell of our hopes,

O Majid the shell of our hopes

You are a refuge and wealth for the hopeful.

You are the refuge of the hopeful and wealth

يا رب حط يحيى الذي لم يزل

يا رب حط يحيى الذي لم يزل

يحيى أخا الفقر ببذل النوال

يحيى أخا الفقر ببذل النوال

O Lord, protect Yahya, who has never ceased

O Lord put down Yahya who has not stopped

To revive poverty's brother by bestowing bounty.

Reviving poverty by giving away gifts

أكرم من سدَّت به خلَّة

أكرم من سدَّت به خلَّة

وخير من شدت إليه الرحال

وخير من شدت إليه الرحال

The most generous of those through whom a need is met,

More generous than one whose armpit was adorned

And the best of those for whose sake saddles are strapped.

And better than those to whom journeys were undertaken

خصب المساكين إذا أجدبوا

خصب المساكين إذا أجدبوا

ولليتامى والأيامي ثمال

ولليتامى والأيامي ثمال

Plenty for the poor when they suffer drought,

Fertile for the poor when they were barren

And a refuge for orphans and those without spouses.

And for orphans and widows, a refuge

أشجع من خالد في مأزق

أشجع من خالد في مأزق

وأبرع الناس غداة الجدال

وأبرع الناس غداة الجدال

Braver than Khalid in a battle's straits,

Braver than Khalid in predicament

And the most skillful of men on the morning of debate.

And more skilled than people the day after argument

يشرف مع هيبته بشره

يشرف مع هيبته بشره

والسيف فيه حدة والصقال

والسيف فيه حدة والصقال

His cheerful countenance stands out beside his imposing dignity;

His dignity and his awe adorn his cheerfulness

And in the sword are sharpness and polish.

And in him the sword has sharpness and polishing

لأن لعاف ولجاف قسا

لأن لعاف ولجاف قسا

فالعفو من شيمته والنكال

فالعفو من شيمته والنكال

He was gentle to a petitioner, but stern to the aloof [probable reading].

Because he is gentle and strong so

For pardon and punishment are among his traits.

Forgiveness is of his traits and vengeance

مثل الربيع الطلق في سحبه

مثل الربيع الطلق في سحبه

ضدان زلزال وعذب زلال

ضدان زلزال وعذب زلال

Like smiling spring, within whose clouds

Like clear spring in its clouds

Are two opposites: an earthquake and sweet, clear water.

Contrasts: earthquake and sweet rivulet

وحاكم بالعدل لكنه

وحاكم بالعدل لكنه

أجور انسان على المال مال

أجور انسان على المال مال

And a judge who rules justly, yet he is

And he rules with justice but he

The most unjust man ever to assail wealth.

Is more generous to people with money

لا ينبع المعروف منا ولا

لا ينبع المعروف منا ولا

يكدّر المنّ لدية المطال

يكدّر المنّ لدية المطال

Kindness does not spring from us, nor

Goodness does not flow from us nor

Does delay, with him, cloud the giving of favors.

Does harm cloud over lasting demands

ملآن من فضل ومن فطنه

ملآن من فضل ومن فطنه

خال من الكبر كريم الخلال

خال من الكبر كريم الخلال

Full of excellence and his own discernment,

Filled with grace and wisdom

Free of arrogance, noble in character.

Empty of arrogance, noble in nature

لم يقتصر في طوله والندى

لم يقتصر في طوله والندى

بن بذ بالرأي قصير وطال

بن بذ بالرأي قصير وطال

He did not confine himself to bounty and generosity;

He did not limit his height and dew

Rather, he surpassed Qasir in counsel and rose high [opening word uncertain].

Son of excellence, short and tall in opinion

مولاي عون الدين خير من

مولاي عون الدين خير من

ينصر صدف القول منه الفعال

ينصر صدف القول منه الفعال

My lord Awn al-Din, the best of those who

My lord the helper of religion, better than

Give aid; his deeds confirm his words [probable reading].

He who helps the honest word by deeds

أنت الذي تعرفه أيامه

أنت الذي تعرفه أيامه

بقتل محلٍ قاتل أو محال

بقتل محلٍ قاتل أو محال

You are the one whom his days recognize

You are the one who knows his days

By slaying deadly drought or hostile scheming.

By killing an aborted place of death

أنت الذي أعتقني جوده

أنت الذي أعتقني جوده

من أن يراني الناس عند السؤال

من أن يراني الناس عند السؤال

You are the one whose generosity freed me

You are the one whose generosity has freed me

From people seeing me in the act of begging.

From people seeing me begging

حسبي بلال من ندك الذي

حسبي بلال من ندك الذي

لويل غيلان تعدى بسلال

لويل غيلان تعدى بسلال

A little moisture from your bounty suffices me, which [text uncertain]

Sufficient for me is Bilal from your help

[Unclear opening] Ghaylan passed beyond [unclear ending].

Woe to Ghaylan who exceeded with his rope

لا زلت مصقول حواشي الندى

لا زلت مصقول حواشي الندى

ممتد أطناب العلى والكمال

ممتد أطناب العلى والكمال

May the fringes of your generosity ever remain polished,

I am still polished edges of dew

And the tent-ropes of eminence and perfection stretched wide.

Extending tendrils of sublime and perfection