1. نطقْتُ بمدحي ثمَّ أسررتُ بعده

    دُعائي فيا للّهِ سِرِّيَ والجَهْرُ

    I voiced my praise, then afterward kept secret

    my prayer—O God, my secret and open speech!

  2. لأجْمَعَ بين الواجبينِ لِماجِدٍ

    مَدائحُهُ جَهْرٌ ومعروفُه سِرُّ

    To fulfill both duties toward a noble man,

    whose praises are public and whose kindness is secret;

  3. لأبْلَج من آل المُظفَّرِ مُطْعمٍ

    إذا أخْلَف الأنواءُ واحتبس القطر

    a bright-browed man of the house of al-Muzaffar, who gives food

    when the rain-bearing stars fail and the rain is withheld.

  4. فتى البأس والنَّعْماءِ في كل حالةٍ

    وشيكانِ من أفعالهِ الجودُ والنَّصْر

    A man of valor and bounty in every circumstance;

    generosity and aid come swiftly among his deeds.

  5. يضيقُ بأدنى العارِ ذرعاً ولم يزل

    وسيعَيْن من نَعْمائه الجود والغدْر

    He cannot bear the slightest shame; ever have

    generosity and rain-pools been ample through his bounty.

  6. وكيدُ أواخي الوِدِّ وافٍ بعهْدهِ

    الكريم فلا نكْثٌ يَشينُ ولا غَدْرُ

    Firm in the bonds of affection, faithful to his pledge—

    a noble pledge: no breach disgraces him, nor treachery.

  7. يزيدُ على الأقوال في الخير فِعْلُه

    فموْعِدهُ نَزْرٌ ونائلُهُ دَثْرُ

    His deeds in goodness surpass his words,

    so his promises are few and his gifts abundant.

  8. حوى عضد الدين المَعالي بسَعْيه

    فطابتْ مساعيهِ كما كرُم النَّجْر

    Adud al-Din attained exalted honors through his striving;

    so his endeavors were worthy, just as his lineage was noble.

  9. تهُزُّ قوافي الشِّعْر ساكن عِطْفه

    كأنَّ القوافي حين يسمعُها خمْرُ

    Poetry's rhymes stir his tranquil frame,

    as though the rhymes, when he hears them, were wine.

  10. فهُنِّيَ والعيدُ السَّعيدُ بسَعْدِه

    وأمْثالُهُ ما لاحَ في أُفُقٍ فَجْر

    So, felicitations to him and to the happy feast on his good fortune,

    and to feasts like it, as long as dawn appears on a horizon.