1. The days breathed announcing with gratitude,
And the face of congratulations beamed with good news.

2. The breeze of proximity blew spreading what was folded,
And a fragrance wafted, bending the scent of publication.

3. And those gardens shone and Tripoli became
Radiant with its name, the frontier.

4. And its days after what had darkened
Appeared as a new moon, blossoming on the brow of time.

5. And two seas bordered it, a sea of dew
And a sea in which sailed a ship that flows.

6. And with beauty how often I visited the aura of its meadows
And settled happily in its valleys on Egypt.

7. And it gained beauty with brilliance and delight
A lofty position in the heights, sublime and precious.

8. The spring rain revives its generosity,
Little does Jafar Khalid of eternal memory say to it.

9. Of high lineage from the progeny of the most generous father,
And an ocean of loyalty that originated from an ocean.

10. It ruled by what it erected, horizons of glory,
Sublimity, nobility, excellence and pride.

11. And its position rises above the planets, its place,
And its auspicious bird soars above the eagle.

12. It has a rhetoric whose pearls shine through,
And its eloquent meanings are like sorcery.

13. Its diction surpassed the best of eloquence,
Just so, its rhetoric is outstanding.

14. My praise matches it, praising and depicting,
So it’s no wonder I excel in prose and verse.

15. No fault in it except that its right hand
Gives generously what is in it and does not fear poverty.

16. Its gifts uncounted, its donations manifest,
For its gifts are too abundant to be confined.

17. It has no peer in its actions,
And in any situation, its affairs have always been decisive.

18. It is the ocean, but its abundance makes it
A stream, so speak what you will and tell of the ocean.

19. Say to the one who complains of hardship, find pleasure in it
In its glory it gives generously, and in ease.

20. O peak of sublimity, towards you in dew
I turned my rhymes, not for Zayd or Amr.

21. And were it not for you the stringing of poems would not be sweet
Nor would those beauties appear in my poetry.

22. And my broken heart was mended by you
So it’s no wonder that my fracture rhymes with mend.

23. You made my dark fate’s face bright,
And my palm that was yellow, white and yellow.

24. My lord, excuse the lateness of my praise
For I am tempted by passion, and passion is my excuse.

25. Apart from it, from me to you is a garden
Full of eloquent words, flowering speech.

26. It is polished jewels about you, and its words
Are a necklace of pearls around a beautiful neck.

27. Its meanings’ letters are fine creations
That appeared in the sky of glory like shining stars.

28. Take it as an orphan of beauty
That emerged from seclusion seeking you.

29. You remain an ocean, compensating with gifts,
Vast of hands and abundant in generosity and righteousness.

30. Remain throughout the days however long the breeze blows
And stirs a lute to the melody of the moon.

31. Its diction surpassed the best of eloquence,
Just so, its rhetoric is outstanding.