1. Praise be to Allah, you have delighted the nations,
And glory has rewarded you since you were rewarded, and generosity

2. You are our joy, and we congratulate ourselves in you
When you are safe, all people are safe

3. And you have brought security in prosperity and well-being
And illness has gone from you to your enemies

4. And you came like rain, so you wet its wings
And it was filled with the most generous rivers of grace and blessings

5. And your return was a servant and getting used to being here
Its morning from it the smile of glad tidings

6. And you have taken residence in the orbit of the eminent
With happiness that no Arab or foreigner attained

7. And you stood in the position of its banners raised
Glory for you are the singular scholar

8. And you held fast to Allah in your joy
And whoever clings to Allah's rope will not fail

9. And you attacked with the pounce of an alert lion
With ambition before which ambitions are made small

10. And Allah has privileged you with sound judgment and
The past and the future—the sword and the pen—obey you

11. I swear you are peerless among the eminent
And by God's truth that oath suffices

12. And your generosity is an unearned generosity
To which manners and qualities have born witness

13. Thanks to your hands from hands that have tied
The bestowal of gifts from which generosity flows

14. Forever, whenever its clouds have intended generosity
The weight of its abundant generosity is invaluable

15. My master, O sanctuary where we resort
Seeking shelter we hustle and crowd to his house

16. And from his gifts about which none can take
Anything—God forbid—without request or peace

17. Take it to yourself as an unmatched poem
Marvelous in description, the word is its adornment

18. Unique in meanings of beauty, comprehensive,
Its prosody well-arranged and the diction harmonious

19. I crafted it for you, a pearl in its praises
And pearls are not but by crowns given order

20. An orphan, and in it poverty, so perhaps if
Your generosity asks after it, the poverty will be defeated

21. So receive it, a praise that has fulfilled gladness
And the beginning and end of it are pleasant

22. May your good fortune continue, progressing
Each day made anew, not ceasing

23. And may you remain in security, protected and comfortable
And time is your servant, its days are your servants