1. A breeze blew, fragrant as musk, delightful and sweet,
And the dark robes were folded and spread.

2. It made my companions think it was the scent of a garden,
Where the morning breeze murmurs and informs.

3. But it was just a whiff Sent by my Salima,
To a loved one sleeping, while I stay awake.

4. Unless it was the breeze that blew
Past the one with beautiful tresses and carried the fragrance.

5. May God protect from the caprices of events with protection,
And faces in whose bloom a garden of beauty flourishes.

6. It greeted Najd, Ghawir and the West,
Whose nobles include Mundhir and Mujashi.

7. It dropped tears on the slope of the rock,
Which were blood, not what the eyelids and rocks were used to.

8. The table of generosity intoxicated with the tipsiness of youth.
Not every drink makes one intoxicated.

9. So it fascinated me for a moment, in glance and utterance,
My thoughts and hearing were spellbound by the magic of glance and voice.

10. Kindness and beauty established a kingdom for it,
In which hearts are guided and commanded.

11. I bear witness your visage is a paradise,
Though they say "I don't know", and your cheeks are Kauthar.

12. Would that your temples and cheeks were in reach,
And melting honey dripping from your folds.

13. Would that your temples and cheeks were in reach,
Like them, squeezing and draining.

14. If a night of your abandonment darkened me,
A morning of your union made me light up in joy.

15. I remembered you while forgetfulness possessed my thoughts,
Proof of my passion, though unaware.

16. Ask my solitude about my conscience, did I not
Hide my love for you, though love is known to betray.

17. Is there in this world a lover besides me living for you?
Is there a conqueror of Islam other than the victorious?

18. It is the shooting star, the Commander of the Faithful,
By whose rule days became sublime and took pride.

19. Had I not known his discourse, I would have told
My bed and lampstand about him.

20. He protected the sanctuary of the Exalted when
Wild beasts and eagles assaulted it.

21. And on the morning of Monday, had it not been for his defense,
The kingdom of religion would not have been restored.

22. His steeds expressed victory when they approached
The palace, while people gathered.

23. I swear by the plain of Muhassab in Mina,
And those who gather there - Hatim and Mash'ar.

24. And by the troop from Bat'ha of Mecca, after
They pronounced God's remembrance and proclaimed His greatness.

25. You have assumed, O Badr bin Rizq, a position
For which the full moon is humbled, and the planets gather.

26. The affairs of the kingdom are entrusted to your judicious care,
As you bring some forward and delay others.

27. You turn back the steeds when they charge forth,
And introduce the important in speeches and issue them.

28. You manage the kingdom of the Fatimids, and when
The course of opinion goes astray, you excellently steer.

29. When calamities befall, they take refuge in your kindness,
As you remove from them what they fear and dread.

30. Your deeds have not ceased to adorn it,
Chronicled in the scrolls of supreme deeds.

31. And which era did victory not confess to be indebted,
As its tail of determination rolled up its sleeves?

32. In the era of Al-Hadi the Guarantor, were not the vanguards
That burned their fires when enraged?

33. Whenever there was defense of the nation from him,
The absent and the present were equal to him.

34. If the era of Al-Nasir was mighty,
It was by your lofty mention that it became mighty and supported.

35. You are but a sharp sword in his right hand,
With which enemies are driven away and he is supported.

36. A treasure he sees as treasure of the Imams,
That he safeguards and hoards for his kingdom.

37. If the course of time strung the pearls of the vanguards,
By them, O Sulayk, it is not scattered.

38. There is no fault in Badr except that his destiny
Has exceeded Jupiter, yet he does not become arrogant.

39. He has a ruler whose planets and stars
Make him rich, then poor and destitute.

40. He has a sharp blade in the black scabbard red,
And a side in the red iron green.

41. One day he glows with pure generosity and joy,
Another his frown clouds with gloom.

42. With his palms he brings white from India
And with it adorns the cheeks darker than lines of poetry.

43. The winds of victory shake from his fresh branches
Fruit by which the heads of enemies thrive.

44. And the day after peace, horses surround his domes,
When a brave one from the horses neighs.

45. With his palm the cattle tremule,
Dewy and rosy - hoping yet fearing.

46. His tongue brings him forward in valor and amicability
When the generous and victorious are mentioned.

47. His two qualities are but shyness and love,
Gladness and ease - not suspicion and bitterness.

48. So neither does the growing shade make him constricted,
Nor does clearing make him bitter towards anyone.

49. Rejoice at good news and welcome the dawn
For Badr is the shining sun, cloudbursting.

50. I see people as a body and the family of Rizq their head,
And Badr is their crown, essence and jewel.

51. Leave off, O people of news, Yahya and Ja'far,
For each of Rizq's sons is Yahya and Ja'far.

52. And mention not Ka'b, 'Amr and 'Antara,
For their servant is Ka'b, 'Amru and 'Antara.

53. And leave alone the discourse of Al-Buhturi, for I
Am their Buhturi, who does not befit Buhturi.

54. I used to think poetry after the vanguards
Would die and be forgotten or die and wither away.

55. But you revived those forgotten qualities with the like,
Giving life by which the dead virtues bloom.

56. Would that he had ears hearing you
And eyes seeing your noble deeds.

57. To know that God granted you glorious feats
That influence til the Day of Judgment.

58. If I sell praise in another's market,
I lose though profiting, from where I began.

59. If people prefer wealth with disgrace,
I prefer what integrity is pleased with.

60. How many brute of fate, confused of wealth,
Became, by your grace, most honorable.

61. I will pass away and your noble qualities will pass,
While my praise lives on through you eternally.

62. So do not leave me complaining of unjust fortune,
While you are most able and just.

63. I have no excuse if I do not attain my wishes,
As the ordained decree flows from your command.

64. O Abul Najm and confidante, to you indeed
Is owed the obligation when mentioned.

65. Relieve me of praising you, for you have not
Ceased to relieve sinners of their sins and pardon.

66. You delayed the due of your right a while,
But the flood of your palm's bounty does not delay.

67. You obligated, so no place for requests,
And the shoulder of favor is not turned from the unworthy.

68. Your hands, I cannot count their number,
While my verses in your praise can be counted and compiled.

69. I knew the truth for it you recognized,
Which the worldly denied - your favor is not denied.

70. And you brought its home closer, so it lived long,
While from you, other hopes are cut off and shortened.

71. Your wisdom was not diminished by passing nights,
And with you, beautiful opinion provides abundance.

72. Al-Qawafi - lofty in rank - though given the title 'poetry'
By one unaware and who does not feel.

73. You ruled over the singing girls, though you are greater,
And over a people other than you, haughtier.

74. You planted the seed of dignity, favoring it,
So it bore fruit, though it used to turn away and refuse.

75. You filled the chaste minds that came
Approaching in robes of verse, imaging and picturing.

76. It woos, but shyness overcomes the hearts,
As it solves the door but men are confused.

77. You made gentle one fierce with sword
From it, if today were disclosed from you.

78. But the full moon is none but you, so regard its crescent
And its shape in the throat of your glittering dagger.

79. Yet you remained, time repeating you
And serving with praise that is not repeated.

80. Live long, respected and revered.
Shoulders weighed down by my gratitude, respected.

81. You reached in the patron Al-Imada and his
Noble brothers what you chose.

82. The stars of their father Badr, no doubt
They illuminate the horizons of supreme deeds.

83. And branches of glory that the date palm raised
Are equal for it to a generous scion and offspring.

84. And cubs of Khais growl and roar each day,
As the lion prepares them for the thoroughbred horses.