1. ما خيَّب الله فيه للورى أَملا

    أرضى الجميع وأعطى الكلَّ ما سئلا

    God has left no human hope in him unfulfilled.

    He satisfied everyone and gave each what was asked.

  2. والحمدُ لله قرّت أعين شحنت

    وقرَّ كلُ فؤادٍ يشتكي الوَجلا

    Praise be to God: eyes once brimming have found comfort,

    and every heart troubled by dread has grown calm.

  3. صحت لصحتِه الدنيا وساكنُها

    وأصبح الحمد فيها للورى شِغلا

    The world and its inhabitants regained health with his recovery,

    and praise became the people's occupation within it.

  4. لقد قيل أما اليوم ما رفعت

    لهم سوى الحمد أملاكُ السما عملا

    Indeed, it was said: 'Today, no deed has been borne aloft

    for them by heaven's angels except praise.'

  5. ما خصّص السقمُ بلا عمَّ الأنام معاً

    فيا له من شفاء أذهبَ العِللا

    Illness was not confined to one; rather, it afflicted all mankind together.

    So what a recovery it was, dispelling ailments,

  6. وسكّن الروعَ والأكبادُ خافقةٌ

    وعمَّ بالفرجات السهلَ والجبلا

    and calming terror while livers throbbed,

    and spreading relief across plain and mountain.

  7. وما حممت لمكروهِ تُساء به

    لكنْ ليُعلم فضلٌ فيك قد جُهلا

    And you were not fever-stricken so that some evil might distress you,

    but so that a merit in you, once unknown, might become known.

  8. تاللهِ ما عرفَت مقدار ما رُزقَت

    بك البرايا من الخير الذي اتصلا

    By God, mankind did not know how much it had been granted

    through you of goodness that flowed unceasingly,

  9. حتى احتجبتَ وقالوا مسّه ألم

    فلا تسائل بهذا القولِ ما فعلا

    until you withdrew from sight, and they said: 'Pain has touched him.'

    Do not ask what this saying wrought,

  10. وما تنازعن أسلاب العقول به

    عوارض ألحقت بالمرأة الرَجُلا

    and how the spoils of minds were fought over at it

    by afflictions that made men like women,

  11. وأذهلت كلَّ شخص عن سجيتهِ

    حتى استوى في الاسا الجهالُ والعقلا

    and distracted every person from his natural disposition,

    until the ignorant and the wise were alike in grief.

  12. فلا تلمهمُ على الافراط في جزعٍ

    قد كاد يعقبُهم لو لم يزل جبلا

    So do not blame them for excessive anguish

    that might have driven them mad had it not abated [uncertain reading].

  13. فذو المحبةِ مِعذور وحبُّهم

    فيه لإِحسانِه منه القلوبِ ملا

    So the lover is excused, and their love

    for him, owing to his kindness, has filled their hearts.

  14. انظر محاسنَ مَن هامت نفوسهم

    على محبتهِ يستقبحُ العِذَلا

    Look at the virtues of the one who has enraptured their souls

    with love for him: one finds reproach shameful.

  15. لو هان بالأمس مالاقوه ما وجدوا

    هذا السرورَ الذي ساروا به مثَلا

    Had what they endured yesterday been slight, they would not have found

    this joy, for which they have become a byword.

  16. ولا اقتضت منهم النعماءُ واجبها

    من المحامد والشكر الذي حصلا

    Nor would the blessing have claimed from them its due

    of the praises and gratitude that followed.

  17. فليحمد الله عبدالله أن له

    من ربه خيرة في كل ما فعلا

    Let Abdullah therefore praise God, for he has

    from his Lord what is best in everything He has done.

  18. قد كفّر اللهُ عنه كل سيئةٍ

    وقد كفاه من الأسواء ما سألا

    God has indeed expiated every sin of his,

    and has shielded him from the evils he asked to be spared.

  19. وقد أرى خلقهُ ما في خليقتهِ

    من المحاسنِ والفضل الذي كمُلا

    And He has shown His creatures what lies in his character

    of virtues and excellence brought to perfection,

  20. وانه لا يؤدّي شكرَ نعمته

    على خلافته من قال أو عملا

    and that none can offer due thanks for His blessing

    upon his caliphate, whether in words or deeds.