1. وَقَفَ الْغَرَامُ عَلَى ثَنَاكَ لِسَانِي

    رَعْياً لِمَا أَوْلَيتَ مِنْ إِحْسَانِ

    Love has devoted my tongue to your praise,

    out of regard for the kindness you have bestowed.

  2. فَكَأَنَّمَا شُكْرِي لِمَا أَوْلَيْتَهُ

    شُكْرُ الرِّيَاضِ لِعَارِض النيسَانِ

    So it is as though my thanks for what you bestowed

    were the gardens’ thanks to Nisan’s rain cloud.

  3. أَنَا شِيعَةٌ لَكَ حَيْثُ كُنْتَ قَضِيَّةٌ

    لَمْ يَخْتَلف فِي حُكْمِهَا نَفْسَانِ

    I am your partisan wherever you are—a matter

    on whose judgment no two souls have disagreed.

  4. وَلَقَدْ تَشَاجَرَتِ الرِّمَاحُ فَكُنْتَ فِي

    مَيْدَانِ نَصْرِكَ فَارِسَ الْفُرْسَانِ

    And indeed the spears clashed, and you were in

    the field of your victory the knight of knights.

  5. وَرَوَيْتُ غُرَّ مآثِر أَسْنَدْتُهَا

    لِعُلاَكَ بَيْنَ صَحَائِحٍ وَحِسَانِ

    And I narrated illustrious deeds, ascribing them

    to your eminence, among reports both sound and good.

  6. وَلأَنْتَ أَوْلَى بِالتَّشيُّعِ شِيمَةٌ

    لَمْ تَتَّفِقْ لِسِوَاكَ مِنْ إِنْسَانِ

    And indeed you are most worthy of allegiance—a trait

    that has fallen to no human being but you.

  7. الشَّمْسُ أَنْتَ قَدِ انْفَرَدْتَ وَهَل يُرَى

    بَيْنَ الْوَرَى فِي مَطْلَعٍ شَمْسَانِ

    You are the sun; you stand alone. And can one see

    among mortals, two suns on a single horizon?

  8. جَبرْتَ بِجَبْرِكَ كُلَّ نَفْسٍ حُرَّةٍ

    وَشَدَا بِشُكْرِ اللَّهِ كُلُّ لِسَانِ

    With your succor, you have restored every noble soul,

    and every tongue has sung its thanks to God.

  9. وَبَدَتْ سُعُودُكَ مُسْتَقِيماً سَيْرُهَا

    وَعَلَتْ فَفَرَّ أَمَامَهَا النَّحْسَانِ

    And your auspicious stars appeared, their course straight,

    and rose high, so the two ill-omened stars fled before them.

  10. فَاسْتَقْبِلِ السَّعْدَ المُعَاوِدَ سَافِراً

    عَنْ أَيِّ وَجْهٍ لِلرِّضَا حُسَّانِ

    So welcome returning good fortune, lifting the veil

    from a face of contentment—how exquisitely fair!

  11. وَابْغِ المَزِيدَ بشْكُرِ رَبِّكَ ولتَثِقْ

    بِمُضَاعَفِ الإِنْعَامِ وَالإِحْسَانِ

    And seek more by thanking your Lord, and trust

    in multiplied bounty and kindness.

  12. فَالشُّكْر يُقْتَادُ الْمَزِيدَ رَكَائِباً

    تَنْتَابُ بَابَكَ مِنْهُ فِي أَرْسَانِ

    For through gratitude, further bounty is led like riding camels

    that visit your door in halters made from it.

  13. ثُمَّ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يُزْرِي عرْفُهُ

    طِيباً بِعَرْفِ الْعُودِ وَالْبلَسَانِ

    Then peace be upon you; its fragrance puts to shame

    in sweetness, the scent of agarwood and balsam.