1. يا فرجةً للحادث المتكشفِ

    ويداً يفيقُ بها الزمانُ وَيشتفي

    O relief from the calamity now lifting,

    And a hand through which Time revives and finds healing!

  2. عمَّ السرورُ فكلُّ نفسٍ حالُها

    في حالِ يعقوبٍ ببُردةِ يُوسُفِ

    Joy has spread; every soul's condition

    Is Jacob's with Joseph's cloak.

  3. لو كان شخصاً لم يعادل حسنهُ

    حسن الربيع بزهرهِ المُتألفِ

    Were it a person, its beauty would not be matched

    By spring's beauty with its clustered blossoms.

  4. ولو اللّيالي صورت أَيامها

    منها لما اتَّصلت بداجٍ مُسرفِ

    And had the nights fashioned their days

    From it, they would never have joined a night of overwhelming darkness.

  5. فرحٌ فما في العالمين مُولهُ

    من حُسنِ موقعهِ اللّطيفِ المُلطفِ

    A joy—there is none distraught in all the worlds,

    Such is the beauty of its gentle, soothing effect.

  6. قد لاحت الشمسُ التي أضواؤها

    من عبد شمس في المحلِّ الأشرفِ

    The sun has appeared, whose rays

    Come from Abd Shams, in the most exalted station.

  7. وقد استردّت رَيعَها ريحانةٌ

    ذبلت فأيّة بلدةٍ لم تزحفِ

    And a basil sprig has regained its freshness,

    Once withered; what town, then, did not march forth?

  8. وقد استجبت دعوٌ لو أنّها

    في العالمين لفضلها لم تخلفِ

    And a prayer has been answered—had it

    Been for all the worlds, its merit would not have let it fail.

  9. قد كادَ يشمتُ بالشخاء وبالندى

    بخلُ الأشحّةِ واللهُى بالمُعتفي

    Generosity and bounty were nearly gloated over

    By misers' stinginess, and the supplicant by gifts.

  10. ضحِكت إلى تلكَ السّلامةِ وبالندى

    تركت لعضد هِشامِها المُتخلَّفِ

    She smiled upon that recovery, and with bounty

    Was left to strengthen her Hisham, who remained behind.

  11. قد كاد يَشمتُ بالمهنّدِ في الوغى

    سردُ المعافر فوقَ كُلّ مُجفّفِ

    The Indian-forged sword was nearly gloated over in battle

    By Ma'afir's linked mail upon every armored steed.

  12. يابن الخلائفِ من لُبابِ أميّةٍ

    والمُستقّل بعزِّهِ والمكتفي

    O son of caliphs, of Umayya's choicest stock,

    And you who stand by your own might, sufficient unto yourself:

  13. عُوفيتَ من كلّ الأذى ونعمتَ من

    حُسنٍ وصرفُك وادعُ لم يُعنفِ

    May you be spared all harm, and enjoy

    Goodness, your fortune gentle, never harsh.