الحمد لله قد سرت بك الأمم

والمجد عوفى مذ عوفيت والكرم

Praise be to Allah, you have delighted the nations,

And glory has rewarded you since you were rewarded, and generosity

لك الهنا ونهني فيك انفسنا

اذا سلمت فكل الناس قد سلموا

You are our joy, and we congratulate ourselves in you

When you are safe, all people are safe

وعدت بالامن في خير وعافيه

وزال عنك الى اعدائك السقم

And you have brought security in prosperity and well-being

And illness has gone from you to your enemies

وجئت كالغيث فابتلت جوانحها

وعمها الاجودان الفضل والنعم

And you came like rain, so you wet its wings

And it was filled with the most generous rivers of grace and blessings

وكان عودك عبدا واعتياد هنا

صباحه عنه ثغر البشر يبتسم

And your return was a servant and getting used to being here

Its morning from it the smile of glad tidings

وحزت في فلك العلياء منزلة

بالسعد ما نالها عرب ولا عجم

And you have taken residence in the orbit of the eminent

With happiness that no Arab or foreigner attained

وقمت في منصب اعلامه رفعت

مجدا لانك فيه المفرد العلم

And you stood in the position of its banners raised

Glory for you are the singular scholar

وكنت بالله في مسراك معتصما

ولم يخب من بحبل الله يعتصم

And you held fast to Allah in your joy

And whoever clings to Allah's rope will not fail

وصلت صولة ليث ما جد يقظ

بهمة عندها تستصغر الهمم

And you attacked with the pounce of an alert lion

With ambition before which ambitions are made small

وخصك الله بالرأي السديد وقد

اطاعك الماضيان السيف والقلم

And Allah has privileged you with sound judgment and

The past and the future—the sword and the pen—obey you

اقسمت انك في العلياء واحدها

وقد كفاك وحق الله ذا القسم

I swear you are peerless among the eminent

And by God's truth that oath suffices

وان جودك جود غير مكتسب

عليه قد دلت الاخلاق والشيم

And your generosity is an unearned generosity

To which manners and qualities have born witness

شكرا لايديك من ايدا لفت بها

بذل النوال ومنها ينبع الكرم

Thanks to your hands from hands that have tied

The bestowal of gifts from which generosity flows

ابد اذا ما همت جودا سحائبها

ثقل عند عطايا جودها الديم

Forever, whenever its clouds have intended generosity

The weight of its abundant generosity is invaluable

مولاي يا حرما تأوي اليه ومن

نأتي الى بيته سعيا ونزدحم

My master, O sanctuary where we resort

Seeking shelter we hustle and crowd to his house

ومن عطاياه عنها ليس يأخذه

حاشاه كل ولا من ولا سلم

And from his gifts about which none can take

Anything—God forbid—without request or peace

خذها اليك قصيدا لا نظير لها

بديعة الوصف حلى درها الكلم

Take it to yourself as an unmatched poem

Marvelous in description, the word is its adornment

فريدة لمعاني الحسن جامعة

موشعاً نظمها واللفظ منسجم

Unique in meanings of beauty, comprehensive,

Its prosody well-arranged and the diction harmonious

نظمتها بك درا في مدائحها

والدر ليس بغير التاج ينتظم

I crafted it for you, a pearl in its praises

And pearls are not but by crowns given order

يتيمة وبها فقر لعل اذا

ما صال جودك عنها الفقر ينهزم

An orphan, and in it poverty, so perhaps if

Your generosity asks after it, the poverty will be defeated

فاستجلها مدحة وافى السرور بها

وطاب مفتتح منها ومختتم

So receive it, a praise that has fulfilled gladness

And the beginning and end of it are pleasant

لا زال سعدك بالاقبال متصلا

مجدداً كل يوم ليس ينصرم

May your good fortune continue, progressing

Each day made anew, not ceasing

ودمت بالامن في حفظ وفي دعة

والدهر عبد لكم ايامه خدم

And may you remain in security, protected and comfortable

And time is your servant, its days are your servants