1. أُهدي أبا العباسِ

    مَلِكَ الندى والباسِ

    I offer Abu al-Abbas,

    king of generosity and valor,

  2. ثوب السماء لأنه

    بدرٌ بدا للنّاسِ

    the robe of the sky, for he is

    a full moon appearing to the people.

  3. فَلَقُ الصباح بوجهه

    عوَّذْتُه بالناسِ

    Daybreak shines in his face;

    I invoked protection for him with “Mankind.”

  4. يكسو إماماً لم يزل

    بحلى المحامد كاسِ

    It clothes an imam who has ever been

    clad in the ornaments of virtue.

  5. فيا له من مرتدٍ

    ثوب التقى لبّاسِ

    What a wearer he is,

    ever clad in the robe of piety!

  6. أذيالُهُ في حمده

    مسكِيَّةُ الأنفاسِ

    Its hems, in praising him,

    breathe the fragrance of musk.

  7. وبطرزه مدحٌ زَرَى

    بالمدح في القرطاسِ

    And in its embroidery is praise that has cast scorn

    upon the praise on paper.

  8. إن كنت في لون السما

    ءِ بنسبة وقياسِ

    If I resemble the sky in color,

    by affinity and comparison,

  9. فلأنت يا بدر العلا

    شرّفْتَني بلباسِ

    then you, O full moon of glory,

    have honored me by wearing me.

  10. أنا منشد ما في وقو

    فِكَ ساعةً من باسِ

    I recite: in your standing

    for an hour, there is no harm,

  11. لترى رياضاَ أَطلعت

    زهراً على أجناسِ

    so you may see gardens that have brought forth

    flowers of many kinds.

  12. أوراقها توريقها

    بقضيبها الميّاسِ

    Their leaves are their leafy tracery,

    wrought with their gracefully swaying branch.

  13. ومن المديح مدامتي

    ومن المحابر كاسي

    And my wine is drawn from praise,

    and my cup from the inkwells.

  14. فالله يمتع لابسي

    بالبشر والإيناسِ

    So may God grant my wearer delight

    in gladness and companionship.