1. هَدَايَا النَّاسِ مِنْ زَهْرِ الجنَانِ

    وَمَا أَهْدِيهِ مِنْ زَهْرِ الجَنَانِ

    People's gifts are flowers from gardens,

    And what I give comes from the flowers of the heart.

  2. جَمِلُكَ سَابِقٌ وَعَلَيَّ شُكْرٌ

    أَجَبْتُ إِلَيْهِ قَلْبِي إِذْ دَعَانِي

    Your kindness came first, and thanks are due from me;

    I heeded my heart when it called me to it.

  3. وَتُسْعِدُنِي السَّوَانِحُ فِي وَفَائِي

    لإِخْوَانِي الكِرَامِ وَذَاكَ شَانِي

    And happy chances aid me in my loyalty

    To my noble brothers; that is my way.

  4. فَمِنْ مَمْطُورِ وُدِّكَ فِي فُؤَادِي

    جَنِي هَذِي التَّهَانِيءِ فِي التَّهَانِي

    From your affection, showered upon my heart,

    Comes the harvest of these congratulations among congratulations.

  5. تُدَارُ فَمَا تَضُنُّ عَلَى النَّدَامَى

    بِسُرِّ الرَّاحِ فِي غُرِّ الأَوَانِي

    They are passed around, withholding nothing from the drinking companions

    Of wine's delight in gleaming vessels.

  6. وَرُبَّ هَدِيَّةٍ رَاعَتْ جَمَالاً

    وَلَمْ تَكُ بِالنُّضَارِ وَلا الجُمَانِ

    And many a gift has dazzled by its beauty,

    Though it was neither gold nor pearls.

  7. أَيَظْفَرُ فِي الكَرَائِمِ مِنْ حِجَارٍ

    بِلُطْفِ الحَسِّ أَوْ ظَرْفِ المَعَانِي

    Can one find among the choicest stones

    The delicacy of feeling or the grace of meanings?

  8. وَهَلْ تَسْمُو المَصُوغَاتُ الغَوَالِي

    إِلَى طُرُقِ البَدِيعِ أَوِ البَيَانِ

    And do costly fashioned jewels rise

    To the paths of poetic artistry or eloquence?

  9. لِعُرْسِ فَتَاتِكَ المَشْهُورِ يَوْمٌ

    غَدَا بِرُوائِهِ عُرْسَ الزَّمَانِ

    The day of your daughter's celebrated wedding

    Became, in its splendor, the wedding of Time.

  10. عَلَى ذِكْرَاهُ تَصْطَفِقُ القَوَافِي

    كَمَا اصْطَفَقَتْ بُنُودُ المَهْرَجَانِ

    At its remembrance the rhymes flutter,

    As the festival's banners fluttered.

  11. أَعِزَّةُ مِصْرَ مُحْتَشِدُونَ فِيهِ

    وَرَبَّاتُ الكَمَالِ مِنَ الغَوَانِي

    Egypt's distinguished people are gathered there,

    And ladies of perfection among the beauties.

  12. وَيَعْقِدُ أَوْلِيَاءُ الله عَقْداً

    يَزِيدُ جَلالَهُ قُدْسُ المَكَانِ

    And God's holy men tie a marriage bond

    Whose majesty the sanctity of the place increases.

  13. يُبَارِكَ لِلْحِجَى وَالطُّهْرِ فِيهِ

    وَقَدْ ضَمَّتْهَا حِلَّةُ الاقْتِرَانِ

    Within it, wisdom and purity are blessed,

    Now that the robe of marriage has enfolded her.

  14. تُزَفُّ إِلَى نَجِيبٍ أَلِمَعِيٍّ

    شَأْى وَرِهَانُهُ أَسْمَى رِهَانِ

    She is led as a bride to a noble, keen-witted man

    Who has outstripped others, his contest the loftiest of contests.

  15. مَلِيكَا سَاعَةٍ فِي عَرْشِ فَأْلٍ

    أَقَامَتْهُ لِسَعْدِهِمَا الأَمَانِي

    Two sovereigns for an hour upon an auspicious throne,

    Which wishes have raised for their happiness.

  16. تُحِيطُ بِهِ الحَوَاشِي مِنْ عَذَارَى

    شَبَائِهِ بِالمَلائِكَةِ الحِسَانِ

    Around it stand attendants, maidens

    Resembling beautiful angels.

  17. وَتَكْلأُهُ العِنَايَةُ وَهْيَ تَرْنُو

    بِعَيْنِ أَبٍ عَلَى وَلَدَيْهِ حَانِ

    And Providence guards it, gazing

    With the eye of a father tender toward his two children.

  18. هُنَاكَ رَأَيْتُ تَوْفِيقاً وَعَهْدِي

    بِهِ ثَبُتاً كَرَاسِيةِ الرعَانِ

    There I saw Tawfiq, whom I had known

    To be steadfast as immovable mountain peaks.

  19. أَلانَ الرِّفْقُ جَانِبَهُ وَذَلَّتْ

    مَدَامِعُهُ الأَبِيَّةُ مِنْ حَنَانِ

    Gentleness softened his manner, and humbled

    His proud, tearful eyes through tenderness.

  20. فَهَذَا مِنْ مَوَاقِفِهِ وَفِيهَا

    ضُرُوبُ الفَخْرِ أَشْجَى مَا شَجَانِي

    This, among his moments—and they contain

    Many kinds of glory—moved me most deeply.

  21. أَنَادِرَةُ الرِّجَالِ نُهًى وَعِلْماً

    وَنُضْجاً بِاليَرَاعَةِ وَاللِّسَانِ

    O marvel among men in intellect and knowledge,

    And in maturity with pen and tongue,

  22. بِلَتْ مِنْكَ الوِزَارَةُ لَوْذَعِيّاً

    حَكِيماً فِي الصَّلابَةِ وَاللِّيَانِ

    Ministerial office proved you a keen-witted man,

    Wise in firmness and gentleness,

  23. حَلِماً لَيْسَ تُخْطِيءُ نَاظِرَيْهِ

    عَوَاقِبَ مَا يُعَالِجُ أَوْ يَعَانِي

    Forbearing: his eyes never miss

    The consequences of what he handles or endures.

  24. يُصَرِّفُهَا بآيَاتِ اقْتِدَارٍ

    لَهَا شَهِدَ الأَقَاصِي وَالأَدَانِي

    He manages them with signs of mastery

    To which those far and near have borne witness.

  25. وَجَرَّدَتِ النَّيَابَةُ مِنْكَ نَصْلاً

    كَلِيلاً دُونَهُ النَّصْلُ اليَمَانِي

    And deputyship unsheathed in you a blade,

    Beside which the Yemeni blade is blunt.

  26. يَحُلُّ المَعْضِلاتِ مِنَ القَضَايَا

    وَفِيهِ لِنُجْحِهَا أَوْفَى ضَمَانِ

    It resolves the difficult questions in cases,

    And in it lies the fullest guarantee of their success.

  27. وَمَحَّصَتِ التَّجَارِبُ أَيَّ نَدْبٍ

    لَهُ فِي كُلِّ مَفْخَرَةٍ يَدَانِ

    And trials have proved what a champion you are,

    With both hands in every glorious undertaking.

  28. مَعَرُّ صِنَاعَةٍ وَمُقِيلُ فَنٍّ

    وَقَوَّامٌ عَلَى أَرْضٍ وَبَانِ

    A patron of industry and a rescuer of art,

    And a steward of land and a builder.

  29. طَرَائِقُ فِي سَبِيلِ المَجْدِ شَتَّى

    رَفَعْنَكَ بَيْنَ أَعْلامِ الأَوَانِ

    Varied paths along the road to glory

    Have raised you among the great figures of the age.

  30. فَإِنْ أَقُلِ انْفَرَدْتَ فَرُبَّ زَهْرٍ

    بِكَ ابْتَدَأَتْ وَلَيْسَتْ بِالثَّوانِي

    If I say you are unique, many blossoms

    Began with you, yet are not of lesser rank.

  31. كَوَاكِبُ بَيْتِكُمْ نَسَقٌ وَأَدْنَى

    إِلَى عَيْنيَّ مِنْهَا نّيِّرَانِ

    The stars of your household form an ordered array; nearer

    To my eyes among them are two luminaries.

  32. إِذَا اسْتَوَتِ النُّجُومُ سَنىً وَقَدْراً

    فَابْرَزُ مَا نَرَاهُ مَا يُدَانِي

    When stars are equal in radiance and rank,

    The most prominent we see are those nearby.

  33. وَيَذْكُرُ فَرْقَداً مَنْ لا يُسَمَّى

    وَبالأَفْرَادِ يَعْنِي الفَرْقَدَانِ

    And one who remains unnamed mentions a Farqad,

    And in naming one, he means the two Farqads.

  34. أَعِرْنِي بَعْضَ مَا بِكَ مِنْ ذَكَاءٍ

    لَهُ لَمَحُ الدَّرَارِي فِي العَنَانِ

    Lend me some of the brilliance you possess,

    With its flash of radiant stars in the sky,

  35. وَمِنْ خَطَرَاتِ ذَاكَ الفِكْرِ تَجْرِي

    بِهَا الفَطَرَاتُ مِنْ تِلْكَ البَنَانِ

    And some passing thoughts of that mind: there flow

    Through them spontaneous creations from those fingers.

  36. أُصَرِّحُ عَنْ وَلاءٍ لَمْ يَضِرْهُ

    تَقَادُمُهُ بِأَبْلَغِ تُرْجُمَانِ

    I openly declare a loyalty unharmed

    By its age, through the most eloquent interpreter.

  37. وَأَبْعَثُهَا شَوَارِدَ فِيكَ تَزْرِي

    بِرَنَّاتِ المَثَالِثِ وَالمَثَانِي

    And send them forth as wandering verses about you, shaming

    The ringing of the third and second strings.

  38. مُخَلِّدَةٌ مَنَاقِبُكَ اللَّوَاتِي

    بَلَغْتَ بِهُنَّ غَايَةَ الافْتِنَانِ

    Your virtues make you immortal—those

    Through which you reached the height of versatility.

  39. غَرَائِبُ فِي تَأَلُّفِهَا مَثَارٌ

    لإِعْجَابِ النُّفُوسِ وَالافْتِنَانِ

    Marvels whose harmony is a source

    Of souls' admiration and fascination.

  40. إِذَا مَا رَوْضَةٌ طَابَتْ فَحَدِّثْ

    عَنِ الأَغْرَاسِ فِيهَا وَالمَجَانِي

    When a garden is delightful, speak

    Of the plantings within it and its harvests.

  41. لِتَكْثُرْ فِي مَنَازِلِكَ الدَّوَاعِي

    إِلَى الأَفْرَاحِ فِي آنٍ فَآنِ

    May occasions abound in your homes

    For joys, time after time,

  42. وَدَهْرُكَ مُقْبِلٌ وَالعَيْشُ رَغْدٌ

    كَمَا تَهْوَى وَسَرْبُكَ فِي أَمَانِ

    And may your days prosper and life be abundant,

    As you desire, and your flock be safe.