خَليليّ هبّا فالهَنا آبَ وسمهُ

خَليليّ هبّا فالهَنا آبَ وسمهُ

وَمربعُ وحيِ الأنسِ جُدّدَ رسمهُ

وَمربعُ وحيِ الأنسِ جُدّدَ رسمهُ

My two friends, arise: the mark of joy has returned.

My beloved, bestow your bounty, for our time has ripened

And the traces of the abode of fellowship's inspiration are renewed.

And the square of spiritual union has renewed its design

وَأزّر في بيتِ الوزارةِ سيّدٌ

وَأزّر في بيتِ الوزارةِ سيّدٌ

وَليدٌ بدارِ الملكِ يقدمُ جذمهُ

وَليدٌ بدارِ الملكِ يقدمُ جذمهُ

And a noble lord has lent strength within the house of the vizierate,

A chief has girded his loins in the ministry's house

A newborn whose lineage is ancient in the royal house.

A newborn in the king's abode goes forward in his swaddling

وَبكّرَ خيرُ الدينِ باِبنِ محمّدٍ

وَبكّرَ خيرُ الدينِ باِبنِ محمّدٍ

فَما أن يقيهِ العينَ لومٌ يذمُّهُ

فَما أن يقيهِ العينَ لومٌ يذمُّهُ

And Khayr al-Din came early with a son, Muhammad;

The best of faith hastened at the door of Ibn Muhammad

No disparaging reproach shields him from the evil eye.

So what fault can an eye find in him to blame him?

وَهيّب لخيرِ الدينِ أحسب به أباً

وَهيّب لخيرِ الدينِ أحسب به أباً

فَتىً أطيباً بنتُ الوزير هي اِمُّهُ

فَتىً أطيباً بنتُ الوزير هي اِمُّهُ

And for Khayr al-Din—how noble a father!—was made august

I stand in awe of the best of faith—I think him a father,

A most gracious boy; the vizier's daughter is his mother.

A most fragrant youth whose mother is the vizier's daughter

مُعينٌ لخيرِ الدين نجلٌ محمّد

مُعينٌ لخيرِ الدين نجلٌ محمّد

وَخالفهُ الماضي لروقٍ يهمّهُ

وَخالفهُ الماضي لروقٍ يهمّهُ

His son Muhammad is a helper to Khayr al-Din,

An aide to the best of faith, the son of Muhammad,

And his successor, advancing toward a splendor that occupies his thoughts.

And the past opposed him for graces that concerned him,

هِلالٌ لَه آيّ الصدورِ تهلّلت

هِلالٌ لَه آيّ الصدورِ تهلّلت

تبدّى وَبدر الصومِ للأوج تمّهُ

تبدّى وَبدر الصومِ للأوج تمّهُ

A crescent for whom the signs within hearts lit up with joy,

A crescent whose crescents of breasts swayed in trilling,

Appeared as the full moon of fasting reached its fullness at the zenith.

Appeared as the fast’s full moon rose to its zenith.

زَوى رمضانُ المس عنه سعادةً

زَوى رمضانُ المس عنه سعادةً

فَلا بَرِحت أَيديهِ جوداً تعمّهُ

فَلا بَرِحت أَيديهِ جوداً تعمّهُ

Ramadan auspiciously warded off affliction from him;

Ramadan turned aside from him in happiness—

May its hands never cease to envelop him in bounty.

So its hands never ceased in generosity enveloping him.

يُسابِقُ إِقبالَ الربيعِ طروقهُ

يُسابِقُ إِقبالَ الربيعِ طروقهُ

كَما اِفترّ عن نورِ الجنائب كمّهُ

كَما اِفترّ عن نورِ الجنائب كمّهُ

His arrival by night races the approach of spring,

Its coming racing the advance of spring,

As its calyx opened to reveal the blossoms of the southerly winds.

As its totality burst forth from the light of the south winds.

يُكلّمهُ اِستقبالهُ ريعانه

يُكلّمهُ اِستقبالهُ ريعانه

وَينفخُ فيهِ روحَ نمي يعمّهُ

وَينفخُ فيهِ روحَ نمي يعمّهُ

Its fresh bloom speaks to him as it welcomes him,

Its advent hails him, its greenery breathes

And breathes into him a spirit of growth that pervades him.

Into him the spirit of growth that fills him.

فَلا اِنفكّ عَن رعيِ الإله ممتّعاً

فَلا اِنفكّ عَن رعيِ الإله ممتّعاً

بِه آلهُ بلّاغُ أمرٍ يؤمّهُ

بِه آلهُ بلّاغُ أمرٍ يؤمّهُ

May he never be parted from God's care, a source of delight

So he never tires, led by God’s shepherding,

To his family, ever attaining the goal he seeks.

Made His lieutenant through a mandate completing him.

وَلا زالَ إسعادُ الخليفةِ صوبهُ

وَلا زالَ إسعادُ الخليفةِ صوبهُ

تليّا وَإقبالُ الوزيرِ يُتمّهُ

تليّا وَإقبالُ الوزيرِ يُتمّهُ

And may the caliph's support always come his way,

Still the Caliph’s bliss inclines toward him

In constant succession, with the vizier's favor completing it.

And the vizier’s favor persists, perfecting him.

مَصاريعُها لا حشوَ فيها وكلّها

مَصاريعُها لا حشوَ فيها وكلّها

عَلى منهجِ التاريخِ أُسّس رسمهُ

عَلى منهجِ التاريخِ أُسّس رسمهُ

Its hemistichs contain no padding; every one

Its lines contain no padding, all

Has its written form founded on the method of chronograms.

Founded on the path of history that traced his design.