1. رعى المولى مقاماً دام يرقى

    ودام بعين لطف الله موقى

    May the Lord safeguard a station ever rising,

    And may it remain protected by the eye of God's kindness.

  2. وحيّى الله حياًّ دام زاهي

    حماه من سحاب الجود يسقى

    And may God bless a quarter ever flourishing,

    Its sanctuary watered from the clouds of bounty—

  3. حمى حييّمنا ندب تصابت

    به الأرواح والأشباح عشقاً

    The sanctuary of our Ḥayyīm, a noble man for whom

    Souls and bodies alike grow young with love.

  4. خبيرٌ في أمور الدهر فردٌ

    عزيزٌ فايقٌ خَلقا وخُلقا

    A matchless expert in the affairs of the age,

    Esteemed, surpassing in form and character.

  5. فطونٌ فيلسوف الدهر حبرٌ

    على الأحبار طرًّا فاق أفقا

    Keen-witted, the age's philosopher, a scholar

    Who surpassed all scholars in breadth of vision.

  6. أو لو الإنشاء والكتاب جمعاً

    وأصحاب المناقشة والادقا

    The masters of composition and the scribes, all together,

    And masters of scrutiny and precision,

  7. وأرباب الحساب وكل رهطٍ

    بتنميق الدفاتر حاز سبقا

    And masters of arithmetic, and every company

    That won precedence by embellishing ledgers—

  8. جميعُهمُ له بالفضل قرّوا

    وأمسوا في الأنام له أرقا

    All of them acknowledged his excellence,

    And became his bondsmen among mankind.

  9. ترى كم أزهر الديوان فيه

    واشرق بند ناشره محقا

    See how the bureau blossomed through him,

    And its unfurler's banner rightfully shone.

  10. وباهى في كمال الحسن لما

    توّلى ضبطه نصحاً وصدقا

    And gloried in the perfection of beauty when

    He took charge of its management with devotion and sincerity.

  11. له روحي الفدا حرٌّ كريم

    على كل الأكارم قد ترقّى

    My soul be his ransom—a freeborn, generous man,

    Who has risen above all the noblest men.

  12. معاشر آل إسرائيل طرًّا

    به قد فاخرت غرباً وشرقا

    All the communities of the house of Israel

    Have boasted of him in the West and East.

  13. هو العلم العليم بكل علمٍ

    زها وهو المعلم فيه حقا

    He is the luminary, versed in every science,

    He shines, and is truly its master.

  14. همامٌ كم أبداً التبست أمورٌ

    تبرّع نقض مبرمها ونقا

    A man of resolve—time and again, affairs grew tangled,

    He freely unraveled their tightest knots and cleared them.

  15. يفرق جمع أشكال القضايا

    باحكام تحاكي الشهب خرقا

    He sorts the many forms of questions,

    With judgments that pierce like shooting stars.

  16. له عند انعقال الأمر رايٌ

    يخوّل كل راع زاغ محقا

    When a matter is bound fast, he has counsel

    That enables every straying shepherd to act aright.

  17. أبداً شق اليراع أراع اسداً

    ومزق شمل محفلهم وشقا

    Ever, when he splits the reed pen, he strikes terror in lions,

    And rends their assembly's unity, tearing it apart.

  18. ويبكم كل حسانٍ فصيحٍ

    أبداً ما خوَل الأقلام نُطقا

    And silences every eloquent Ḥassān

    Whenever he grants the pens the gift of speech.

  19. فتى كم أمةٍ اَمت حماه

    فراحت من سحاب نداه غرقى

    A youth—how many a people has sought his sanctuary,

    And left drowned by the clouds of his bounty!

  20. يبشرنا بفرقة كل هم

    أبداً ما قد رأينا فيه فرقا

    He brings us glad tidings of every care's departure;

    Never have we seen fear in him.

  21. سمت أطواره وصفا وفاقت

    لطايف خلقه ظرفا ورفقا

    Lofty is the description of his ways, and outstanding

    Are his character's graces in charm and gentleness.

  22. مديح الترك يعرب عن مديحٍ

    سني من بياض الدُرِ أنقى

    Al-Turk's praise gives voice to a panegyric,

    Radiant, purer than the whiteness of pearls.

  23. ويختم داعياً مولاى فانعم

    وطب عيشاً وفق واعتز وأبقا

    And he closes with a prayer: 'My lord, be blessed,

    And live happily, excel, be mighty, and endure!'