ما مات من بعد عبد الواحد الجودُ
وفي بَنيه النجيبُ الشَّهمُ محمودُ
The excellent and generous Abdel Wahid has not died
His noble and proud son Mahmoud remains
ولا فقدنا من الدُّنيا مكارمه
وفي ذراريه ذاك الفضل موجود
We have not lost his generosity in this life
It still exists in his progeny that bounty
والفرع كالأَصل إنْ تزكُ مغارسُه
زكا وأَثمر في أوراقه العود
If its branches are purified, the offspring will thrive
It will prosper and bear fruit on its twigs
لا ينزع الله هذا السّرّ من رجلٍ
فيه السَّعادة والمسعود مسعود
God will not remove this secret from a man
In whom good fortune and felicity reside
قد بارك الله في آل المبارك مذْ
كانوا فمولودهم للخير مولود
God has blessed the family of the blessed since
Their offspring are born for virtue
مطهَّرونَ فلا رجسٌ يدَنِّسُهُمْ
ولا يلمُّ بهم للإِثم تفنيد
They are purified, no filth can defile them
Nor can sinfulness touch them in any way
تأوي إليهم بنو الحاجات راغبة
والمنهل العذب بين النَّاس مورود
Those seeking needs flock to them
The fresh spring is open to all people
وما أرى غيرهم فيمن يناظرهم
من يُسأل الخير أو تطوى له البيد
I see none but them, of those who match them
To ask a favor or extend a hand
نزلتُ فيهم على رَحبٍ أُسَرُّ به
ولي بهم أملٌ بالبرّ موعود
I stay with them in a vast space that delights me
I have hopes of attaining kindness through them
إنْ طوَّقوني بطَوقٍ من مكارمهم
فإنَّهم وثنائي الطَّوق والجيد
Were they to gift me with their noble qualities
They would be my greatest honor and source of pride
تُزانُ غرُّ القوافي كلَّما ذكروا
بما تُزان وتزهو الخرَّدُ الغيد
The short poem meters sing whenever they are mentioned
Like precious gems and pearls on a thread
يا من إذا عُدَّتْ الأَنجاب حينئذٍ
فأَوَّل النَّاس في الأَنجاب معدود
O you, when lineages are recounted
Are first among all people in ancestry
يا ابن الَّذي كنت أرجوه وأمدحه
وشاهدٌ لي أياديه ومشهود
O son of him I hoped for and praised
Whose support was manifest to me
ولا يُرَدُّ مقالي في مدائحه
وفي الأَقاويل مقبول ومردود
None can refute my words praising him
Accepted and well-regarded in all speech
ورثت أخلاقَه اللاّتي سَموْتَ بها
وشِدْتَ ما شاده آباؤك الصّيد
You have inherited his noble traits by which you rose high
And built up what your forefathers erected
سَلَكْتَ كلَّ سبيلٍ كانَ يسلكه
فكلُّ فعلك يا محمود محمودُ
You have walked every path he used to take
So all your deeds, O Mahmoud, are praiseworthy
أبو الخصيب أراك الخصبَ منك له
وأَنْتَ ظلٌّ إليه اليوم ممدود
Abu Al-Khasib, fertility comes to him through you
As you are a shelter extended to him today
أغظتَ كلَّ حَسودٍ أَنْتَ تعرفه
وكلُّ ذي نعمةٍ لا شكَّ محسود
You have frustrated every envious person you know
And surely all who have blessings are envied
الله أبقاك عمَّن قد مضى خَلَفاً
ولي بمدحك تغريد وترديد
May God keep you as a successor to those now gone
While I extol and repeat your praises in verse
وعشتَ بالأُنس طول الدَّهر في رغدٍ
ولا يسوؤك طول الدَّهر تنكيد
And may you live in comfort and plenty forever
With no adversity throughout the ages.
