قَدِمْتَ بالبِشرِ وبالبَشائِر

وزُرتَنا فحبَّذا من زائرِ

You came with good news and glad tidings,

And visited us, so welcome to the visitor.

وجئت بالخير عليناً مقبلاً

لكلِّ بادٍ ولكلِّ حاضر

And you came with kindness to us,

To each absentee and each one present.

فكنتَ كالمزن همت بماطر

وكنتَ كالرَّوض زها لناظر

You were like the clouds, determined to rain,

And you were like a garden, beautiful to the beholder.

لو نَظَرَ الناظرُ ما صنَعْتَه

نمَّقه بدفتر المفاخر

If the beholder looked at what you have done,

He would compile it in the book of glorious deeds.

أنضيتَ للعمران فُلْكَ همَّةٍ

فَعَمَّرت كلَّ مكانٍ داثر

You launched the ship of lofty determination for development,

And developed every ruined place.

وهذه العمارةُ اليوم لكم

معمورةُ الأَكتاف بالعشائر

And this development today is for you,

The shelter for tribes with glories.

نَظَّمت بالتدبير منط شملها

بناظمٍ للعدلِ غير ناثر

You organized its system with management,

With a unifier of justice, not a scatterer.

وإنَّما دانتْ لحكم عادلٍ

ولم يدن ممتنع لجائر

It only surrendered to the rule of a just one,

And the obstinate did not surrender to an unjust one.

أمَّنْتَها من شرِّ ما ينوبها

بالنَّاس في أمنٍ وخيرٍ وافر

You secured it from the evil that befalls it,

With people in safety, goodness and abundance.

ولم تَخُنْ عهدَ امرئٍ عاهدته

حوشيتَ من عهد الخؤون الغادر

And you did not betray the covenant of one you covenanted with,

You were cautious of the covenant of the treacherous betrayer.

جَبَرْتَ بالإِنصاف كسراً ما له

غيرك فيما بينهم من جابر

You healed with fairness what was broken for it,

None other than you could heal what was between them.

عَفَوْتَ عن كبارهم تكرُّماً

وهذه من شِيَمَ الأَكابر

You forgave their elders out of generosity,

This is of the morals of the greatest.

وقمت في الحكم مقام نامقٍ

وأنت أهدى لذوي البصائر

You took the position of glorious immovable mountains,

While you are more guided than those with insight.

فتارةً تزجر في مواعظٍ

وتارةً تطعن بالزواجر

Sometimes you deter with preachings,

And sometimes you spear with deterrents.

إذا هَزَزْتَ بالبنان قلماً

أغناك عن هزِّ الحسام الباتر

If you shook the pens with your fingers,

It made you not need to shake the blunt swords.

هذا وأنت واحدٌ منفردٌ

تغني عن الأَلْفِ من العساكر

You are one singular being,

Who suffices instead of thousands of soldiers.

يريك رأيٌ بشهاب فطنة

بواطن الأَشياء كالظواهر

An opinion shows you with the brilliance of your wit,

The essence of things as their appearances.

مَلَكْتَ باللُّطفِ رقابَ عُصْبَةٍ

أمْنَع من لَيثٍ هصُور خادر

You conquered with kindness a group,

More impregnable than a roaring, attacking lion.

فكم لكُمْ حينئذٍ من حامدٍ

وكم لكم يومئذٍ من شاكر

So how many at that time will praise you,

And how many at that time will thank you.

عَمَّرتُموها فغدتْ عِمارةً

كما أرَدْتُم لمرادِ الخاطر

You developed it, so it became developed,

As you wished, to the contentment of minds.

فقلْ لمنْ يسأَلُ عن تاريخها

قَدْ عُمِّرت أيَّامَ عبد القادر

So say to whoever asks about its date,

It was developed in the days of Abdul Qadir.