تَيَمَّن بِها مِن غُرَّةٍ نورُها الشَمسُ

أَنارَت دجى الأَيامِ فارتفَعَ اللَبس

I sought good omens in her, her light being the sun

It illuminated the gloom of days, so confusion departed

وَأَلمِم بمُغني دَولَةٍ ناصِرِيَّةٍ

تَكنَّفَها الاقبالُ وَالنَصرُ وَالأُنسُ

And I bandaged with a singer from Dawlat al-Nasiriyyah

Good fortune, victory and intimacy enveloped her

تَولّى لَها التَدبيرَ أَروَعُ ماجدٌ

كَثيرُ التَوقّي شَأنُهُ الجودُ وَالبَأسُ

The best leader undertook her administration

Abundant in caution, his traits being generosity and valor

وَمَن يَكُ سَيفُ الدينِ نائِبَ مُلكِهِ

يَنَم وَجُفونُ الدَهرِ عَن مُلكِهِ نُعسُ

And whoever is Sword of the Faith, his deputy

While the eyelids of time sleep from his kingdom, drowsy

أَميرٌ خَبيرٌ ذو وَغىً وَسِياسَةٍ

تَغايرَ في عَليائِهِ الطَرف وَالطِرسُ

A wise commander, with fury and politics

In his loftiness, softness and hardness intermingled

كَأَنَّ الوَرى جِسمٌ لَدَيكَ شِفاؤُهُ

وَأَمرُكَ في تَدبيرِهِ الروحُ وَالنَفسُ

As though the creation is a body, its cure being through you

And your governance of it being the soul and breath

إِلَيهِ اِنتَمَت كُلُّ المَكارِمِ وَاِنتَهَت

فَبِالشَخصِ مِنهُ يَفخَرُ النَوعُ وَالجِنسُ

To him belonged all honorable deeds and they ended

So through his person his breed and genus pride themselves

مُميت نُفوسٍ إِن عَصَت وَمُفيدُها

إِذا ما أَطاعَت فَهوَ يجرح أَو يَأسُو

Deadly to souls if they disobey, beneficial to them

If they obey, so he either wounds or repairs

يقَصِّرُ عَن إِدراكِهِ كُلُّ واصفٍ

وَلَو أَنَّهُ بَكرٌ وَساعدهُ قَسُّ

Every describer falls short of grasping him

Even if he strains and his helper tugged