نُصِرتَ عَلى الأَعداءِ فَليَهنِكَ النَصرُ
وَدانَت لَكَ الدُنيا وَذَلَّ لَكَ الدَهرُ
You were granted victory over the foes—may that victory bring you joy!
The world has submitted to you, and time itself is humbled before you.
فَأَنتَ كَإِقبالِ الشَبيبَةِ وَالصِبا
تَطيبُ بِكَ الدُنيا وَيَنعَمِرُ العُمرُ
For you are like the advent of youth and its first bloom:
through you the world grows sweet, and life flourishes.
وَلَيسَ كِرامُ الناسِ إِلّا كَواكِباً
عَلى صَفحَتَي لَيلٍ وَأَنتَ لَهُم بَدرُ
The noble among men are nothing but stars
upon the twofold face of night, while you are their full moon.
وَفي الناسِ أَجوادٌ كَثيرٌ وَإِنَّما
أُولَئِكَ أَثمادٌ وَأَنتَ لَهُم بَحرُ
Among men are many who are generous, yet
those are but scant pools, while you are their sea.
فَإِن أَظلَمَ الأَحداثُ وَاِسوَدَّ لَونُها
فَهُم شَفَقٌ فيها وَأَنتَ بِها فَجرُ
If events grow dark and their hue turns black,
they are twilight amid them, while you are the dawn.
أَبا قاسِمٍ فَخراً عَلى المَجدِ وَالعُلا
فَإِنَّ العُلا رَوضٌ وَأَنتَ بِهِ زَهرُ
O Abu Qasim, a glory surpassing glory and lofty rank—
for loftiness is a garden, and you are its blossom.
غَدَت أَرضُنا مِنكُم سَماءً مُظِلَّةً
لَها أَنجُمٌ مِن زُهرِ أَخلاقِكُم زُهرُ
Through you, our earth has become an overarching sky,
with radiant stars sprung from the blossoms of your virtues.
كَأَنَّكَ في خَدِّ الزَمانِ تَوَرُّدٌ
وَفي فَمِهِ ضِحكٌ وَفي وَجهِهِ بِشرُ
It is as though you were the blush upon the cheek of time,
laughter in its mouth and gladness upon its face.
فَمَن يَكُ مَمدوحاً بِنَظمٍ نَصوغُهُ
فَإِنَّكَ مَمدوحٌ بِكَ النَظمُ وَالنَثرُ
Whoever else is praised through verse that we fashion,
you are the one through whom both verse and prose are praised.
وَإِن يَكُ بَعضُ الأَكرَمينَ يَعُقُّني
فَإِنَّكَ مَدُّ البَحرِ إِن أَخلَفَ القَطرُ
And if some of the noblest should treat me unkindly,
you are the sea’s swelling tide when the rain fails.
Sol 5.6