كرِّموا الفضل في رحيب مكانِهْ

وأجلُّوه في خصيب زمانِهْ

Honor excellence in its spacious abode

And revere it in its fertile time

واذكروا صاحب السماحة فينا

من يديه والوحي من وجدانه

And remember the man of generosity among us

Whose hands were inspired and whose heart was enlightened

شاعر الدولة الحريص على الدو

لة في سرّه وفي إعلانه

The poet of the state, zealous for the state

In private and in public

واذكروا عدله وإحسانه في

مرتضى حكمه وفي سلطانه

And remember his justice and kindness

In the authority he approved and in his sultanate

والسجايا الحسان للسيد الكا

مل في بيته وفي ديوانه

And good qualities pleasing to the perfect master

In his house and in his office

ووفاء الإلف الذي فقد الإل

فَ فكان الكريم في أحزانه

And the loyalty of companionship that lost companionship

So the generous one was in his sorrows

وطوى الخافقين يسأل عنها

وهي في قلبه وفي أجفانه

With eyelids that concealed their weeping

And a heart that held its pain

كاد من شدة الأسى يهجر العا

لم لولا العزاء في إيمانه

He almost abandoned the world from intense grief

Were it not for the solace of his faith

وكأن الأشجان في كل نفس

هي من شجوه ومن أشجانه

It was as if the grief in every soul

Came from his own sorrow and anguish

لم يضع صبرُهُ على الخطب فيها

ما لها من حنوّه وحنانه

His patience with misfortunes did not waver

Due to his affection and tenderness for them

أكبروا الأسرة التي أنجبته

علماً في جلاله وبيانه

Honor the family that bore him

With knowledge in his majesty and eloquence

والذي ناله من الملك الصا

لحِ أجر الصنيع من رضوانه

And what he attained from the righteous king

Is the reward of beneficence from His approval

لقب الرتبة التي هي حق ال

علم في ذمة الحمى وضمانه

The title he deserved through his knowledge

Protected by zeal and commitment

شرف الشعر في الحمى أن يكون ال

شعراء السراة من أعيانه

Poetry was ennobled under his protection

With poets ranked among the elite

وسمو النبوغ أن يجد النا

بغ مثل العزيز من أقرانه

The glory of genius is to find

A peer like the precious one among his comrades

وإذا ما تمكن الملك في الأر

ض لقوم فالشعر من أركانه

When a king rules the land

Poetry becomes one of his pillars

وهو للملك في مكان اللآلي

واليواقيت من عُلا تيجانه

It has the king's esteem like rubies

And sapphires in the crown's heights

وأجل الغزاة من فتح الأم

صار منهم بعقله ولسانه

The greatest conquerors who opened lands

Did so with their minds and tongues

يا صحاب العزيز في سيرتيه

ورفاق العزيز في ميدانه

O companions of the precious one in his conduct

And comrades of the precious one in his domain

جمعتكم قربى الوزير إليه

في الرواء المشهود من بنيانه

My kinship to the minister brought you together

In well-known harmony built from its foundation

والتقيتم له وفيّين بالعه

دين في عيده وفي مهرجانه

And you came to him, faithful to the covenants

At his feast and ceremony

من بساتينكم أتى يأخذ اليو

م كما تأخذون من بستانه

From your gardens he came to take

As you take from his garden

فلكم من حديثه ما اشتهيتم

ولكم ما اشتهيتمُ من خُوانه

You have from his words what you desired

And whatever you desired of his companions

ولكم من صديق قيس ولبنى

محكمات ابتداعه وافتنانه

You have an eloquent Qays and Bu Naym

The innovations of his creation and fascination

بعث العاشقين بعد البلى بي

ن أساطير فنِّه وعيانه

He sent the lovers after ruin

Among the legends of his art and reality

وأعادت حياة عباسة قد

رته بين فكره وبنانه

And restored the life of Abbasa

Between his thought and composition

تحفة في محاسن الخلد جاءت

من مقاصيره وفي ألحانه

A masterpiece of eternal splendor

From his manuscripts and melodies

رب ذكرى أعادت الميت حياً

في جديد الثياب من أكفانه

Like the memory that revived the dead

In new garb from their shroud

يا عزيز الوادي زمانك هذا

في سلام الوادي وفي اطمئنانه

O beloved of the valley, your time is now

In the valley's peace and tranquility

وجد اليوم أهله والتقى في

ك الأديب الغريب في أوطانه

Today it found its people, and in you

The cultured stranger met his homeland

واستوى في النجوم من بعد ما كا

ن الخفي المجهول في عرفانه

And rose among the stars after obscurity

Unknown in his knowledge

شاعر العصر أنت وهو اعتراف

لك من شيبه ومن شبانه

You are the poet of the age, it acknowledges

From its elders and youth

وأنا المخلص الذي كلُّ ما ير

ضيك في وسعه وفي إمكانه

And I am the loyal one who does all he can

To please you, within his capacity