إِلَيكَ المَعالي تَنتَمي وَالفَضائل

وَمِنكَ إِلى العَليا تَتَم الوَسائل

To you belong the heights and the virtues

And through you to the highest aims are the means fulfilled

وَفيكَ جَميع المُكرمات تَكامَلَت

وَأَنتَ حَليف المَجد في الفَضل كامل

And in you all honorable traits have attained perfection

And you are the ally of glory consummate in merit

وَرَقَت بِكَ الأَيام يا خَير عارف

وَطابَ لَها مِن فَضل جُودك نائل

And through you the days have thrived O best of the knowing

And from your bounty's grace flows what satisfies them

فَلا غرو إِن أَضحَت تُقدم شُكرَها

إِلَيكَ فَفيها مِنكَ تَزهو الفَضائل

No wonder that they have come to offer thanks

To you, for in them from you virtues gleam

وَكَيفَ وَقَد خَلدت فيها مَعارفاً

تَكون لَكُم عِندَ الفَخار دَلائل

And how could it not when you've immortalized therein cognizance

To be for you evidence of pride when you take stock

وَأَحييت مِنها دارس العلم بَعدَما

تَوارَت عَن الأَذهان مِنهُ المسائل

And you've revived through it the pursuers of knowledge after

From minds questions of it had faded and were hidden

وَشيدت فيها كُل مَجد مؤثل

جَميل بِهِ أَضحت تُزان المَحافل

And erected in it every grace embellished

Lovely, by it you've made level the gatherings

فَيا مَن تَروم الجد في درك فَضله

وَدُرك مَعاليه وَما هُوَ فاعل

So O you who intend seriousness in attaining his merit

And attain the heights along with what he can accomplish

تَنحى وَأَقصر عَن مناك فَإِنَّهُ

بَعيد مَنال ما تَرى وَتُحاول

Step aside and desist from aspiring to his heights for verily

Remote is the reach of what you perceive and struggle for

وَذاكَ عَلى حاز كُل فَضيلة

وَنال عُلواً لَم تَنله الأَوائل

And that one has gathered every virtue

And attained a loftiness the ancients never attained

وَدانَت لَهُ العَليا وَمَدَت لَهُ يَدَاً

تَروم حِماهُ فَهُوَ عَنها يُناضل

And to him have submitted the heights and extended to him a hand

Seeking his protection yet from it he wrestles

كَما أَنني أَصبَحت أَرجوه طالِباً

وَفاء توعد كانَ مِنهُ وَحاصل

Just as I have come to hope for loyalty's fulfillment

Of a promise that was made and binding between us

فَإِن زَماني قَد جَنى بِصُروفه

عَلى وَهَذا الشَهم بِالحُكم عادل

For time has afflicted me with its twists and turns

And this magnanimous one rules with justice

فَجئتك يا باشا لا حظى بِنيتي

وَفَضلك مَشهور مِنكَ المَناهل

So I have come to you O Pasha unrequited of my aim

And your known quality is to let flow the springs

فَحقق رَجائي بِالأَماني وَالمُنى

فَإِن زَماني بِالوَفاء يُماطل

So fulfil my hopes through wishes and purpose

For my times with loyalty are slow to respond

فَدام عُلاكُم لا عدمنا بِهاءكم

مَدى الدَهر حَتّى لا تَغيب الشَمائل

May your sublime endure never without your splendor

As long as time endures before graces vanish

وَقلت بِمَدحي في جَميل صِفاتَكُم

إِنيك المَعالي تَنتَمي وَالفَضائل

And I've said in praise of your traits' beauty

To you belong the heights and the virtues