السَعدُ أَقبَلَ حامِلاً دُرَرَ الثَنا
ليَعُمَّ حَضرَتَكَ الفَخيمَةَ بِالهَنا
Good fortune came bearing gems of praise
To fill your noble presence with joy
وَيَخُصّ ذاتَكَ بِالمَسَرَّةِ بالَّذي
كُنّا نَتوقُ لِنَيلِهِ مُذ أَزمُنا
And endow you specially with happiness through that
Which we have longed to obtain since times past
مَطَلَ الزَمانُ بِهِ كَوَعد حَبيبَة
حَتّى أَشَرتَ لَهُ فَلَبّى مُعلِنا
Time lingered with it like a lover's promise
Until you signaled to it, so it obeyed, announcing
وَأَتى كَأَخلاقٍ حُبيتَ بِنَيلها
شَهِدَت بأنَّ عُلاكَ أَطيَبُ مَعدِنا
And it came with virtues you were loved for obtaining
Your loftiness witnessed as the most fragrant mine
مَلأ القُلوبَ منَ السُرورِ وَطابَ في
أَسماعَنا وَأَقَرَّ مِنّا الأعيُنا
It filled hearts with joy and tasted good
In our hearing, pleasing our eyes
هَل صاحِ تُبصِرُ غَيرَ ثَغرٍ باسِمٍ
لَولا المَهابَةُ قالَ يا ساقِ اِسقِنا
Does any voice cry but lovers drunk with rapture
If not for propriety, saying "give us drink!"
أَو غَيرَ جَذلانٍ سَرى بِحَبيبَه
ماءُ الحَيا فاِرتاحَ زَهواً وَاِنثَنى
Other than the supple walking proudly with their beloved
The water of life, relaxing, bending
أَو غَيرَ مُنذَهِلٍ لِزينَة مَشهَدٍ
يَتلو بِهِ سورَ الكِتابِ مُحَصِّنا
Other than one enraptured by the adornment of the scene
Chanting verses of scripture like a fortress
أَو غَيرَ أَفواجٍ تَروحُ وَتَغتَدي
فَمُؤَمِّلاً وَمُؤَمِّناً وَمُؤَمَّنا
Other than throngs going and returning
Hopeful, faithful, secured
أَو غَيرَ داعٍ لِلوَزير وَلابنِهِ
وَلآله بِبُلُوغِ غاياتِ المُنى
Other than one calling upon the minister, his son
And his family to attain the ends of desire
الأَكبَرِ المَولى الحُلاحَلِ مُصطَفى
قَيدَ النَواظِرِ وَالثَنا وَالأَعيُنا
The Greatest, my Master Al-Hilali Mustafa
Who has bound gazes, praise, and eyes
بِشَمائِلٍ وَفَضائِلٍ وَفَواضل
أَعيا تَتَبّعُها المُجيدَ المُحسَنا
With attributes, merits and glories
Lofty deeds that the excellent doer pursues
شِم ذاتَهُ العُليا وَحد عَن كُلِّ مَن
يَروي المَديحَ مُحَدِّثاً وَمُعَننعا
Sense his lofty essence and limit those
Who improvise praise, talking endlessly
وَمُشَبَّهٍ بِالبَدرِ أَو بالقَطر أَو
بالبَحرِ وَالدر النَفيسِ المُجتَنَى
And comparing him to the full moon or a drop
Or the sea and precious collected pearls
شِيَمُ الوَزيرِ تَفوقُ ذاكَ وَشاهِدي
أَبداهُ رَبّي لِلعَيانِ فَحَسبُنا
The minister's traits surpass that, and my witness for me
Is my Lord showing him plainly, which suffices
أَنِطاقَ خَصرِ المُلكِ دُرَّةَ تاجِهِ
يا ذُخرَهُ الباقي الأَعَزّ المُقتَنى
The waist of the kingdom, the crown's jewel
His lasting treasure, most dear possession
وَنِظامَ مَحفِلِهِ وَسَيفَ يَمينهِ
وَفَخارَهُ السامي العَلي الأَصوَنا
The system of his council, the sword of his right hand
His lofty, sublime, protected pride
يَهنيكَ دُرَّةُ عِقدِ مُلكٍ ضَمَّها
الفَحلُ السَريُّ حَسناءَ لاقَت أَحسَنا
The pearl of a kingdom's necklace congratulates you
The excellent, esteemed knight, the handsomest of the handsome
الأَسعَدُ الأَرضى الحُسامُ المُنتَضى
أَبهى وَأَكمَلُ مَن تَسَمّى وَاكتَنى
The most fortunate, content, sword of attainment
Most splendid and perfect named and attained
في طالِعِ السَعدِ القَمينِ بأن تُرى
أَنجالُهُم مِثلَ الكَواكِبِ في السَنا
In the rising of the auspicious stars that you may see
Their children like stars in brilliance
وَأَفَضتَ يَومَينِ سجالَ نَوالكُم
في المُعتَقينَ فَكُلُّهُم نالَ الغِنى
And you overflowed for two days with your register
Freeing all, each attaining wealth
وَغَمَرتَهُم بالجودِ قَبلَ سُؤَالهِم
لِلَّهِ دَرَّكَ كَيفَ لَو قالوا اِعطنا
Flooding them with generosity before their request
By God, your worth! As if they said "give to us!"
وَرَقَعتَ لِلأَزواجِ ما قَد عاقَهُم
عَن لُبسِ أَثوابِ الغِنى ثَوبَ العَنا
And you mended for the couples what destitution had prevented
From wearing the garb of wealth, the cloth of bliss
وَجَمَعتَ شَملاً لِلمُهَيمِنِ خالِصاً
أَضحى بِشُكرِكَ في البَريَّةِ مُعلِنا
And you united a kinship for the protected sincerely
Who by thanking you proclaimed in the lands
فَرِحَت بِهِ الأَحياءُ في عَرصاتِهِم
وَسَرى السُرورُ بِهِ إِلى أَهلِ الفَنا
The living rejoiced in its plains
And joy flowed with it to the people of eternity
جازَاكَ مَن أَولاكَ خُلقاً رائِقاً
وَهوَ المَليّ فَكُن بِذا مُتَيَقِّنا
May He who granted you fine manners reward you
For He is the Ruler, so be certain of this
وَإِلَيكَها غَرّاءَ لَو قالوا لَها
مَن فازَ في يَومِ الهَنا قالَت أَنا
And to you the deluded ones, if they say
"Who won on the day of joy?" She would say "I!"
ما ضَرَّها حَسَدُ الضَرائِر إِذ أَتَت
مِن أَوَّلِ الخُدّامِ مُحكَمَةَ البِنا
No harm from the envy of the wretched ones when she came
From the very first servants, solidly built
تَتلوا قَديمَ فَخارِكُم وَحَديثَهُ
إِذ كانَ فِكري مِن عُلاكَ تَلَقَّنا
Reciting your old and new pride
Since my thoughts from your eminence were derived
دُم سَيِّدي في نِعمَةٍ وَسَعادَة
ما أَنشَدَ الشادي القَريضَ وَلَحَّنا
My lord lives in bounty and bliss
That the poet never sang or composed
بِمُحَمَّدٍ وَبآلِهِ وَبصَحبِهِ
وَبِمَن بأخذِ طَريقِهِم نالَ المُنى
By Muhammad, his family, his companions
And those who attained wishes by following their path
