بُرجٌ تَجَلّى بِالمسَرَّةِ وَالهَنا

وَبَدا بِما بهرَ العُيونَ منَ السَنى

A tower gleaming with joy and delight

Appearing with what dazzles the eyes of time

وَسَما عَلى شَرَفٍ مُريعٍ مُخصِب

وَالتفّ بالأَغصانِ دانيَةِ الجنى

And rising upon a lofty, fertile eminence

Embraced by the branches of gardens near and far

تَنسابُ فيهِ مِنَ المعينِ جَداوِلٌ

تَشفي الصَدى وَتُزيلُ أَنواعَ العَنا

Streams flow in it from the spring

Quenching thirst and bringing all kinds of pleasure

وَالطَيرُ تَشدو في مَنابِر قُضبِهِ

الحُبّ عاقَ عَن الكَلامِ الأَلسُنا

And birds sing in its lofty branches

Love has silenced the tongues

وَمَهابَةُ الأُستاذِ زادَت عُجمَتي

فَلوِ اِستَطَعتُ صَدَحتُ جَهراً بِالثَناءِ

And my master's awe has increased my bewilderment

If only I could, I would loudly proclaim praise

في حَضرَةِ العَلَمِ الهُمامِ المُرتَضى

وَالجَوهَرِ الغالي المَصونِ المُقتَنى

In the presence of this outstanding scholar sought after

This precious jewel protected and treasured

رَبّ البَراعَة وَاليَراعَة وَالحجى

وَالجَهبَذِ الأُستاذِ أَوحَدِ عَصرِنا

The master of eloquence, dignity, and proof

This prominent professor unique in our time

أَعني أَبا العَبّاسِ أَحمَداً بنَ مَن

يُكني أَبا الأَضيافِ مِن بَين الكُنى

I mean Abu Al-'Abbas Ahmad ibn Man

Whose nickname is Abu Al-Adiyaf among nicknames

لا زالَ في نِعَمٍ بِما أَبداهُ في

بُستانِهِ هَذا وَنالَ مِنَ المُنى

He still lives in blessings for what he made appear

In this garden of his and attained of wishes

في ظِلِّ أَمنٍ سابِغٍ مُتَواصِلٍ

تَحظى بِهِ القُربى وَأَوَّلُهُم أَنا

In lasting, abundant security's shade

Enjoyed by his kin, and I am first of them

وَلِسانُ حالِ الفألِ قالَ مُصَرّحاً

أَرّخ بِبُرجٍ بِالمَسَرّةِ وَالهَنا

And the tongue of the prominent fortune said openly

It dated with a tower, in joy and delight