سَقى الطَلَلَينِ بَينَ المَنحَرَينِ

مُرَوِّي الوابِلَينِ المُسبِلَينِ

He irrigated the two hills between the two sanctuaries,

Watering the two downpours pouring down,

فَمنقادَ البَليخِ فَحَيثُ حَفَّت

جَداوِلُهُ قُصُورَ الرَقَتَينِ

So the torrents flowed wherever it pleased,

Its streams to the palaces of softness.

بِلادٌ حَلها ابنُ أَبي عَليٍّ

فَحَلَّ بِها سَخِيُّ الراحَتينِ

A country settled by the son of Abi Ali,

So he settled in it, generous with the two comforts.

إِذا خَفَقَت لَهُ أَعلامُ جَيشٍ

فَقَد خَفَقَت قُلوبُ الخافِقَينِ

When flags of an army fluttered for him,

The hearts of the fluttering ones have fluttered.

كَريمُ الوالِدَينِ وَكُلُّ فِعلٍ

كَريمٌ لِلكَريمِ الوالِدَينِ

Generous to his parents and every deed

Is generous to the generous parents.

تَرى العافي يُطالِبُهُ بِرِفدٍ

فَتَحسَبُهُ يُطالِبُهُ بِدَينِ

You see bounty asking him for aid,

And you reckon it is asking him for a debt.

فَتىً زَينُ المَحافِلِ لَيسَ يَأتي

بِحَمدِ اللَهِ فِعلاً غَيرَ زَينِ

A young man adorns gatherings, he does not do

Any praiseworthy deed other than adornment.

عَفِيفُ الذَيلِ مِن دَنَسٍ وَفُحشٍ

بَرِيءُ القَولِ مِن هُجنٍ وَمَينِ

Chaste of trailing garment from filth and obscenity,

Innocent of speech from vileness and blemish.

يَشُذُ مِنَ البَرِيَّةِ كُلُّ حمدٍ

فَيَجمَعُهُ بِتَبدِيدِ اللُجَينِ

He collects from the wilderness every praise

And gathers it by scattering the two disgraces.

إِذا اِعتَقَلَ الرُدَيني كانَ أَوفى

تَماماً مِنهُ مُعتَقِلُ الرُدَيني

When ar-Rudaini is captured, he is more faithful

In his capture than the captor of ar-Rudaini.

يَسُلُّ مُهَنَّداً وَيَسُلُّ عَزماً

فَيَفتِكُ في الوَغى بِمُهَنَّدَينِ

He attacks vigorously and attacks with resolve,

And wreaks havoc in the fray with the two resolves.

وَيَلقى الجَحفلَ الجَرّارَ فَرداً

فَتَعجَبُ مِن تَلاقي الجَحفَلَينِ

He encounters the massive army alone,

And you wonder at the encounter of the two armies.

وَتَنَظُرُ يَومَ تَشتَبِكُ العَوالي

عَلِيّاً يَومَ بَدرٍ أَو حُنينِ

And you look on the day the calamities clash,

At Ali on the day of Badr or Hunayn.

أَمَولانا الأَمِيرُ نِداءَ عَبدٍ

تَحمَّلَ مِنكَ فَضلاً غَيرَ هَينِ

Our Prince, the cry of a servant

Has borne from you grace not slight.

لَقَد أَجمَلتَ فِعلَكَ بي فَتَمِّم

جَميلَكَ بِالجَميلِ إِلى حُسَينِ

You have beautified your deed with me, so complete

Your favor with favor, until Hussein.

فَلَو أَني شَفِعتَ لِأَجنَبِيٍّ

لَأَصبَحَ في ذَراكَ قَرِيرَ عَينِ

If I interceded for a stranger,

He would wake up in your presence with delighted eyes.

فَكَيفَ لِمَن كَسَوتَ أَباهُ جاهاً

بِجاهِكَ بَينَ أَهلِ المَشرِقَينِ

So what of one whose father you have clothed with glory,

With your glory between the people of the two easts.

وَقَد شَرَّفتَهُ بِقَديمِ عَهدٍ

وَوَعدُكَ غَيرُ مَغلولِ اليَدَينِ

You have ennobled him with an old pact,

And your promise is not bound in both hands.