جَميلُكَ لا يَجزيهِ شُكري وَلا حَمدي

وَرِفدُكَ أَغنى قَبلَ رِفدِ ذَوي الرِفدِ

Your beauty my gratitude and praise cannot suffice,

And your generosity enriched me before the generous could endow.

وَتُسدي إِلَيَّ الفَضلَ مِن كُلِّ وجهَةٍ

وَجاهُكَ بَينَ الخافِقَينِ هُوَ المُسدي

You bestowed favor upon me from every side,

And your renown between the horizons has granted favor.

كَرُمتَ فَأَكسَبتَ العَبيدَ كَرامَةً

فَمِن شَرَفِ المَولى أَتى شَرَفُ العَبدِ

You were generous so you brought honor to your servants,

Thus the master’s nobility brought the slave nobility.

وَلَولاكَ لَم يُعرَف مَكاني وَلَم يَطُل

لِساني وَلَمَ تُخصِب يَفاعي وَلا وُهدي

If not for you none would know my place, nor speak my tongue,

Nor would my palms bear fruit, nor be guided.

وَقَد كُنتُ مَقبوضَ اليَدَينِ عَنِ الغِنى

فَطَوَّلتَ باعي بِالجَميلِ الَّذي تُسدي

I was destitute, bereft of wealth,

But you lengthened my arms with the good you bestowed.

وَكَثَّرت حُسّادي وَثَمَّرتَ نِعمَتي

وَذَلَّلتِ لِي دَهرِي وَأَوضَحتَ لي رُشدي

You increased my enviers but made my blessings thrive,

You made my fate submissive and clarified my guidance.

وَأَغنَيتَني حَتّى كَأَنَّكَ ضامِنٌ

لِنَسليَ أَلّا يَعدَمُوا ثَروَةً بَعدي

You enriched me as if you'd guaranteed

My descendants will never lack wealth after me.

وَقَد كُنتُ في ضَنكٍ مِنَ العَيشِ بُرهَةً

فَأَصبَحتُ مِن نُعماكَ في عِيشَةٍ رَغدٍ

For a time I lived in deprivation and hardship -

But through your blessings I now live in ease and comfort.

وَرى بِكَ زندي بَعدَما كانَ مُصلِداً

وَأَورَقَ غُصني بَعدَما كادَ أَن يُكدي

Through you my withered soul revived after it was despondent,

And my branch flourished after it nearly dried up.

وَقَد مَلَأَ الآفاقَ حَمدي وَكُلَّما

حَمَدتُكَ زادَت مكرُماتُكَ عَن حَمدي

I've filled the horizons with my praise, and whenever

I praise you, your favors upon me only increase beyond my praise.

سَأُجهِدُ نَفسي في الثَناءِ وَلَيتَني

جَزَيتُ يَسيراً مِن جَميلِكِ في جُهدي

I will exert myself in praise, and would that I

Could minimally reciprocate your kindness in my striving.

أَبا صالِحٍ أَصبَحتَ فَرداً وَأَصبَحَت

مَعاليكَ أَفراداً مِنَ الصَمَدِ الفردِ

Abu Salih, you've become singular, and your

Sublimities have become the unique, Eternal, Indivisible.

ضَميرُكَ لِلتَقوى وَسَعيُكَ لِلعُلى

وَمالُكَ لِلنُعمى وَعُمرُكَ لِلمَجدِ

Your conscience is for piety and your effort for the sublime,

Your wealth for bounty and your life for glory.

إِذا ما زَحَمتَ الجَيشَ بِالجَيشِ مُيِّلَت

مُتُونُ الأَعادي عَن مُتُونِ القَنا المُلدِ

When you push back armies with armies,

The enemy ranks recoil from the steadfast ranks.

شَكَتكَ الوَغا مِما تَشِبُّ سَعِيرَها

وَمِمّا تَلُفُّ الضُمَّرَ الجُردَ بِالجُردِ

Misfortune complains of the flames your efforts ignite

And the wrapping of shrouds around the bare bodies.

وَمِمّا تَسُدُّ الجَوَّ في كُلِّ مَعرَكٍ

وَتُردي العِدى وَالخَيلُ شازِبَةً تُردي

And of how you block the air in every battle

And defeat the enemies while the horses charge wildly.

حَوَيتَ العُلى مُذ كُنتَ طِفلاً وَمُهِّدَت

بِكَ الأَرضُ مُذ لُفَّت ثِيابُكَ في المَهدِ

You encompassed the heights since you were a child,

And for you the earth was smoothed since your swaddling clothes.

فِداكَ جَميعُ العالَمينَ مِنَ الرَدى

فَإِنَّ الَّذي يُفدى نَظيرُ الَّذي يَفدي

All the worlds sacrifice themselves to protect you from harm,

For he who is ransomed is equal to he who ransoms.

وَقَفتُ فَأَبدَيتُ الثَناءَ وَإِنَّني

أُسِرُّ مِنَ الإِخلاصِ أَضعافَ ما أُبدي

I stood and openly declared praise, and truly

My sincerity is manifold what I have declared.

فَلا حُبَّ إِلّا دُونَ حُبِّي وَصُحبَتي

وَلا وُدَّ إِلّا دُونَ ما صَحَّ مِن وُدِّي

There is no love but after my love and companionship,

No affection but after what proved true of my affection.

حَياتُكَ أَشهى في فُؤادي مِنَ التُقى

وَشُكرُكَ أَحلى في لِساني مِنَ الشَهدِ

Your life is dearer in my heart than piety itself,

And your gratitude sweeter on my tongue than honey.

فَعِش لا خَلا مِنكَ الزَمانُ وَلا خَلَت

قَصُورُكَ مِن عزٍّ مُقيمِ وَمِن سَعدِ

So live an eternal life devoid of your absence,

And may your palaces never lack settled glory and bliss!