رسلُ البشائرِ ورّدٌ وصدورُ

فَلترعَ أسماعٌ لها وصدورُ

Messengers of good tidings, hearts are returning and breasts

So let ears listen to them and hearts as well

بَكَرت تديرُ منَ المسرّة أكؤساً

بِشذا التهاني نشرُها معطورُ

The morn circles cups of joy

Its greetings disseminating scented

يَهتزُّ عطفُ الإرتياحِ لذكرها

وَيدورُ لحظُ الأنسِ حيث تدورُ

The arm of comfort shakes for mentioning it

And the glance of intimacy revolves wherever it revolves

للّه دَهرٌ أَعتبَت أيّامهُ

فَجَنى أزاهرَ وَصلها المهجورُ

For God, a time whose days He has blamed

So He has reaped its flowers and the abandoned has arrived

فاءَت إِلى الحُسنى فإِن تكُ أسلفت

ذَنباً فَموهوبٌ لها مغفورُ

She came to the excellent so if she was guilty of

A sin, it is forgiven for her

سَمَحت بكأسِ الوصلِ صفواً بعدما

عَضَلتهُ في خدرِ المطالِ دهورُ

She relented with a cup of pure connection after

Hardships had marred it for ages

أَسدَت يديهِ إِلى الورى يُمناهما

يُمنٌ وفي يُسراهُما ميسورُ

She extended her hands to people, right and left

A right and in its left is ease

فَاِنظر لِروضِ الإبتهاجِ قد اِكتسى

حبرَ النضارةِ غصنه المهصورُ

So look to the garden of rejoicing wearing

The ink of freshness, its branch engraved

مُتبرِّجاً للإحتفالِ كغادةٍ

وُعدت بأنّ حبيبها سيزورُ

Blossoming for the celebration like a lover

Promised her beloved will visit

تَشدو بلابِله على فينانه

ثَمرُ المُنى بظلالها منثورُ

Singing its nightingales on its branches

The wished-for fruit in its shade scattered

لا غَرو وَالأهواءُ تَستهدي النهى

أن يستفزّ منَ السرورِ وقورُ

No wonder and desires lead to prohibition

That dignity be provoked by joy

أَوَ ما تراهُ أبانَ مِن أَعطافنا

تيهاً فكلّ ذيله مجرورُ

Or do you not see it through our affection

Lost so each of its tails is dragged

طَرباً بنجلٍ للوزيرِ المصطفى

ميمونُ كلِّ نقيبة مبرورُ

Rejoicing for the son of the Minister Al-Mustafa

Auspicious all pillars passed well

أَضحى مُقدّمة الهناء قدومهُ

وَربيع محل مارَ منه المورُ

His arrival becoming the leader of happiness

And a spring instead of what has passed decays

بَينا رمادُ المحلِ مربدٌّ بهِ

وَجه الصعيدِ وصدرهُ محرورُ

While the ashes of the place are cold in it

And its ground and chest freed

تَرعى سوائِمُه الهشيمَ تلمّظاً

وَثرى المواردِ في الرياح يثورُ

Its steeds nibble the fodder inflamed

And the ground of the pasture in the winds revolts

إِذ واجَهته من المحرّمِ غرّةٌ

سَعدَت فأسعدنا بها المقدورُ

When a new moon of the sacred surprised it

Bringing good luck so our fate was blessed

نَشَرت بآفاقِ السماءِ مهارقاً

فيها لِتوقيعِ الهناءِ سطورُ

Spreading across the sky’s horizons

Pages for signing happiness lines

بُرءُ المشيرِ وفوزُ أرضٍ مسّها

بِشكاتهِ لا يشتكي المحضورُ

The Minister's innocence and the land's victory touched by

His complaints, none present complains

قَد كاتَمَته تجمّلاً بَأساؤها

حتّى تكاملَ للشفاءِ ظهورُ

It had hidden them gracefully

Until perfection of healing appeared

وَثنى لَها عِطفاً فَلمّا اِرتابها

دَمق السماءَ ووجهه محسورُ

And inclined to it affectionately so when it wavered

He frowned at the sky and its face saddened

فَإِذا خيامُ الغيمِ في أرجائها

مَضروبةٌ وَحجابُها مستورُ

So the tents of clouds in its spaces

Are pitched and their veils covered

وَاِنحلّ سلكُ القطرِ حتّى أنّه

في كلّ قطرٍ عقده منثورُ

And the strand of droplets dissolved until

In every drop its necklace scattered

وَغَدت صلالُ سُيولهِ منسابةً

فَجرى بِها المعمور والمغمورُ

And the torrent of its floods flowed

So the prosperous and deprived flowed

تَفري أَديمَ الأَرضِ عَن مَحَلٍ إِلى

أن أخرَجَت مِنهُ الضبابَ جحورُ

Uncovering the skin of earth to a place

Until its burrows extracted the fogs

فَتَلَقَّفَتهُ كَما تَلَقَّفَتِ العَصا

سحر العصي بِما حَباها الطُورُ

And it took like the stick took

The magic of rods in what the Mount endowed

وَتقَرَّتِ الأَجرازُ فَهيَ تُثيرُها

عَلا بِبَردِ نَميرِها فَتَخورُ

And the meadows it stirs them

High with the coolness of its breeze so they shrivel

حَتّى إِذا عَفَتِ المَذاهِبُ وَاِغتَدَت

مِنها سُهولُ الأَرضِ وَهيَ وُعورُ

Until when doctrines became gentle and

Its easy plains and bumps mended

وَتَعَطَّلَت طُرُقُ المَجازاتِ الَّتي

أَوهَت قَرائِنُها فَعَزَّ عُبورُ

And the ways of crossed were disabled

Their contexts enfeebled so crossing was hard

وَأَغارَ بِالأَغوارِ ذَرءُ سُيوبِها

وَتَطَلَّع الأَنجاد مِنهُ زَخورُ

And the abundance of its floods took the valleys

And the flatlands expected from it prosperity

وَاِستَقبلَ الخَضراءَ مِن غبرائِها

وَجهٌ بأعينِ سَعدِها مَنظورُ

And it faced the green from its ashes

A face its eyes of fortune see

فَكَأَنَّ كُلَّ قَرارَةٍ قارورَةٌ

رَقَّت فَلاحَ ضَميرُها المَستورُ

So it is as if every steadfast

Melted so its hidden essence appeared

وَكَأَنَّ مُطَّرد الفَواقِع فَوقَها

دُرَرٌ تَدحرجُ أَرضُها بلّورُ

And it is as if the flow of events above it

Are pearls its ground pours rolling

تَلقاكَ مِن كُلِّ المَواقِعِ رَوضَةٌ

خَضلٌ غَضيرُ نَباتِها مَمشورُ

Gardens meet you from all places

Green, flowering plants pruned

لِلطَيرِ فَوقَ مَنابِرِ اِبنِ مَعينِها

مِن آلِ داوودَ اِعتَرى مَزمورُ

For the birds above the pulpits of Ibn Ma'in

From David's family the Psalms passed by

جُدَد بأَذنابِ الطَواويسِ اِكتَسَت

مِن بَعدِ أَن جَثَمَت بِهِنَّ الحورُ

Renewed by the tails of peacocks dressed

After they had settled on them the houris

مُتَخَيِّفات الوَشيِ تَحسَبُ زَهرها

خَلَعَت عَلَيهِ بُرودَهُنَّ الحورُ

Frightening the antelope they think its flowers

Upon it the houris' coolness shed

سحبَ النَسيمُ عَليهِ فَضلَ ذُيولِهِ

فَاِنحَلَّ جَيبُ عَبيرِهِ المَزرورُ

The breeze pulled its trains' remains

So the pocket of its perfume poured

فَكَأَنَّما خُلُقُ الوَزيرِ تَمَثَّلَت

رَوضاً وَفَيضُ أَكُفِّهِ مَمطورُ

It is as if the Minister's nature embodied

A meadow and the outpouring of his palms abundant

هَشَّت بِمَولِدِ نَجلِهِ فَسَرى بِها

في العالَمينَ بَشاشَةٌ وَحُبورُ

They rejoiced at his son's birth so delight and love

Spread in both worlds with joy and passion

آلَت لتَمتدّنَّ فيهِ مَوائِدٌ

وَليَشهَدَنَّ نَوالَها الجُمهورُ

Wanting to extend for it banquets

And for the masses to witness its bliss

رامَت عُمومَ البرِّ ثمَّت أَشفَقَت

مِن أَن يُجشَّم للقَصِيِّ حُضورُ

It intended the good of all creation then pitied

That the far be deprived of attending

وَكَأَنَّه فَهمَ الأَلِيَّةَ فَاِختَشى

أَن يَستَحيلَ إِلى العُقوق بُرورُ

It is as if he understood the hint so feared

Gratitude would turn to ingratitude's harm

فَاِرتاثَ في المَأوى الطَهورِ رَجاءَ أَن

يَنهَلَّ مِن رُحمى الإلهِ طهورُ

So he sought in the pure residence hoping

The mercy of God would pour purity

تَغدو مَوائِدهُ البَرِيَّةُ وَالبرا

وَيَكونُ عيداً عَودُهُ مَشكورُ

His charitable banquets the righteous and dutiful

And his return a feast thanked

حَتّى إِذا غَمَرَ الأنامَ وَوُفِّيت

مِنهُ لِآمالِ الوَزيرِ نُذورُ

Until it overwhelmed the people and fulfilled

From it the Minister’s hopes and vows

وافى بِأيمَنِ طالِعٍ ما قَبلَهُ

أَمسَت مَطالِعُ لِلهِلالِ حُجورُ

Bringing with good stellar fortune what preceded it

The rising places for the crescent became small

وَضَعَتهُ مِن قَبلِ السرارِ بِلَيلَةٍ

كَي لا يَبينَ شَبيههُ الدَيجورُ

It placed it unexpectedly at night

So that its similar not appear in the darkness

فَبَدا كَما يَبدو فِرِندُ مُهَنَّدٍ

جافى الغرابَ صَقِيلُهُ المَشهورُ

So it appeared as the blade of the polished Indian sword appears

Defying the crow, its polished fame known

مُتَأَلّقُ الصفحَينِ يُبدي دلّهُ

ليناً وَبَأسُ غِرارهِ مَحذورُ

Radiant, its indication yielding

Yet the might of its strike feared

تَرنو العُيونُ لمائِهِ وَكَأَنَّما

إِنسانُها مُتَوَعِّدٌ مَذعورُ

Eyes covet its water, it is as if

Their person threatened frightened

شِيَمٌ حَواها مِن أَبيهِ وَنالَهُ

مِن خالِهِ حَظٌّ بِها مَوفورُ

Traits from his father contained, and from his uncle

Gained a share in it abundant

وَاللَّيثُ مِنهُ مَخائِلٌ في شِبلِهِ

وَالشَمسُ مِنها في الأَهِلَّةِ نورُ

And the lion in it has the mildness of its cub

And the sun in it at the new moon, light

وَمن المُشيرُ إِذا تَمَحَّضَ خالُهُ

فَلَهُ عَناصِرُ في العُلى وَجُذورُ

And who is the Minister when his uncle is pure

For he has elements in highness and roots

يُنميهِ مِن شَرَفِ الأُمومَةِ مَغرَسٌ

كَرَمُ الأُبُوَّةِ عِندَهُ مَبذورُ

Growing him from the nobility of motherhood a planted tree

The generosity of fatherhood in it seeded

يا أَيُّها المَولى الَّذي بِفِعالِهِ

زينَت لِعيدِ المَكرُماتِ نُحورُ

O He who with His actions beauty

Adorned the feast of gifts necks

وَطِئَت أَخامِصُ فَخرِهِ قُلَلَ العُلى

وَعَلى التَواضُعِ طَبعُهُ مَفطورُ

The heels of His pride reached the peaks of loftiness

And humility is inherent in His nature

مُذ أَلَّفَ الدُنيابِدينٍ قَيِّمٍ

وَسِواهُ بَينَهُما عَلَيهِ نُفورُ

Since He harmonized religion and life

And equalized between them, animosity resulted

يَهَبُ السِيادَةَ وَالسَعادَةَ وَالغِنى

مُتَفادِياً أَن يَجتَديهِ قُصورُ

Granting sovereignty, happiness, and wealth

Avoiding want besieging Him

طَلقُ المُحَيّا وَالبَنانِ سميدَعٌ

رَحبُ الجَنانِ إِذا تَضيقُ صُدورُ

Open, white and smiling, spacious

When breasts are narrow, cramped

تَلقى بَشاشَةُ وَجهِهِ وَجهَ الرَجا

فَتُماطُ مِن خَجَلٍ علاهُ سُتورُ

The cheerfulness of His face meets the face of hope

So covers from shyness its banners

يَستَأنِسُ الفَزِع الهَيوب بِمَنطِق

أريِ الجَنى مِن مَعدنَيهِ مَشورُ

Fearing sheep are comforted by His speech

The crops of His two springs ripened

يُحيي مَواتَ العُذرِ مِمَّن قَد جَنى

وَيُميتُ غمراً شَعَّرَتهُ غُمورُ

Bringing to life the dead of excuses of those who sinned

And killing resentments that clouded them

دُم لِلإيالَةِ وَالإِنالَةِ وَالعُلى

تُحيي مآثِرَ ذِكرُها مَأثورُ

Lasting for empowerment, attainment, and highness

His mentioned achievements aged

تُؤوي الأَنام إِلى ظِلالِ مَعيشَةٍ

مَهدُ النَعيمِ لِجَنبِها مَوثورُ

Sheltering people in the shade of a livelihood

The abode of bliss to its side guaranteed

وَتُعيدُ لِلأَيّامِ عُذرَ شَبيبَةٍ

وَعهودَ أُنسٍ غالَهُنَّ دُثورُ

And restoring to days the excuse of youth

And eras of intimacy that time eroded

مُستَعصِماً مِنكَ الزَمانُ بِعُروَةٍ

وُثقى وَعَهدٍ حَبلُهُ مَمرورُ

Secured from You by a firm covenant

And trusted pact its rope extended

يَأبى الإلهُ وَكُلُّ عَبدٍ مُؤمِنٍ

إِلّا عُلاكَ عَن السِوى مَحجورُ

God and every believing servant refuse

Except Your loftiness from equity prevented

لِمكارِم إِن يَحوِ غَيرُكَ نَزرَها

فَكَما حَوى أَسماءَها المَسطورُ

If others attempt its generous deeds

It is as whoever attempts its recorded names

وَسَدادُ رَأيٍ أَعزَبَتهُ زُيودُهُم

وَسَوادُ ثغرٍ أَسلَمَتهُ عُمورُ

And the rectitude of an opinion its accessories weakened

And the darkness of a mouth it subdued civilizations

مَن كان حُبُّ النَفسِ جُلّ هُمومِهِ

فَلِحُبِّ أَحمَدَ مُصطَفى مَنصورُ

Whoever self-love is the sum of his worries

Then love of Ahmad Mustafa is his triumph

حَدبٌ عَلَيهِ يَوَدُّ أَنَّ حَياتَهُ

لِفِداءِ أَحمَدَ إِن يُرابَ تمورُ

Yearning if other than You hosts its meager share

It is as whoever hosts its written names

لَقَدِ اِصطَفى مِنهُ المُشيرُ لِنَفسِهِ

خِدناً عَلى الحُرُماتِ مِنهُ غيورُ

The Minister chose for himself a bosom zealous

For sanctities from it jealous

فَبِرَأيِهِ المَيمونِ أَصبَحَ قُطرُنا

وَعَلَيهِ مِن حُسنِ الإيالَةِ سورُ

So by his blessed opinion our country thrived

And from goodness of rule over it fences

يَرتَدُّ طَرفُ النَجمِ عَنهُ خاسَئاً

وَيَعزُّ أَن تُعزى إِلَيهِ فُهورُ

The sight of a star turns from him despondent

And it is hard to attribute to him meteors

يا سَيِّدَ الوُزَراءِ وَالكَهف الَّذي

في ظِلِّهِ عَيشُ الوَرى مَغضورُ

O Minister of Ministers and the cave whose

Shadow the people’s life blessed

وافَتكَ مِن عَبدِ السَلامِ سَلامَةٌ

وَإِلى المُشيرِ الفَألُ مِنهُ يَحورُ

From Abdus Salam well-being reached you

And for the Minister good omens come from him

فَاِبشِر بهِ فهوَ الهلالُ لِفَرقَدي

صِنوَيهِ مِنهُ تَهَلُّلٌ وَبُشورُ

So receive it, for it is the crescent for my

Two beloveds, from it drops and tidings

وَاِنعَم بِهِم وَبِمثلِهِم مِنهُم وَكُن

جَدّاً حَوالَيكَ الجُدودُ تَدورُ

And enjoy them and their like from them, and be

Around you forefathers revolving

حَتّى تَرى أَحفادَهُم ما مِنهُمُ

إِلّا بِدَستِ وِزارَةِ دُستورُ

Until you see their descendants, none of them

Except with ministry constitution

آراؤُهُم لِلمُهتَدينَ ثواقِب

وَأَكَفّهُم لِلمُجتَدين بُحورُ

Their opinions are insights for the guided

And their palms for the transgressors seas

يأوونَ مِن قَلبِ المُشيرِ وَطَرفِهِ

لِمَنازِلٍ لَم تَنحهُنَّ بُدورُ

They take refuge in the heart and glance of the Minister

To homes no structures encompassed

يُرضيهِ مَخبَرُهُم إِذا ما اِفتَرَّهُم

وَيُقِرُّ طرفهُ مِنهُمُ المَنظورُ

Satisfying him is their news if absence diverts them

And his glance of them watching pleases him

يَأتونَ ما يُرضي عُلاهُ سَجِيَّةً

ما فيهِمُ المَنهِيّ وَالمَأمورُ

They come voluntarily what satisfies his nature

No prohibited and ordered among them

يَأويهمُ منهُ ببرّ مسبلٍ

وَهو الهزبرُ الضيغمُ الهيصورُ

He shelters them in righteousness and being forgiving

For he is the steadfast, gentle, pictured

لا يَختَشي نوبَ الليالي جارُهُ

وَلو اِنّ سائرها به موتورُ

His neighbor fears not the turns of nights

Even if the rest of them with him are severed

فَبَقيتَ تَلحظُ مِن أسرّةِ وَجههِ

بَرقَ الرّضا ينهلّ منه قرورُ

You remained observing from the secret of his face

The lightening of satisfaction pouring cups

وَتَفيضُ مِن جَدوى يَديه رغائبٌ

كلُّ الأنامِ بفيضها مغمورُ

And overflowing from the bounty of his hands wishes

All the people with its outpouring flooded

ما دامَ للفلك المدارِ إحاطةٌ

وَلِشمسهِ بعدَ الحجاب سفورُ

As long as the sphere's orbit surrounds

And after the veil its sun pours

وَإِليك من أبكارِ فكري رادة

حرّ الكلامِ برقّها مأسورُ

And to you from the first of my thoughts a returning

The hotness of speech its necklace imprisoned

قَد عُلّقَت مِن بيت مجدك كعبةً

فَلَها طوافُ ثنائِها منذورُ

It hung from the house of your glory like the Kaaba

So for its circumambulating vows devoted

زفّت لبابِكَ غبّ أترابٍ لها

هيَ للقلوبِ حبائل وصقورُ

Rushing to your door an absent lover for whom

They are for hearts knots and hawks

لَولا أيادٍ منكَ يبهضُ شكرها

ما أطلَعَت مِنها الشموس خدورُ

If not for hands from you that reward their gratitude

From them the suns crescents would not rise

إِنّ القلوبَ عَلى اِختلافِ طِباعها

بِودادِ أحمَد كلّها معمورُ

Verily the hearts despite their different natures

With love for Ahmad are all populated

فَمذ اِشتكى دانت بوَأد بَناتها

إِذ ما لها إلّا لديه مهورُ

So when he complained, their daughters conceded

For they have no dowries but his

حتّى إِذا ساغَ الهنا بشفائهِ

للسّمعِ واِرتبطَ القلوب حبورُ

Until when the joy of his recovery permitted

For hearing, and hearts intertwined with passion

أَهديتُها عذارء ملء فُؤادها

حبّ المشيرِ ومَن إليه يجورُ

I gifted it a maiden whose heart obsessed

Love of the Minister and who to him comes

قَد هنّأتكَ فَهنّأت كلّ الورى

بأعزّ أَبلجَ لم تقله ضؤورُ

You have congratulated so congratulated all existence

With the most noble not said by soothsayers

سرّ العُلى مَن قال في تَأريخهِ

عبدُ السلامِ لوالديه سرورُ

The secret of loftiness, whoever said in his date

Abdus Salam - for his parents joy