أَلا أَيّها الشّهم الوَزير أَخو العُلى

وَمَن حازَ مَجداً لا يُضاهى وَسؤددا

O noble minister, brother of the exalted one

Who has attained unmatched glory and happiness

تَعوَّدتُ مِن آبائكَ الغرِّ عادةً

وَهُم لَكَ فيما عَوّدونيَ مقتدى

I have acquired from your forefathers the habit

Of asking, and they are for you exemplars to emulate

قبول رَجائي سيّدي وَشَفاعَتي

وَلِلمَرءِ ما مِن دَهرهِ قَد تَعوّدا

Please accept my request my lord and intercede for me

For one has what he has grown accustomed to from his time

وَعَوَّدَتني مِنك الّذي عَوَّدوه لي

وَزدتُ الّذي قَد كنت مِنهُم مُعوّدا

You have accustomed me to what they accustomed me to

And increased what I had grown accustomed to from them

وَها نِصفُ شَعبان المُكرَّم قَد أَتى

وَفي فَضلِهِ جاءَ الحَديثُ وأيّدا

And the hadith extols its virtue and supports it

Its night is the best of nights and its merit

وَلَيلته خَيرُ اللّيالي وَفَضلها

شَهيرٌ بِلا رَيبٍ مَدى الدّهرِ سَرمَدا

Is known throughout time, eternal

In it deeds are presented, so succeed o worker

بِها تُعرَضُ الأَعمالُ يا فوز عاملٍ

لِصالِحِ أَعمالٍ تَكونُ عَلى الهُدى

For righteous deeds that are on guidance

In it Allah the Great emancipates those in His care

بِها يعتق اللَّهُ العَظيم نَواله

رِقاباً مِنَ النّيرانِ تَستَوجِبُ الرّدى

From the fires that warrant destruction

And in it Allah forgives and accepts

وَيَغفِر فيها اللَّه جَلَّ جَلالهُ

وَيَقبلُ فيها اللَّه مَن تابَ وَاِهتَدى

Those who repent and follow guidance

So o minister of renowned generosity

فَيا ذا الوَزير الكَرم مَن شاعَ جودهُ

تَخَلّقْ بِخلق اللَّه مَنْ لَكَ أَوجَدا

Take on the attributes of Allah who created you

For He is pardoning, forbearing and merciful

فَمن خلقه عَفوٌ وَحلمٌ وَرحمَة

وَعِتق وَإِحسان يَدومُ مُؤَبّدا

And emancipation, benevolence enduring forever

So whoever is imprisoned I hope for his release

فَمَن كانَ مَحبوساً فَأَرجو اِنطلاقَهُ

وَفكّ الّذي في الحبسِ بِالقيدِ قُيِّدا

And free the one shackled in prison

In a most virtuous night with your Lord receptive

وَذي لَيلَةٍ فُضلى وَرَبّك قابل

لِمَن يَفعل الخَيرات فيها مُمجّدا

To those who do good works, glorifying Him

And o brother of kindness, be good on that night

وَكُن يا أَخا المَعروفِ في ذاكَ مُحسِناً

فَتَشكر عِندَ اللَّه ربّي وتُحمدا

That you may be thanked by my Lord and praised

I hoped in you and my hopes in you say

رَجوتكَ وَالآمال فيكَ تَقولُ لي

رَجاؤُكَ مَقبولٌ فَخلِّ التردُّدا

Your hope is accepted, so cease hesitation

Though I am little in manners

وَإِنّي وَإِن كنت القليلَ تَأدّباً

فَحِلمُكَ بَحرٌ لَيسَ يُدرى لَه مَدى

Your forbearance is an ocean with no known end

On this blessed radiant night I congratulate

بِذي اللّيلَةِ الغرّاءِ إِنّي مُهنِّئ

سَعادَتك العَلياء صينَت مِنَ الرّدى

Your eminent good fortune, protected from harm

And may you live to the like of it and more

وَعِشتَ إِلى أَمثالِ أَمثال مِثلِها

وَأَضعافَ مِثلَيها عَزيزاً وسيِّدا

Its doubles and multiples, honored and master

Beloved, beautiful, revered in hearts

وَجيهاً جَميلاً في القُلوبِ مُعظّماً

خَلِيّاً مِنَ الأَضدادِ في الدَّهرِ وَالعدى

Empty of rivals, in time or hostility

As long as the branch of gardens has bloomed

مَدى الدّهرِ ما غُصنُ الرّياضِ قَد اِنثَنى

وَقامَ هزار الرّوض فيهِ مغرِّدا

And the meadows' thicket chirped melodiously

With conquest at the mouth of the caliphate

وَما الفَتح في ثَغرِ الجَلالَةِ لاثِماً

يُقبِّل بِالتّعظيمِ رِجلك وَاليَدا

Kissing your feet and hand in reverence