ما أَعدَلَ الأَفلاكَ في دَوَرانِها
أَفَلا رَأَيتَ القسطَ في ميزانِها
How just are the orbits in their rotation!
Have you not seen balance in its measure?
هَذي أَمانِيَّ الّتي قَد رُمتها
وَودِدتُها بلِّغتُها لأَوانِها
These are my wishes that I aspired to
And I wished them conveyed at their time.
وافَت أَوان وُجودِها فَعَلمت أَن
نَ أُمورنا مَرهونة بِزَمانِها
Their time of existence came, so I knew
Our matters are pledged to their era.
جاءَت عَلى شَغف الحَشا بِبلوغِها
فَاِرتاحَ حينَ بُلوغها وَعيانِها
They came with the passion of longing in attaining them
So I rested when they were attained and seen.
وَالآنَ قَرَّت بِالبشائِرِ أَعيُنٌ
قَد طالَ بُعدُ النّومِ عَن أَجفانِها
Now eyes are pleased with good news
Sleep's remoteness from their lids is long.
بَل رَطَّبت مِنّا البشائِرُ أَكبداً
كادَت تَذوبُ حَرارَةً بِجنانها
But tidings made livers moist for us
Their heat almost melted them in the gardens.
سَرَّت قُلوباً في الحَشاءِ تَسَعَّرت
كادَت تُذيبُ الجسمَ مِن نيرَانِها
Hearts were delighted in the pericardium, they kindled
Their heat almost melted the body from its fires.
شَعَلت بِها نار التّوهّمِ فِكرَةٌ
قَد أدخَل التّشتيت في أَذهانِها
Imagination ignited in it a spark
Which brought confusion into minds.
لَكِن بَدا صُبحُ اليقينِ فَأُطفِئَت
وَبِسيفِهِ قَد كانَ قَطع لِسانِها
But the dawn of certainty appeared and extinguished them
And with its sword it had cut off their tongue.
وَاِمتَدّ ذاكَ الصّبحُ يَنشُرُ ضَوءهُ
بِبَشائِرِ الأَفراحِ في أَكوانِها
And that dawn spread diffusing its light
With the tidings of joys in the cosmos.
وَيَحيكُ مِن نورِ السّرورِ مَطارفاً
يَكسو بِها الأَرواح مَع جُثمانِها
And it spins from the light of bliss canopies
With which it clothes the souls and bodies.
جاءَ البَشيرُ بِما نَرومُ مُبشِّراً
في وَقتِ إِشراقِ السّعودِ وَآنِها
The bearer of good news came with what we aspire to
In the time of the ascent of good fortune and its opportunity.
وَتَقارن السّعدينِ في كَبد السّما
وَتَباعد المِرّيخِ مِن كيوانِها
The two fortunes coincided in the cosmos’ nexus
And Mars kept its distance from its node.
بُشراهُ كانَت لِلقُلوبِ دَواءها
كَمُفَرّح الياقوتِ مِن خَفَقانِها
His good tidings were a cure for hearts
Like the ruby’s exhilaration from its throbbing.
كادَت تَسيلُ مِنَ السّرورِ وَإِنّما
حفّت بِلُطفِ اللَّهِ مِن سَيَلانِها
They almost overflowed from bliss, but
God’s subtle kindness protected them from flooding.
أَبدى لَنا أَنّ الوزارَة قَد أَتَت
شِبل العُلَى من عُدَّ مِن أَخدانِها
He showed us the ministry has come
To the noble lion among its peers.
وَالماء رُدَّ إِلى مَجاريهِ الّتي
نَشَفت وَغيضَ الماءُ مِن غُدرانِها
The water returned to its channels which
Dried up and the water decreased from its turbulence.
وَالشّمسُ رُدَّت لِلمَنازِلِ بِالهَنا
في عِزِّها السّامي وفي سُلطانِها
The sun returned to its mansions proudly
And its supreme might and sultanate.
جاءَت إِلى اللّيثِ الغضنفر في الوَغى
وَمُفرّقِ الفُرسانِ مِن مَيدانِها
It came to the fierce lion in battle
Scatterer of knights in its arena
وَمُخوّف الآسادِ في آجامِها
وَمُهرِّبِ الأَبطالِ مَع صَوَلانِها
Terrifier of lions in their dens
Repeller of heroes with its assault
رَبّ القَواضِبِ ما اِنتَضاها ساحِباً
إِلّا وَماتَ اللَّيثُ مِن لَمَعانها
Lord of the boats, it did not draw them but
The lion died from its flashing
رَبّ العَوالي السُّمر ما إِن هَزَّها
إِلّا وَقامَ الحتفُ عِندَ سِنانِها
Lord of lofty following, it did not shake them but
Destruction stood at its teeth
مَن يَنظمُ الأَكبادَ فيها طاعِناً
وَيُبيد فيها الأُسدَ مِن فُرسانِها
Who pierces the livers, slaying in them the lion
Of its knights and heroes?
الفارِس البَطَلُ الّذي دانَت لَهُ
كُلّ الفَوارس فُرسها عُربانها
The gallant horseman to whom
Every horse of every knight is Arabian
ما راهَنَ الفُرسانَ إِلّا وَاِحتَوى
قصبَ السّباقِ وَحازَه بُرهانُها
Whenever he raced the knights he contained
The spearwood of the race, and it bore witness to him
تَسمو بِهِ الخَيلُ العِرابُ وَتَزدَهي
وَتُسابِقُ الأَطيارَ في طَيَرانها
The steeds of battle rear up and grow vigorous with him
And the birds race with the birds in their flight
لَو قَد عَلا مِنها القَصيرُ لَشِمته
يَسمو السّماءَ وَيَدنُ مِن مِيزانِها
If the short one rose above them, it would inhale
The sky’s height and come near to its balance
مَجدُ الأَماجِدِ عزُّ أَبناءِ العُلى
شَرَف السّيادَةِ في رِفاعةِ شَأنِها
Glory of glories, honor of the honorable’s sons
Nobility of mastership in itssublime rank
بَل عَينُ أَعيانِ الأَكارِمِ في الوَرى
وَضِياؤُها في الدّهرِ بَل إِنسانُها
But the notable’s eyes in existence
And its light in times, rather its mankind
رَبُّ المَعالي وَالفَواضل وَالنّدى
رَبّ الفَصائِلِ خَيرها وَحِسانها
Lord of highnesses, virtues and dew
Lord of traits, their best and most beautiful
مَنْ كَفُّهُ تُزري السّحابَ بِجودِها
وَتَفيضُ فَيضَ البَحرِ في إِحسانِها
Whose palm pours rain with its generosity
And the sea overflows with its benefaction
رَبّ الفَصاحَةِ وَالبَلاغَةِ مَن حَوى
سِحرَ العُقولِ بِحُسنِها وَبَيانِها
Lord of rhetoric and eloquence, who contained
The spell of minds in its beauty and clarity
لَو كانَ فيمَن قَد تَقَدَّم لَم يَكُن
في قسِّها ذِكرٌ وَلا سَحبانِها
If it were among those who preceded, there would not be
Mention of them or a remnant of them
ربّ السّجايا وَالصّفات الفَردِ في
مَحمودِها وَسَنِيِّها وَحسانِها
Lord of rare qualities and traits, singular in
Its praise, ease, and beauty
علم وَحِلم في محل حكمةٌ
قَد أَجمَعَ الحُكما عَلى إِتقانِها
Knowledge and forbearance in the abode of wisdom
Which combined all wisdom in its mastery
عَدلٌ وَرِفقٌ ثمَّ لين رَحمة
لَهَجَت جَميعُ النّاسِ في شُكرانِها
Justice and gentleness, then softness of mercy
All people rejoiced in thanking it
في قَلبِهِ وَهوَ الرّقيقُ فُؤادهُ
قَد أَودعت وَاللَّهِ مِن رحمانها
In its heart, which is tender, lies
What it deposited of God’s mercy
وَتَواضع للَّهِ مَع تَقوى لَهُ
في حُسنِ إِخلاصٍ لَدى إِتيانِها
And it humbled itself to God with piety
In excellent sincerity in its practice
وَبَشاشَة وَوَجاهَة بِمَهابَة
تابَت لَدَيها الأسدُ مِن عِصيانِها
Cheer and dignity with awe
Before which even lions repent of disobedience
يَخشاهُ حتّى غَير رائيهِ كَما
تُخشى القَواضبُ وَهيَ في أَجفانِها
It is feared even by those not seeing it
As the tombs are feared in their stillness
وَسِياسة كَمُلَت بِنوِرِ فِراسَةٍ
صينَت بِها في الدَّهرِ مِن نُقصانِها
And politics perfected by the light of insight
Secured through it from deficiency in times
وَخَلائق أَسنى المَحاسن تَكتَسي
مِثل الأَزاهِر في رَبيع أَوانِها
And traits, the finest of beauties, wearing
Like flowers in the spring of their time
الشّهم عَبد اللَّه سَيِّد وَقتهِ
مَنْ لِلسّيادَةِ عُدّ في تيجانِها
The magnanimous Abdullah, master of his time
For whom mastery counts its crown
إِنّ الوزارَة قَد أَتَتهُ وَإِنّها
مَيّاسة تَختالُ في أَردانِها
The ministry has come to him, swaggering
In its gown in his courtyard
جادَت بِها كَرماً عَلَيهِ دَولةٌ
قَد خُلِّد التشييدُ في أَركانِها
Bestowed generously upon him by a state
In which construction is immortalized in its pillars
الدّولَة الغرّاء في دُوَلِ الوَرى
منحَت دَوام النّصرِ في أَعوانِها
The splendid state among worldly states
Granted victory’s continuity in its aides
ما نالَها فيمَن مَضى ملكٌ مَضى
هَل نالَها إِلّا بَنو عُثمانِها
No king among past kings attained it
Did any attain it but the Ottomans?
لا سِيَّما سُلطانِنا مَحمودِهم
تاجِ الملوكِ الصِّيد بَل سلطانُها
Especially our Sultan Mahmud
Crown of kings, rather its sultan
مَلك عَظيم لا مَليك نَظيره
عِزّ الملوكِ وَفيهِ رِفعة شَانها
A great king with no peer
Honor of kings, with lofty rank
وُزراؤهُ مِثل المُلوكِ تَقَدّموا
مِن قَيصر فيها وَمِن خاقانِها
Its ministers are like kings, preceded
By Caesar and the Khagan therein
جادَت قَريحَتُهُ بِفَيضِ مَكارِمٍ
بِالرّتبَةِ العَلياءِ مِن إِحسانِها
His talent poured with a torrent of virtues
With the supreme position of its benefaction
وَهيَ الوِزارَة أَنعمت فيها عَلى
ذا الشَّهمِ إِذ شامَتهُ مِن أَعيانِها
It, the ministry, bestowed upon
This magnanimous one, including him among its notables
وَحَبته مَعها مَنصباً بِبِلادنا
تَختارهُ الوُزراءُ عَن بُلدانِها
And it loved with it a position in our country
Which ministers choose over its lands
في حكمِ صَيدا مَع طرابلسَ الّتي
عُدّت دِمشق الشّام مِن أَقرانِها
Ruling Sidon and Tripoli, likened
To Damascus of Syria among its peers
مَع حكمِ عكّاءَ الّتي تزري بِمص
رَ مِنَ العَريشِ لِمنتهى أَسوانِها
Ruling Acre, which waters with Egypt
From Al-Arish to Aswan’s end
لَو أَنّها كانَت كَهَذا اليّومِ لَم
تَفخَر مُلوك الفُرسِ في إِيوانِها
If it had been like this day, the Persian kings
Would not have prided themselves on their hall
ضَمّته هاتيكَ البلاد محبّةً
ضَمَّ المحبّ وَشبكت بِبَنانها
It joined these countries out of affection
Like the lover, intertwining with fingers
رامَتهُ والِيَها تضرّعُ دائماً
بِأَكفِّها وَخشوعِها بِجنانها
Yearning for him as their governor, always
Supplicating with its palms and humility of soul
وَاللَّه ربّي قَد أَجاب دعاءَها
لدعائها مِن قَلبِها وَلِسانِها
My God has answered its supplication
For its prayer from its heart and tongue
فَرحَت بِهِ تلكَ البلادُ وأهلها
وَرَمَت ثِياب الغمِّ مَع أَحزانِها
Those countries and their people rejoiced in it
And discarded the garb of sorrow and grief
للَّهِ ربّي الحمدُ آمنَ أَهلها
مِن لُطفِهِ بِالفضلِ في أَوطانِها
Praise be to God, its inhabitants are safe
By His subtle kindness and grace in their homelands
يا أَيّها الشّهمُ الوزيرُ أَخو التّقى
رَبّ المَعالي آخِذاً بِعنانِها
O you magnanimous minister, brother of piety
Lord of highnesses, taking its reins
يا رَوضةَ المَعروفِ وَالفضلِ الّتي
تَبدو المَكارمُ مِنكَ في أَفنانِها
O garden of kindness and virtue
In which benefactions appear from you in its branches
اللَّهُ ربّي قَد حَباكَ بِنِعمَةٍ
كلّ المَواهِبِ في يَديْ مَنّانِها
My God has endowed you with a blessing
Of all gifts in the hands of its Granter
فَمنحتَ في هَذي البِلادِ بِدَولةٍ
فَاِجعَل دَوامَ العَدلِ مِن شُكرانِها
So you have bestowed in these countries a state
Make justice's continuity from its thankfulness
هاتيكَ دَوحةَ رَحمةٍ قَد أَورقت
وَالعَدل ثمّ الحِلم مِن أَغصانِها
That tree of mercy has flourished
With justice, then clemency among its branches
نَجني ثِمارَ الأَمنِ مِن أَغصانِها
مُتَظلّلينَ بِظِلِّها وَأَمانِها
We reap the fruits of security from its branches
Shaded by its shadow and safety
فَاِهنَئ بِها مَسرورَ قَلبٍ باسِماً
وَقَرير عَينٍ في الدُّنى وَزَمانِها
So congratulate with it a joyous heart by name
And a delighted eye in life and its time
وَاِسلَم وَدُم في عِزِّ جاهٍ دائم
مَعهُ السُّعودُ تُحيطُهُ بقرانها
And be safe and healthy with lasting glory
Around which good fortune revolves with its nodes
ما غَرَّدت وَرقاء فَوقَ غُصونِها
بَل ما البروقُ تُضيء في لَمَعانها
Neither did the green finch twitter above its branches
Nor did lightning illuminate in its flashing
ما بانَ صُبحٌ أَو تَبدّى كَوكَبٌ
ما دامَتِ الأَفلاكُ في دَوَرانها
No dawn appeared or morning star
As long as the orbits are in rotation
