لِلرّوضِ بادِر تُمنح التّكريما
مِن زَهرهِ مزري الجُمانِ نَظيما
To reach the garden, hasten, you will be granted honor
With flowers of beautiful oleander in arrangement
مِن عَسجَدٍ وَزُمرّدٍ وَعَقائق
تُسقى لُجَيناً قَد حَكى التّسنيما
With lilies, emeralds and primroses
Watered with clear wine as the breeze relates
فيهِ تَدورُ مِنَ المَسرَّةِ خَمرة
يَبدو لَها حُسنُ الصّفاءِ نَديما
In it revolves a wine of joy
Whose clarity of purity appears as a boon companion
بِالعَينِ تشرَبُ في القُلوبِ خِمارها
تَشفي فُؤاداً بِالهُمومِ سَقيما
It is sipped by the eye into hearts intoxicating them
Healing a heart burdened with worries, sick
فَاِدخُل إِلَيهِ كَي تُشاهِدَ حُسنَهُ
وَاِشهدهُ تَشهد جنَّةً وَنَعيما
So enter into it that you may behold its beauty
And witness it, you will witness a paradise and bliss
قَد راقَ ماءٌ كَاللُّجينِ زُلالهُ
حَصباؤُهُ درٌّ ورقَّ نَسيما
Clear water flows in it like pearls
Its pebbles are pearls and the blowing of a gentle breeze
فَاِنشق شَذاهُ وَاِقتَطِف نَفَحاتِه
فَزُهورهُ تزري العَبيرَ شَميما
Inhale its fragrance and pluck its breaths
For its flowers scent the air with sweet aroma
وَالوردُ فيهِ مِنَ الجَمالِ تَخالُهُ
فَوقَ الغُصونِ كَواكِباً وَنُجوما
And the roses in it, from beauty it surpasses them
Above the branches like planets and stars
وَالنَّرْجِسُ الغضُّ النّضير فَسوقُه
قُضبُ الزّمرُّدِ تَشرحُ المَغموما
The green narcissus, so delicate
Its stem is emerald expelling gloom
مِن كلِّ نَرجِسَةٍ غَدَت شَمساً على
بَدرٍ يُضيءُ متمَّماً تتميما
Of every narcissus has become a sun upon
A full moon illuminating perfectly complete
وَاِسمَع بِهِ فَوقَ الغُصونِ طيورهُ
قَد أَحسَنَت في شَدوِها التّرنيما
And listen in it above the branches birds
Who have sung well in their chanting
مِن كُلِّ غِرّيدٍ بِلَحنٍ مُنعشٍ
كَالنّاي صَوتاً في السّماعِ رَخيما
Every trill in a refreshing tune
Like the flute, a voice in hearing pleasant
وَأَدِرْ بِهِ كَأسَ الحَديثِ مُسامراً
وَاِختَر لَهُ يا ذا الذّكاءِ حَكيما
And pass in it the cup of discourse as a drinking companion
And choose for it, O wise one of intellect, a wise one
وَاِسرُد بِهِ ذِكرَ الكرامِ وَجودِهم
فَعَسى بِذِكراهُم تَصيرُ كَريما
And recall in it mention of the generous and their munificence
Perhaps by their mention you may become noble
وَاِذكُر بِهِ مَجدَ الأَماجِدِ في الورى
فَبِمَجدِهم قَد أَدرَكوا التّفخيما
And mention in it the glory of the most gloriole in the world
For by their glory they have attained veneration
رَكِبوا بِهِ شَرَفَ العُلى فَوقَ السُّهى
وَعَلوا بِهِ ظَهر الفَخارِ شَكيما
They rode by it the nobility of highness above the stellar
And ascended by it the back of space lofty
وَإِذا أَردتَ أَجلَّ مَجدٍ قَد سَما
بَينَ الكِرامِ فَمَجدُ إِبراهِيما
And if you wanted the most majestic glory that has reached
Between the generous, then the glory of Abraham
الكامِل الشّهم الوَجيه وَمَن حَوى
وَجهاً بَهيّاً بِالكَمالِ وسيما
The perfect, valiant, prominent one who contained
A beautiful face with perfection and handsomeness
طَلق المُحيّا بِشره بادٍ لَنا
وَلَه المَهابَة بِالبَشاشةِ سيما
Free in his smile, radiant to us
And to him awe with amiability a special trait
حَسن الصّفاتِ غَدا الحَميد خَلائِقاً
قَد حازَ طَبعاً في الأَنامِ سَليما
Of excellent traits the lauded became in nature
Having attained a disposition among people integral
الجَوهَر الفَرد الّذي لَم يحكِهِ
الدُّرُّ الثّمين وَلَو يَكون نَظيما
The unique gem that cannot be matched
By the precious pearl though it be well-strung
ما إِن أَرَدت مِثالَهُ وَنَظيرَهُ
إِلّا وَجدتَ لَه المِثالَ عَديما
If you wanted its parallel and its peer
You will only find for it the parallel absent
الضّيغَمُ القرمُ الغَضنفَرُ في الوَغى
رَأس الفَوارِسِ مَن حَوى التّقديما
The intrepid lion in battle
The head of knights who has attained precedence
لَيث العَرينِ لَهُ الأُسودُ فَرائِس
يُقري بِها وَحشَ الفَلاةِ لُحوما
The lion of the lair, for him lions are steeds
With them he feeds the beasts of the wilderness meat
رَبّ الصّفاحِ البيضِ ما إِنْ سَلَّها
إِلّا سَقى مِنها العداةَ سُموما
Lord of the white sword, when he drew it
He only quenched with it the enemies' poisons
رَبّ العَوالي ما رَآها فارِسٌ
إِلّا هَوى مِن رُعبِهِ مَعدوما
Lord of high places, no horseman saw them
Except he fell from its terror annihilated
شِبل العُلى في جَبهَةِ العليا بدا
بَدراً تَجلّى بِالسّعودِ عَظيما
Cub of the sublime, in the glorious front he appeared
A moon manifest with good fortune grand
نَجم المَعالي كَوكب الشّرف الّذي
قَد ضاءَ مَجداً في الكِرامِ فَخيما
Star of the heights, planet of honor who
Has shone glory among the generous towering
وَقَدِ اِستَفادَ المَجد مِن مَجدِ العُلى
تاج الأَماجِدِ مَن حَوى التّعظيما
And has gained glory from the glory of the sublime
Crown of glories, the one who contained veneration
الفَخم عَبد اللَّهِ أَمجد سَيّدٍ
شادَ العُلى مبتنىً وَرُسوما
The magnificent Abdullah, most gloriole of lords
Who built the sublime, founded and erected
شَمس الوِزارَةِ مَفخر الوُزراءِ مَن
فيهِ الوزارَةُ نالَتِ التّفخيما
Sun of ministry, pride of ministers, the one
Through whom the ministry attained veneration
وَالشَّمس مِنها يَستَفيدُ ضَياءهُ
بَدرُ السماءِ وَلَيسَ ذا مَوهوما
And the sun from it gains its illumination
Full moon of the sky, and not something imaginary
داما بِعِزٍّ بِالسّعودِ مُسربل
بَل لا يَزالُ مَدى الزّمانِ مُقيما
May it last forever in power and grandeur robed
Rather, will remain for eternity of time enduring
ما لاحَ بَرقٌ ما تَغَنّى بُلبُلٌ
ما اِستَعذَبَ الرّوض الأَريض نَسيما
No lightning flashed, no nightingale sang
No breeze in the gentle garden became sweet
ما الزَّهرُ يَزهو في الرِّياضِ وَما الصَّبا
مِنهُ أَذاعَت سِرّهُ المَكتوما
No flowers bloom in the gardens, no zephyr
From it has divulged his secret concealed
ما قَد دَعا داعٍ وَأَحسَنَ مادِحٌ
في مَدحِهِ المَنثور وَالمَنظوما
No caller has called and no praiser praised well
In his scattered and composed eulogy
ما الفَتحُ قالَ لِمَن أَراد كَرامَةً
للروض بادِرْ تُمنَحِ التّكريما
No conquest has said to one who wanted nobility
To the garden, hasten, you will be granted honor
