غلامك يا صدّيقَ أَشرَفِ دَولةٍ

بِإِنجاز وَعد مِن مَعاليك واثقُ

Your slave, O friend of the most noble state

Is confident in fulfilling a promise from your Excellency

وَحاشاك يا صَدر الصُدور تردّه

بِغَير الَّذي يَرجوه وَالوَعد صادق

And it is unbecoming of you, O most generous of chests, to disappoint him

With other than what he hopes for, and the promise is true

وَمِن راحَتَي عَلياك فاضَ عَلى الوَرى

بِحارُ نَوالٍ زاخِراتٌ دَوافق

And from my rest upon you overflowed unto the world

Seas of abundant gifts compatible

فَأَحيت بِعَذب الماء في كُل بقعة

نفوساً رَماها بِالمَوات

So you revived in every place with sweet water

Souls that death had struck down

وَأَصبَح يَشدو بِامتِداحك كُلُّ من

جَواد ذَكاه في ثَنائك سابق

And everyone whom a generous gift inspired to praise you

Became a competitor racing in your eulogy

فَقابل مَديحي بِالقبول فَإِنَّني

خَديم أَمين مُخلص لا أُنافق

So accept my praise, for I am

A faithful, loyal servant, I do not dissimulate

وَمُر لي بإِطلاقٍ لِسَبعة أَشهُرٍ

وَيَومين شابَت لي عَلَيها مَفارق

And order for me release for seven months

And two days for which parting had whitened upon me

فَإِني فيها ما توانيتُ ساعة

مَع العُسر بَعدَ اليُسر عَما يُوافق

For during them I did not hesitate an hour

After ease with hardship, from that which accords

وَلا اِزددت إِلّا رَغبة في مَدائح

لِساني بِها في السر وَالجَهر ناطق

And I increased only in desire for praises

With which my tongue, secretly and openly, speaks

وَعش في صَفاء دائم وَصَدارة

لَكَ السَعد طُول الدَهر فيها مَرافق

And live in everlasting clarity and primacy

For you, good fortune for all time accompanying it