نَشَرتُ شِراع المَدح في أَوحَد الدَهر
سَليلِ العلا خدن المَعارف وَالفَخرِ
I have unfurled the sail of praise for the unique of the age
Descendant of the exalted, repository of knowledge and pride
محمد المَولى الحَليم الَّذي سَمَت
بِهِ دَولة العرفان في ذَلِكَ القطر
Muhammad the Master, the Forbearing, by whom
The state of mysticism rose in that land
أَمير حَوى عِلماً وَحلماً وَحكمة
وَرَأياً وَفَضلاً جلّ في القَدر عَن حَصر
A prince endowed with knowledge, patience, wisdom
And insight, merit supreme beyond reckoning
وَأَحيا رُسوم المَجد بَعد اِندِراسها
وَأَنسى الوَرى المَأمونَ بِالعلم وَالبر
He revived the customs of glory after their extinction
And brought solace to mankind through knowledge and righteousness
فَما عَدل كِسرى إِن تَقسه بِعَدله
يُعادل مِنهُ غَير ما دقَّ مِن كسر
No justice of Chosroes, if weighed against his justice
Could equal a fraction of it, save a mere iota
وَما رَأي قَيس الرَأي إِلا حثالة
لَدَيهِ وَلا مَعروف مَعْنٍ سِوى النزر
No insight of Qais, the insightful, but rubbish
Before him, no kindness but paltry charity
وَما كرّ عمروٍ وَاِبن شدّاد في الوَغى
عَلى ما يُرى إِلا كَنَوعٍ مِنَ الفرّ
No war of Amr and son of Shaddad in battle
Could match what is witnessed but some scattered dust
وَما اللَيث مِن أَضرابه في نزاله
وَما الغَيث إِلا القطر مِن ذَلِكَ البَحر
No lion from their ilk in his onslaught
No rain but drops from that ocean
فَعَن حلمه وَالبر وَالحَزم وَالوَفا
وَهمته حدّث وَعَن طَيِّب الذكر
Of his patience, piety, resolve and loyalty
And ambition, speak, and his sweet repute
وَذا الدَهر وافى بِالمَسرة وَالهَنا
وَبِاليسر مِن بَعد الجِناية وَالعُسر
Time brought ease and comfort
And affluence after distress and hardship
وَأَصبح مَولانا الحَليم محمد
يقابل أَبناء المَعارف بِالبشر
And our Master the Forbearing Muhammad
Receives men of knowledge with glad tidings
وَرَوضة شَبرَى أَشرَقَت بضيائه
وَشحرورها حَيّاه بِالنَظم وَالنَثر
The garden of Shubra shone with his radiance
Its flowers greeted him with prose and verse
وَنرجسها وَالياسمين وَوردها
وَأَزهارها كُلٌّ غَدا نافح العطر
Its narcissi, jasmine and roses
All became fragrant with scent
فَلا زالَ مَنصوراً سَعيداً مؤيداً
سَمير المَعالي دَهره باسم الثَغر
May he remain victorious, prosperous, supported
Fortune's darling, his age named after victory
وَلا زالَ مَغبوطاً بِأَجزل نعمة
وَلا اِنفَكَّ عَن قَيد السُرور مَدى الدَهر
May he remain blessed with the greatest boon
Never free from the fetter of joy for all time
وَإِقباله ما دامَ يبدي مؤرخاً
حَليم حَليف العَزم وَالفَتح وَالنَصر
And may his ascendance, chronicling
The Forbearing, ally of resolve, opening and triumph, endure
