يا سميّ الخَليل لا زلت تَرقى

رُتَب العز وَالبَها وَالسِيادهْ

O summit of glory, you continue to rise

Through ranks of might, prestige, and rule

طبت أَصلاً وَقَد غَدَوت جَديراً

بِالمَقام المُنيف بَل وَزِياده

You were born noble, and have now become worthy

Of the lofty station - nay, even beyond

شهد الفَضل أَن عَقلك فَرد

وَعَلَيها إِجماع أَهل الإِجاده

Merit itself attests your peerless mind

On which the masters of eloquence agree

صَح إِجماعهم فمن حاد منا

كانَ مثل المرتد بَعد الشَهاده

Their consensus is sound - whoever among us dissents

Is like an apostate after professing faith

يا لَهُ منصباً تَفاخر لَما

صارَ عَبداً وَقَد مَلَكت قِياده

What a rank you take pride in since

You became a servant, though you wield leadership

كَم بِهِ ماجد تَكمّل مَجداً

إِذ رَقاه وَنال مِنهُ مراده

How many a glorious one you perfect in glory

By raising him up and granting what he sought

أَنتَ شرّفته وَقَد كانَ يَرجو

قَبل ذا الوَقت أَن تَكون عِماده

You ennobled him, though before this time

He hoped you would be his pillar

رَأفة اللَه أَنتَ لَستَ تُهَنّا

بِالمَعالي وَقَد أَتَت منقاده

God's mercy, you are not disgraced

By the heights, which now come obedient

بَل تُهَنّا بَكَ المَعالي وَيَأبى ال

لَهُ إِلّا إتمامَ ما قَد أَراده

Rather, the heights are disgraced by you, and refuse

Anything but fulfilling what you desired

لَيتَني أُحسنُ المَدائح حَتّى

أَتَحلَّى بِمَدح رَب السَعاده

Would that I excel in praise, so that

I may adorn myself in praising the Lord of joy