صَفا الوَقت وَالممنون باحَ بسّرهِ

وَأَعرب عَما في الضَمير بسحرهِ

Time's kindness and the trustworthy one brought glad tidings,

Expressing what was in his conscience with magic.

وَشَمس عَليٍّ أَوحد العَصر أَشرَقَت

عَلَينا بِمصرٍ وَاِزدَهى نُور بَدره

And the sun of Ali shone, unique in his time,

It rose upon us in Egypt, and the light of its full moon grew stronger.

فَطيّر هام الجَور مِنهُ بِصارمٍ

مِن العَدل وَالإِنصاف في أَرض مصره

So it scared away the injustice with its sharp sword,

Of justice and fairness in the land of Egypt.

لَهُ اللَه مِن صَدر حَليم مؤيد

مِن الحَق رَب العالمين بِنصره

God aids him from the breast of a forbearing supporter,

With the truth from the Lord of mankind is his victory.

وَما حُبه إِلّا كَما صح واجبٌ

عَلى الناس حَيث الكُل فاز ببره

And his love is only as it is right and obligatory,

Upon people wherever all have succeeded through his righteousness.

أَما إِن أَرواح البَرية لَو غَدَت

بِحُكم بَشير جاءَ يَسعى بِبِشره

If the souls of humankind were to come tomorrow,

With the rule of the bearer of good news hastening with his announcements,

لَما صارَ بِالتَحقيق فيما حَبا به

مِن الحَظ إِلّا دُون مِعشار عُشره

It would not actually become, in what he has been granted

Of fortune, except less than a tenth of its tenth.

أَما إِن شَهراً لِلصِيام أَتى بِما

يَسرّ عَلَينا أَن نَقوم بِشُكره

The fasting month has come with what makes it easy upon us,

To stand up giving thanks.

وَكَيفَ وَبِالإِقبال وافى وَبِالهَنا

مَع السَعد مَقروناً بِأَنوار زُهره

And how could it not, when prosperity has arrived,

Accompanied by splendor, adorned with the lights of its flowers.

أَما إِن هَذا الدَهر لَو سَلّ سَيفَه

لَردّ وَما أَغنَت حَبائل مكره

Time, if it brandished its sword,

Would recoil, and his cunning ropes would not avail.

أَما أَنتَ شَهمٌ لا ترام وَسيد

غَدا خَير مَسؤول يَجود بِتبره

You are valiant, undaunted, and a master

Of tomorrow, the best to hope for, generous with his righteousness.

أَما أَنتَ حصنٌ لِلمَعارف إِن سَطا

عَلَيها وصالَ الجَهلُ في حزب غَدره

You are a fortress for knowledge, if ignorance prevailed against it,

In the party of betrayal on the day of its treachery.

فَيا دَوحة المَجد المؤثَّل وَالنَدى

وَيا صاحب الرَأي السَديد بِعصره

O palm tree of glorious majesty,

O you of judicious opinion in your time.

وَيا مَعدَن المَعروف وَالحلم وَالذَكا

وَيا مَن صُروف الدَهر تَجري بِأَمره

O mine of kindness, forbearance and intelligence,

O you whom the vicissitudes of fate follow your command.

وَيا ناشراً لِليُسر وَالأَمن دائِماً

عَلى الخائف المَحصور في سجن عسره

O constant spreader of ease and security,

Upon the apprehensive prisoner in the jail of hardship.

وَيا حازمِاً بِالرَأي شَيّد مَجده

عَلى رَغم مَن عاداه في يَوم كرّه

O resolute in opinion, you built your glory,

Despite those who opposed you on the day of their hatred.

أَيرتدّ يا ذخر البَرية خائِباً

عُبيدُك أَو يَخشى حَوادثَ دَهره

Will your servants turn back disappointed, O treasure of humankind,

Or will they fear the accidents of fate?

وَأَنتَ وَزير للمروءة ناصر

بِحَزم يَفيض العَدل مِن ماء نَهره

You are the vizier of manliness, victoriously supporting,

With wisdom, from whose stream justice overflows.

وَأَنتَ لَدَينا ذُو الفَقار الَّذي بِهِ

تَصول عَلى جُند الغُرور بِأَسره

You are to us the one with the sharp sword, with which

You assault the armies of delusion altogether.

وَمَن لاذَ بِالبَحر الخضّم مؤملاً

نَوالاً حَظي مِنهُ بِأَنفَس دُرّه

Whoever seeks refuge in the tumultuous sea, hoping

To gain its most precious pearls from it as their portion.

وَعَنهُ يَزول الضَيم في الحال وَالعَنا

وَيُطوَى بِساط العُسر مِن بَعد نَشره

Through it hardship disappears immediately, and troubles,

And the carpet of difficulty is folded up after being spread.

وَإِن رامَهُ بِالسُوء باغٍ هزمته

بَعزمك في بَرِّ النزال وَبَحره

And if any aggressor intends evil against it, your resolve defeats him

In honorable combat and its sea.

بِعزمك يا رُكن العُلوم وَسُورَها

غلامُك يَلقى كُلَّ خطب بصدره

With your resolve, O pillar of sciences and their enclosure,

Your boy takes on every peril with his chest,

وَيَقتحم الأَهوال في كُل شدة

بِقَلب همام مطمئنٍ بظفره

And plunges into terrors in every hardship,

With a lofty heart, serene in its victory.

وَأَنتَ جَدير بِالمَحامد وَالثَنا

وَمثلُك مَن طابَ الزَمان بذكره

You deserve praise and eulogies,

And the like of you, the time was improved by the mention of him.

وَأَنتَ المرجَّى لِلسَعادة وَالرَخا

وَحفظ الأَهالي مِن ملمٍّ بشره

You are the one hoped for happiness and comfort,

And protecting the people from a painful end.

فَلا زلت يا كَهف الهبات مُوَفَّقاً

إِلى الخَير ما لَيلٌ تَوارى بِفَجره

So you have not ceased, O cave of grants, to be successful

Towards goodness, as long as night conceals itself with its dawn.

وَلا زالَ جَيش السَعد في مَصر خادِماً

لصدرٍ سَما فَوق السماك بفخره

And the army of prosperity has not stopped serving

A breast that rose above the highest of the high in its pride.

وَلا اِنفَكَّ عَن إِتحاف ذاتك مادحٌ

بِكُل بَديع مِن خُلاصة شعره

And one who praises has not stopped adorning your essence

With every eloquent speech from the quintessence of his poetry.