حَسب العِمارة وَالبَنا تَشريفا

بِكَ يا حسين فَلا بَرحت شَريفا

According to the architecture and construction as an honor

Through you, O Hussein, you have always remained noble

سل مَنصب المعمار هَل قَد زانَهُ

أَحد سِواك وَزادَهُ تَلطيفا

Ask the architect, has anyone but you adorned

His position and made it more refined?

ينبيك يا كنز المَعارف أَنَّهُ

أَضحى بِفهمك سامياً وَظَريفا

O treasure of knowledge, you should know

That with your understanding, you have become sublime and genteel

نَظر الزَمان لَهُ بِعَين عِناية

وَبِهِ غَدا قَلب الوَزير رَؤوفا

The times looked upon you with care

And through you the minister's heart became kind

فَأَغاثه لَما اِستَجار بِعَدله

بِكَ حَيث كُنت مُدَبِّراً يعروفا

When he sought refuge in your justice

You aided him, wherever you were, graciously

هامَت بِحبك يا أَمير مَراتبٌ

شرّفتها بِمَعارف تَشريفا

High offices have yearned for your love, O prince

You have honored them with noble knowledge

ما لِلفُنون يَسوسها في مصرنا

إِلّا جَنابك إِذ خُلقت عَفيفا

None but you leads the arts in our land

Since you were created virtuous and chaste

يا اِبن المَكارم وَالسِيادة إِنَّني

بِجَميل شُكرك لَم أَزَل مَشغوفا

O son of generosity and rule, indeed I

Have always been enamored with thanking your kindness

بَلغت بهمتك المَباني شَأوَها

لَما رَثيت لَها وَصُرت حَليفا

You have raised the buildings to their glory

When you elegized them and became their ally

كَم نالَها مِن رفعة وَجَمالة

وَبَديع إِتقان غَدا مَوصوفا

How much loftiness and beauty it attained

And excellent workmanship, now well-described

مُزجت مَحاسنُها بِلطفك وَالذَكا

فَزَهَت وَأَصبَحَ قَدرُها مَعروفا

You mixed its beauty with your kindness and wisdom

So it shone, and its value became well-known

عاهَدتها بَعد الجَفا بمودّة

فَدَفعت عَنها بِالوَفاء صُروفا

You vowed to it loyalty after neglect

And warded off its difficulties with faithfulness

ما ضَرّها مِن قَبل غَير وُقوعها

في أَسر عَبد جاءَها مَلهوفا

No harm came to it before except its falling

Into the grip of a slave who came to it fervently

أَكل القَليل مَع الكَثير وَلَم يَخَف

مِن جَهله بَينَ الأَنام كُسوفا

He ate the little with the much and did not fear

Among the people his ignorance being exposed

ركب الخُطوب مَع الذُنوب وَلَم يَكُن

لِضلاله في رَأيه مَألوفا

He mounted problems with sins and was not

Accustomed in his mind to corruption

بِكَ يا عَزيز قَد اِستَظَلَّ لِذاته

فَعَفوت مِن كَرَم وَآمن خوفا

Through you, dear one, he sought shade for himself

So you forgave with generosity and he felt no fear

أَمّا وَفاك لَهُ فَكانَ سَماحةً

مِن حسن أَصل لا يَزال مُنيفا

As for your loyalty to him, it was generosity

From good stock that does not cease to be refined

شَيّدتُ أَبياتي بِمدحك وَالثَنا

فَاقبل بحلمك وَاترك التَكليفا

I constructed my verses in praising you and applauding

So accept with your forbearance and avoid imposition

يا سَعدَها إِن نالَها مِنكَ الرضا

فَبِهِ أَصولُ وَلا أَهاب أُلوفا

Oh its joy if it attains your satisfaction from you

For through it my principles endure and I fear no thousands