تبسم ضاحِكاً ثَغر التَهاني

لِأَحمَدَ خَير أَبناء الزَمان

Smile with laughter, congratulatory mouth

For Ahmed, the best of the sons of time

وَلاحَ هِلال عَلياه فَنلنا

بِرُؤية نُور غرّته الأَماني

And the crescent has shone upon it, so we attained

Seeing the light of hopes that adorned it

وَفي أُفق التقدّم قَد أَضاءَت

بِهِ شَمس المَعارف وَالبَيان

And in the horizon of progress, it illuminated

With it the sun of knowledge and eloquence

وَكَيفَ وَدُونه في كُل باب

مِن الآداب قسٌّ وَاِبن هاني

And how, while under it in every subject

Of literature there is a critic and Ibn Hani

وَما عَبد الحَميد لَدَيهِ إِلّا

كبارى بَعض أَقلام حسان

And Abdel Hamid has nothing but

The gems of some of the pens of Hassan

فَلا زالَ القبول لَهُ وَليداً

خَديماً ما زَهَت فيهِ المَعاني

So acceptance continues to be innate to him

A servant as long as meanings flourished in it

وَما قالَت لي العَلياء أَرّخ

مِن الأولى سَميرك صنف ثاني

And the high ones have not told me, date

A second class of your poetry from the first