أَأَحمدُ رَبَّ المَجدِ يا اِبنَ الأَكابرِ
تَهنأ بِنجل صادق الأَصل فاخرِ
O Ahmad, lord of glory, O son of noble forebears!
Rejoice in a son of true lineage, illustrious—
كَريمٍ بَدا في مَصر مِنكَ بِطَلعة
سَنا بَرقِها أَربى عَلى كُل زاهر
a noble child of your line has appeared in Egypt, with a countenance
whose lightning-bright radiance surpasses every shining thing.
فَأَكرِم بِمَولود وَأَكرِم بِوالد
شَريف وَفيِّ الوَعد مِن نسل طاهر
How noble his birth, and how noble his father—
highborn, true to his word, descended from Ṭāhir.
فَلا زلت يا اِبن الأَكرَمين مؤيداً
بِهِ إِذ غَدا سَيفاً نَفيس الجَواهر
May you ever remain, O son of the noblest, strengthened
by him, now that he has become a sword set with precious jewels.
وَلَما أَتى بِالسَعد قُلت مُؤَرِخاً
أَتى حسنٌ كَالشَمس أُمِّ الزَواهر
And when he came bringing good fortune, I spoke his date in a chronogram:
“Ḥasan has come, like the sun, mother of all radiant things.”
Sol 5.6