يَا زهرَ روضٍ يُقْتَطَفْ

وَهلاَلَ تَمٍّ فِي سُدَفْ

O flower of the garden to be plucked

And crescent of perfection in elegance

اشرب هَنيئاً فَالطِّلاَ

أحلى شَراب يُرْتَشَفْ

Drink happily, for sweetness

Is the finest drink to be sipped

وانشق أزاهر روضة

خلْنَا شذاهَا المُقْتَطَفْ

And blossoms of the garden burst open

We inhaled their plucked fragrance

والْثِمْ ثنَايَا غَادة

حَوَتِ الملاَحة وَالطُّرَفْ

With a mouth of soft, delicate curves

Holding sweetness and charm

وَأطِعْ نصيحك فِي الهَوَى

وَدَعِ التَّحَمُّل والكَلَفْ

And heed the advice about passion

Leave off suffering and pretense

يَا مَنْ عَلا أعْلَى شَرَفْ

إذْ حَازَ بِالنسب الشَّرَفْ

O you who ascended the highest honor

When you gained glory through lineage

أوْضَّحْتَ منهَاجَ الهدى

ونَهَجْتَ منهج من سلفْ

You clarified the way of guidance

And followed the path of predecessors

وَضَّحْتَ شَاكلةَ الصوا

ب فكنتَ عن سلفٍ خَلَفْ

You illuminated the features of generosity

Thus you were a successor, not predecessor

وطلعتَ فِي أفق الزما

ن طلوع نجمٍ فِي سُدفْ

You rose in the horizon of time

Like the rising of a star in elegance

لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ روضاً لما

أبْديت زهراً يُقْتَطَفْ

Had you not been a garden, you would not

Have produced a flower to be plucked

يَا بدْر مَجْدٍ قَدْ أضا

وسحابَ جودٍ قَدْ وَكَفْ

O full moon of glory that gathered

Clouds of generosity that sufficed

لاَ زلتَ تَبْقَى جَامعا

جُمَلَ المحَاسن وَالظَّرَفْ

You remain still, embracing

Perfections and refinements

وَلَقِيتَ أسْبَابَ الهنا

وَوُقِيتَ دَائِرة التلفْ

And you attained means of bliss

And were spared the course of decay

مَا مَدَّ جَازِرُ زَاخِرٍ

وَأبَانَ دُرّاً مِنْ صَدَفْ

What an intelligent, flourishing one extended

And made pearls appear from shells