معانيك أمضى من شَبا قُضُبِ الهند

ولفظُك أحلى موقِعاً من جنى الشّهْدِ

Your meanings are more lasting than bamboo canes from India

And your words are sweeter than the nectar of honey

بعثتَ به عن سرّ نفس وفيّةٍ

ومكنونِ قلبٍ لا يُخالِف ما يُبدى

You sent it from the secret of a sincere soul

And the hiddenness of a heart that does not contradict what it reveals

كلاماً وتأويلاً تجسّم فيهما

وفاءُ السّجايا حاملاً مهجَة الوُدّ

Words and interpretation that embodied in them

The loyalty of dispositions carrying the love of intimacy

فلم أَرَ لفظاً مثلَه عاد لافِظاً

فأخبَرني عمّا لديك بما عندي

So I have not seen words like it that speak to their speaker

So tell me what you have with what I have

كلانا وإن طال التفرُّق بيننا

لصاحبه وافٍ مقيمٌ على العهد

Both of us, though long is the separation between us

Are loyal friends staying true to the covenant

ومثلكُ من لم يَرْضَ بالغدر شيمةً

ولم ينصرف مذ كان عن طاعة المجد

And the like of you, who did not accept treachery as a trait

And did not turn away since you were from obeying glory

جريتَ على آثار أسلافك الألى

وخيرُ البنين المُقْتفِي سَنَن الجَدِّ

You followed the tracks of your noble ancestors

And the best of sons is the one who follows the ways of his grandfather

لئن لَؤُمتْ فيك الليالي لقد بدا

لها منك ماضي العزم والحزم والجِدّ

If the nights have tested you, indeed it has appeared from you

Your resolve, determination and effort of past

وما نقصَتْ من وزن حلمك ذَرّةً

بخطبٍ ولا حلَّت لصبرك من عَقْد

And no atom's weight has decreased from your wisdom

With disasters, nor has your patience been undone by any knot

ولم تَرْمِك الأيامُ إلاّ للؤمها

وكلُّ لئيم للكريم على حقد

And the days have not thrown you except to fold you

And every scoundrel is hateful towards the noble

فلا تَبتئس بالدَهر إن سَرَّ معشَراً

فنحسُهُم فيه على قدَر السّعد

So do not grieve over fate if it lets a group prosper

For their luck in it is according to the fortune

حَلفتُ بأطراف الرِّماح رواعفاً

دماً وبتقريب المطَّهمة الجُرد

I swore by the tips of the spears as banners

Of blood, and by the sharpening of the polished swords

وبالطَّاهر المهديِّ سيّدِ هاشم

أَليّةَ مأمونِ الهدى صادق الوعد

And by the pure, rightly-guided Hashimite

The protected Mamun, truthful to his promise

لَتَنْكَشِفنْ عما قليل عَمَاية

تُريك سبيلَ العدل واضحة الرّشد

That soon the cloudiness will disappear

Showing you the clear path of justice and guidance