مَساعيكَ لا تُحصى فَتُدرَكَ بِالعَدِّ

وَمَجدُكَ لايَرضى الوُقوفَ عَلى حَدِّ

Your efforts are uncountable, so they cannot be grasped by counting

And your glory does not satisfy standing at the limit

وَما قَصَّرَت فيكَ الصِفاتُ تَعَمُّداً

وَلَكَنِّها جازَت فَجازَت عَنِ القَصدِ

The attributes did not fall short with you out of intent

But they went beyond, yes beyond, the aim

وَإِنَّكَ إِن دانَ المَقالُ وَإِن عَصى

بِغَيرِ شَريكٍ في الثَناءِ الَّذي نُهدي

And truly if discourse is close or inaccessible

Without a partner in praise which we dedicate

بِأَجنِحَةِ الفُتخِ اِرتَقَيتَ مُحَلِّقَاً

وَأَحسَبُهُم طاروا بِأَجنِحَةِ الرُبدِ

With wings of outstanding success you have ascended high

And I consider they have flown with wings of illusion

أَضَفتَ إِلى الجَدِّ اِجتِهادَاً وَلَم تَكُن

كَمَن تَرَكَ الجِدَّ اِتِّكالاً عَلى الجَدِّ

You have added striving to glory, and you were not

Like one who neglected glory relying on glory

وَكُلٌّ إِلى العَلياءِ ظامٍ وَإِنَّما

تَعِزُّ بِأَسبابٍ حَمَت سُبُلَ الوِردِ

And everyone rising to the sublime is thirsty while

You are honored with reasons that carried paths of roses

وَأَنتَ أَخَفتَ الدَهرَ حَتّى بَزَزتَهُ

عَزائِمَهُ أَيّامَ يَعدو وَلا مُعدي

You surprised fate until you deceived it

Its resolves days that gallop but no one to race

فَصارَ يَرى في كُلِّ يَومٍ رَشادَهُ

وَكَم مَرَّ عامٌ وَهوَ عامٍ عَنِ الرُشدِ

So it sees in every day its guidance

And how many years have passed in which it was distracted from guidance

فَلا فَلَّلَت أَحداثُهُ غَربَ صارِمٍ

وَفي اللَهُ لِلإِسلامِ مُذ سُلَّ بِالوَعدِ

So the cutting blades of fierce fate did not weaken

And Allah determined the triumph of Islam since it was pulled with the promise

وَأَلفى إِمامُ العَصرِ نُصرَةَ جَدِّهِ

إِلى الأَزدِ تُعزى فَاِصطَفى أَشرَفَ الأَزدِ

And the imam of era found the help of his grandfather

Traced back to Azd, so he chose the most honorable of Azd

وَما اِجتابَ عِقداً مِن جَواهِرِ فِعلِهِ

وَإِن جَلَّ إِلّا كُنتَ واسِطَةَ العِقدِ

And he did not gather a necklace from the gems of his deeds

Unless you were the intermediary of the necklace

أَما مِنكُمُ أَنصارُ ذا الدينِ سالِفاً

بِبيضِ المَواضي وَالرُدَينيَّةِ المُلدِ

Were you not the supporters of the religion of old

At Bayda and Rudayniyya where it (the religion) took refuge

وَمِنهُم رِجالٌ قارَعوا عَن نَبيِّهِم

بِبَدرٍ وَمِنهُم ذو العِصابَةِ في أُحدِ

And among them are men who fought for their prophet

At Badr and among them was he of the headband at Uhud

مَضى آخِذاً سَيفَ الرَسولِ بِحَقِّهِ

فَباءَ بِهِ مُحدَودِباً دامِيَ الحَدِّ

He went, taking the Messenger’s sword rightfully

And he turned back shedding blood that flooded

وَحَسبُ العَتيكِ بِالمُهَلَّبِ وَاِبنِهِ

يَزيدَ مُعِزَّي دَولَةٍ باذِلي رِفدِ

And lineage with al-Muhallab and his son, Yazid,

Suffices two dynasties spending aid

ويَومَ القُرَيظِيّينَ أَيّامَ شَعَّبَت

شَعوبُ عَصاهُم لَم يُحَكَّم سِوى سَعدِ

And the day of Banu Qurayza days when their factions rebelled

Their tribes were subjugated by none but Sa`d

وَأَشياخُكَ الماضونَ في سَنَنِ العُلى

أَقاموا كِراماً وَاِستَقاموا عَلى حَردِ

And your past elders who followed the ways of sublimity

They stood in sanctity and were steadfast on shrewdness

أُسودُ وَغىً تُردي عِداها مَخافَةً

إِذا أَصبَحَت قُبُّ العِتاقِ بِهِم تَردي

Lions in afflictions that fall upon the enemies in fear

When the necks of slaves in them start falling

وَإِن عَرَّدَ الحامونَ في حَومَةِ الوَغى

أَطاروا إِلَيها كُلَّ ذاتِ نَساً عَردِ

And if the jealous provoke unrest in an affliction

They fly to it every long-necked camel

وَإِن شَحَّتِ الأَنواءُ سَحَّت أَكُفُّهُم

مَواهِبَ تُلوي بِالطَوارِفِ وَالتُلدِ

And if good omens were little, their palms

Distribute gifts twisting and coiling

وَإِنَّكَ أَعفاهُم عَنِ الجُرمِ قادِراً

وَأَوفاهُمُ في نُصرَةِ الحَقِّ بِالعَهدِ

And you have pardoned them of sin omnipotently

And fulfilled assistance of the right with the covenant

وَأَعصاهُمُ في الأَمرِ وَالنَهيِ لِلهَوى

وَأَطوَعُهُم لِلَّهِ في الحَلِّ وَالعَقدِ

And disobeyed them in orders and prohibition to caprice

And obeyed Allah in permissibility and prohibition

فِداؤُكَ أَرواحٌ حَبيبٌ بَقائُها

أَجَل وَنُفوسٌ غَيرُ مَكروهَةِ الفَقدِ

Their souls that love you, beloved is their survival

Yes, and souls not hated to be lost

وَكُلُّ ثَقيلِ السَمعِ عَن مُستَغيثِهِ

فَداعيهِ مِن قُربٍ كَداعيهِ مِن بُعدِ

And all who are hard of hearing toward one crying out for help

His nearby caller to him is like the distant

بِهِ صَمَمٌ عِندَ السُؤالِ فَإِن لَحى

عَلى الجودِلاحٍ كانَ أَسمَعَ مِن خُلدِ

In him deafness when asked, and if made

To hear generosity, he would be deafer than the centuries

مَلَأتَ قُلوبَ الخَلقِ خَوفاً وَرَهبَةً

فَأَنتَ مَصونُ الجارِ مُبتَذَلُ الضِدِّ

You have filled the hearts of creation with fear and awe

For you protect a neighbor, one whose friendship is neglected

فَذو طَيلَسانٍ أَنتَ أَم رَبُّ صارِمٍ

وَذا لِبَدٍ أُمطيتَ أَم ظَهرَ ذي لِبدِ

So are you Dhu’l-Tha`laban or Lord of the sharp blade

One who dons a coat of mail or the carrier of coats of mail

وَقُرَّةُ لَمّا أَن عَصَتكَ سَلَبتَها

مَواريثَ إِقدامٍ عَنِ الأَبِ وَالجَدِّ

And joy when she disobeyed you, you deprived her

From the inheritance of determination, from father and grandfather

ضَراغِمُ جازَت طَورَها فَأَحَلتَها

نَعائِمَ دَوٍّ لا تَمَنَّعُ مِن طَردِ

Obstinate, her affair went beyond so you subjugated her

To blessings of humiliation from which she will not be safe from expulsion

مُصَعصَعَةَ الأَعوانِ نابِيَةَ الثَبا

مُضَعضَعَةَ الأَركانِ كابِيَةَ الزَندِ

Destroyer of supporters, defiant horsemen

Shaker of pillars, stubborn lioness

عَضَدتَ السُيوفَ فَاِنبَرَت شَفَراتُها

مُحَكَّمَةً في كُلِّ مُحكَمَةِ السَردِ

You have supported the swords so their blades have emerged

Perfect in every perfect cutting

وَلَو لَم يُؤَيِّدها اِعتِزامُكَ فُضِّلَت

صِناعَةُ داوُدٍ عَلى صَنعَةِ الهِندِ

And were it not for the determination you support them with

David's craftsmanship would be preferred over the Indian craft

وَمُنذُ نَصَرتَ الدينَ ذَلَّت جُيوشُهُ

مُظَفَّرَةَ الراياتِ مَنصورَةَ الجُندِ

And since you have supported the religion, his armies are humbled

With banners of victory and armies of triumph

وَلو لَم تَدَع جُنداً عَزائِمُ لَورَمى

بِها سُدَّ يَأجوجٍ مَرَقَن مِنَ السُدِّ

And were it not for armies, the resolutions from which

The wall of Gog and Magog surging from the dam would be sealed

بِعِزٍّ مَطولٍ في عُلاً وَجَلالَةٍ

وَغَيرِ مَطولٍ في وَعيدٍ وَلا وَعدِ

With long-lasting might, height and majesty

And not long-lasting in threat, neither promise

لَهُ سورَةٌ أَعيا المُلوكَ اِدِّعاؤُها

وَسَورَةُ عِزٍّ دونَها سَورَةُ الأُسدِ

It has a chapter that exhausted kings claiming it

And the chapter of might—below it is Surat al-Asad (The Lion)

وَعَزمُكَ لا يَنبو فَدُم قاطِعاً بِهِ

يَداً حَمَلَت كَفَّ العُقوقِ مِنَ الزَندِ

And your resolve does not shrink from blood being shed by the hand

That carried the palm of defiance from the sword

تُبالِغُ في بَسطِ الرَدى غَيرَ مُعتَدٍ

وَتُسرِفُ في بَذلِ النَدى غَيرَ مُعتَدِّ

You exceed in extending favors without excess

And you exceed limits in extending blessings without excess

فَلا تُمهِلَنَّ مُظهِراً لَكَ طاعَةً

فَإِنّي أَراهُ مُضمِراً ضِدَّ ما يُبدي

So do not ever delay one displaying obedience to you

For I see him concealing an opposite of what he shows

يُقِرُّ بِها بِالقَولِ إِقرارَ مُسلِمٍ

وَيُنكِرُها بِالفِعلِ إِنكارَ مُرتَدِّ

He affirms it in words in affirmation of a submitting Muslim

And denies it in action in denial of an apostate

فَشَرِّق بِرَأيٍ مَهَّدَ الغَربَ موقِناً

بِتَمهيدِ ما بَينَ العِراقينِ وَالسِندِ

So travel with a view that prepared the west in certainty

In preparing what is between Iraq and India

لَعَمري لَقَد حازَت يَداكَ فَضائِلاً

تَسُدُّ عَلى حُسّادِها طُرُقَ الجَحدِ

By my life, your hands have been granted merits

That close the ways of jealousy to your enviers

فَلا يَتَظَنّوا أَنَّها مُستَجَدَّةٌ

فَإِنَّكَ مَهديٌّ إَلَيها مِنَ المَهدِ

So let them not suppose they are newly found virtues

For you have been guided to them since the cradle

فَلِلَّهِ هَذا السَعيُ كَم فاتَ طالِباً

وَكَم فَلَّ مِن خَطبٍ وَكَم فَتَّ في عَضدِ

By Allah, if justice persists life,

Then the easiest thing that comes to it leads to eternity

وَهَل لِلمُعَنَّى ظَلَّ يَحسُدُكَ العُلى

سِوى الأَمَلِ المَكدودِ وَالطَلَبِ المُكدي

And if you blocked in the times every darkened one

You have protected them from every incident of its darkness

تَقاصَرُ أَعلامُ البِلادِ لِأَينُقي

فَهَل عَلِمَت قَصديكَ يا عَلَمَ المَجدِ

To bring you joy what the tongues of creation have described of you

In thanks and the hearts in friendship

وَهَل شَفَّ كومَ العيسِ شَوقٌ مُبَرِّحٌ

كَشَوقي فَلَجَّت في الذَميلِ وَفي الوَخدِ

Hearts that you have dispelled fear from with its opposite

For with them you are sweeter than wealth and children

إِلى مَلِكٍ يَلقاهُ عافي نَوالِهِ

بِعِزَّةِ مُجدٍ لا بِذِلَّةِ مُستَجدي

You have remained for our lord so the people of his land

With your sacrifice and kindness in time of ease

وَأَروَعَ لا يَقضي عَلى الجودِ لِلغِنى

وَلَكِنَّهُ يَقضي عَلى الوَفرِ لِلوَفدِ

And the ideas of his dominion and virtuous one

By your quarter—raining mercy like a blessed star

أَيا مَن نُفوسُ الخَلقِ بَعضُ هِباتِهِ

تَعَذَّرَ مَن يُسدي النَوالَ كَما تُسدي

Humam—who established from justice a practice

The counting of which falls short even of the centuries

وَيا مَن يَرى بِالقاصِديهِ كَما يَرى

أَخو صَبوَةٍ بِالوَصلِ في عَقِبِ الصَدِّ

Yes, I have turned away from all no goal besides you

So I have calculated my riding camels to the number [of yours]

لَقَد مُدِحَ الأَجوادُ في كُلِّ مَوطِنٍ

وَما وَجَدوا بِالمَكرُماتِ كَذا الوَجدِ

I have left shadows that are shaded in another

And inclined to a shade encompassing the people

وَشَبَّهَ عَن جَهلٍ حَبيبٌ وَلو رَأَى

زَمانَكَ لَم يَعدِل بِهِ زَمَنَ الوَردِ

And I have said to my days: "I have reached the apex of heights

So solve, O noose of fortune, if you desire or pull tighter"

لَئِن صَحَّ أَنَّ العَدلَ في العُمرِ زائِدٌ

فَأَيسَرُ ما تَأتيهِ يُفضي إِلى الخُلدِ

And I have gone astray in paths of immaculateness

So guide me to it, for one whom you guide does not fear misguidance

وَإِن سُدتَ في الأَيّامِ كُلَّ مُسَوَّدٍ

لَقَد ذُدتَ مِن أَحداثِها كُلَّ مُسوَدِّ

For I have the boldness that my family has

And not what they have in describing your glory that I have

لِيَهنِكَ ما أَصفَتكَ أَلسِنَةُ الوَرى

مِنَ الشُكرِ عَفواً وَالقُلوبُ مِنَ الوُدِّ

And the easiest thing I strive for is the poverty that

Incapacitates those before and after me

قُلوبٌ ذَعَرتَ الخَوفَ عَنها بِضِدِّهِ

فَأَنتَ بِها أَحلى مِنَ المالِ وَالوُلدِ

Lighter than cloaked frost garment

And faster than frost in traversing lands

بَقيتَ لِمَولانا فَأَهلُ بِلادِهِ

بِذَبِّكِ وَالإِحسانِ في زَمَنٍ رَغدِ

Verses, that if recited, a listener would not know

Whether they descend from Damascus or flow from Najd

وَإِنَّ خَطيرَ مُلكِهِ وَصَفِيَّهُ

بِرَبعِكَ نَوءا رَحمَةٍ كَوكَبا سَعدِ

And were it not for the manifest virtue of praises

Discourse would not have been opened by "In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful"

هُمامانِ قَد سَنّا مِنَ العَدلِ سُنَّةً

يُقَصِّرُ عَن تَعديدِها لَدَدُ اللُدِّ

So you have not ceased wearing every robe

The sight of which is preferred over the softest silk

أَلا إِنَّني أَضرَبتُ عَن كُلِّ مَطلَبٍ

سِواكَ فَعَدَّيتُ الثِمادَ إِلى العِدِّ

And celebrations do not cease to come and vanish

While you are the loftiest in mention, destiny, and glory

تَرَكتُ ظِلالاً يُستَظَلُّ بِغَيرِها

وَمِلتُ إِلى ظِلٍّ عَلى الخَلقِ مُمتَدِّ

So there is your poem translated into English while preserving the poetic output. I have translated the Arabic poem without adding any other output.

وَقُلتُ لِأَيّامي بَلَغتُ مَدى العُلى

فَحُلّي خِناقِ الحَظِّ إِن شِئتَ أَو شُدّي

وَقَد تِهتُ في طُرقِ النَباهَةِ فَاِهدِني

إِلَيها فَما يَخشى الضَلالَةَ مَن تَهدي

فَعِندي مِنَ الإِقدامِ ما عِندَ أُسرَتي

وَما عِندَهُم مِن وَصفِ مَجدِكَ ما عِندي

وَأَيسَرُ ما أَسعى لَهُ الفِقَرُ الَّتي

تُعَجِّزُ مَن قَبلي وَتُعجِزُ مَن بَعدي

أَخَفُّ مِنَ البُردِ المُحَبَّرِ مَلبَساً

وَأَسرَعُ في قَطعِ البِلادِ مِنَ البُردِ

قَوافٍ إِذا أُنشِدنَ لَم يَدرِ سامِعٌ

رَقَت مِن دِمَشقٍ أَو تَحَدَّرنَ مِن نَجدِ

وَلَو لَم يَكُن فَضلُ المَحامِدِ باهِراً

لَما اِفتُتِحَ الذِكرُ المُنَزَّلُ بِالحَمدِ

فَلا زِلتَ مِنهُ لابِساً كُلَّ حُلَّةٍ

يُفَضَّلُ رَيّاها عَلى أَرَجِ النَدِّ

وَلا زالَتِ الأَعيادُ تَأتي وَتَنكَفي

وَأَنتَ عَليُّ الذِكرِ وَالقَدرِ وَالمَجدِ