كلّ يوم سعادة مستهله
جملة للوزير في إثر جملة
Every day begins with joy
A sentence for the minister followed by a sentence
كلما شدَّت الوزارة إزراً
حمل الجيش في المعاند حمله
Whenever the ministry strengthens its authority
The army carries out its task against the obstinate
ودعا الخاص ثلث مرقاه والثل
ث كثيرٌ على الذي كانَ قبله
And the elite are given a third of their salary while the rest
Is more than what was before
وأضيفت لذا وذا جمل الأنع
ام يتلو جزيلها الحرّ جزله
Additional provisions were allocated to this and that
Followed by generous gifts that delight the generous
من تفاصيلها القماش رياضٌ
مزهراتٌ على الغيوث أدله
With its fine details, it is a garden
Blossoming from the rain's guidance
فصلَّت قبلها له خلعٌ من
زخرف الطَّرز كلّ يوم مظَله
Elegant robes were sent to him
Embroidered each day with a new design
عوّذتها كما ترى سُوَرُ القر
آن فضلاً يلائم الشكل شكله
I have protected them as you see
The chapters of the Quran grace the form.
هكذا هكذا تكون تفاصي
ل عطايا يعوذها الملك بالله
This is how the distribution of gifts should be
Protected by the King with the name of God
سايرتها خيل العطا مسرجات
في حلاها ومسرجات الأهله
Accompanied by gift horses adorned
In their splendor and the horses of the family
كنسيم الصبا جنائب خطوٍ
كلّ طرفٍ يقبِّل البرق نعله
Like the breeze of the morning, marching hooves
Kissing the ground at every step
وبغال مثل البروج تحمل
ن سعوداً بعينها مستقله
And mules like constellations carrying
Saud with their own will
لا كبغل مصر إذ قلت قدماً
فيه أو في بغال صحبي الأذله
Not like the mules of Egypt, if I said they took a step
In them or in the mules of my lowly companions
ليَ بغل لا يعرف الأكل عندِي
غير أنَّ المياه للشربِ سهله
I have no mule that knows no food but me
Except that water for drinking comes easy
ليسَ في بطنه سوى الماء صرفاً
إنَّ بغلي على الحقيقة قله
In its belly there is only pure water
Indeed my mule is truly bare
خلّ هذا واذْكر منازلَ قصرٍ
قاسميّ قد قسم السعد نزله
Leave this and recall the dwellings of a palace
In Qasimi where Saad resides
بوزيرٍ فخرُ اسمه وعلاه
مثلما كانَ أهلها كنَّ أهله
With a minister whose name and stature are pride
As its people were, so became its people
خير دار حلَّت بها خير دارٍ
يا سعيد الدارين يا ركن مله
The best house settled in the best house
O happy in both homes, pillar of the kingdom
واهتمام قد شاعَ ذكراً وشكراً
ما روت مثله التواريخ قبله
And care has spread, mentioned and thanked
The histories have never recounted its like before
كلّ مربع سماطه كربيع
صاح يا مربع الخصيب ووبْله
Each square royal rug is like Spring
Calling: O fertile square, be fruitful!
ليت عيني كشاجمٍ عاينته
فتولى فرض الصفات ونفله
I wish my eyes were commenting on it
To take on the duty of describing its blessings and extras
وأغان ومادحون سوى العب
د فلا نسبةٌ ولا بعض أكله
While poets and praisers other than the servant
Have no proportion or share of its feast
يا وزيراً أقلامنا ركَّعٌ في
مدح تجتلي محياه قبله
O minister, our pens bow
In praise your glory precedes
يا مشيراً أشارَ خير السلاط
ين إلى فضله فضاع فضله
O advisor, the best sultans advised
Of his merit which exceeded merit
حبَّذا الملك والوزير دعاه
فخره فاقْتقى تقاه وعدله
The King and minister blessed him
His pride fulfilled piety and justice
يا ابن شكر وزير مصر كشكر
لجوادٍ حفَّت له الناس بغله
O son of gratitude, minister of Egypt like gratitude
For a generous one, people saddled his mule
لا ولا الفائزي فإن بعليا
ك ولو فسح التمكّن سبله
No, not even Al-Fayzi, though power opened his paths
No, not even Khosba ibn Hanna like horizons
لا ولا خصبة ابن حنا كأفرا
حك بل نصله له بعد نصله
Rather, we tie his lineage to him after his lineage
So remain steadfast in praise, continuous in joy over me, hot-blooded, voracious
فابقَ وافي الهناء متّصل السع
د عليّ الحمى سنيّ الأكلَّه
And congratulations for the auspicious time and most blessed state
Soon, by the family, the new moon will shine upon you
وتهنى إقبال سيدة الوق
ت وأزكى حمى وأيمن حله
And I would love now an ode born a day
From Tarous in a robe after a robe
بالرفا والبنين في خدر بدر
عن قريب يجلو عليك الأهله
I was told what is her name that stings like a snake
And reaps sweetness, I said: it's bees
وأحبُّ لي الآن مدحة بنت يوم
من طروس في حلةٍ بعد حله
قيل لي ما اسمها الذي يلسع الض
دّ وتجني حلاوة قلت نحله
