روت عيني التسهد عن قتاده

ومن لوني وسقمي عن جراده

My eyes have wept away their kohl

And my complexion and sickness have wasted away

ومن عذل العذول عن انتقاص

ولكن من هواكم عن زياده

Despite youth’s flirtations and coquetry

But it is your love that has increased

حماه لحيكم وثنا ابن يحيى

كلا السندين يروى عن حماده

May God protect your cheeks and the youth Ibn Yahya

Both lineages are recounted from Hamad

بليغ مع وزارته وقاض

بأعناق الأنام له شهاده

Eloquent despite his ministry and judgment

With the necks of people testifying for him

حمى العليا بفضل فاضليّ

زكا وذكا وأوغل في السياده

He protected the noble with virtuous merit

Pure, intelligent, and deeply entrenched in authority

يسابق كل يوم قاصديه

بعادي خيره والخير عاده

He competes daily with those who visit him

With an excess of his goodness, and goodness is his custom

دعونا بره شاماً ومصراً

فواصل في الإفاءة والإفاده

Let us leave Syria and Egypt be

He is unique in hospitality and benefaction