مُنْتَابُ مِصْرِكُمَا بالرِّفْدِ مَغْمورُ

وبابُ مِصْرِكُمَا بالوَفْدِ مَعْمُورُ

The chosen one of your Egypt is flooded with gifts

And the gate of your Egypt is filled with delegations

وَأَنْتُمَا في أَيادِي المُلْكِ أَسْوِرَةٌ

تَزِينُهُ وعلى أَطرافِهِ سُور

While you two are in the hands of the king like bracelets

Adorning him, and around him are walls

وفي قلوبِ أُناسٍ من صَفاتِكُما

نارٌ وفي أَعْيُنٍ من مَعْشَرٍ نُورُ

In the hearts of some people from your qualities is fire

And in the eyes of a group of people is light

رَقِيتُما أَيها البَدْرَانِ مَنْزِلةً

يُقَصِّرُ البَدْرُ عنها وَهْوَ مَعْذُورُ

You two have risen, O two moons, to a rank

The moon falls short of, and it is excused

الله أَكبرُ لَمْ أَنْطِقْ بمُبْدَعَةٍ

فشأْنُ مَنْ نَظَرَ الأَقمارَ تكبيرُ

God is Greatest! I have not spoken an original poem

So the task of one who saw the moons is to glorify

لا عُذْرَ للشِّعْرِ فَليبلُغْ مبالِغَه

هيهاتَ ذا قِصَرٌ فيه وتقصيرُ

There is no excuse for poetry, so let it reach its metaphors

Alas! There is deficiency in it and shortcoming

هذي مآثرُ من أَضْحَى لأَخْمَصِهِ

على الأَثيرِ من الأَفلاكِ تأْثيرُ

These are the glorious deeds of one who has made

His footsteps have an effect on the ether of the celestial spheres

الحمدُ لله زالَتْ كُلُّ داجِيَةٍ

عَنَّا وبالصُّبحِ تنجابُ الدّياجيرُ

Thanks be to God, every darkness about us is gone

And at dawn the birds start chirping

لِمَ لا أَخِرُّ وهذا الطُّولُ يأْمُرُنِي

بما تقدَّمَهُ من غيرِيَ الطُّورُ

Why do I not stop when this length commands me

With what others before me have done

أَمرُ الأَميرَيْنِ عندَ الدهرِ مُمْتَثَلٍ

فالدهرُ كالعبدِ منهيٌّ ومأْمورُ

The command of the two princes in time is carried out

So time is like a slave, forbidden and commanded

الناظمَيْنِ رياضَ المَجْدِ فوق رُباً

نُوَّارُها بنسيم الحَمْدِ منثورُ

The two arrangers of the gardens of glory above the hills

Its meadows are brightened by the soft breeze of praise

والمانعينَ سبيلاً عَزَّ مَسْلَكُها

وهل يغارُ لها إِلا المَغَاويرُ

And the obstructers of its path, difficult is their way

And who envies it but the deluded?

والمطلقينَ الثَّناءَ الجَمَّ في شِيَمٍ

ببعضِهِنَّ الثَّناءُ الجَمُّ مأْسورُ

And the releasers of abundant praise in character

Some of the abundant praise is confined in them

والمالكينَ بِيُمْنَى ياسِرٍ دُوَلاً

لولاهُ لَمْ يَتَّفِقْ فيهِنَّ تيسيرُ

And the possessors in prosperous right hand of states

Were it not for Him, facilitation would not have agreed in them

هُوَ الَّذِي حَلَّ أَزرارَ الجماجِمِ عن

عُرَى الرّقابِ وجَيْبُ النَّقْعِ مَزرورُ

It is He who untied the knots of the skulls

From the necks' bondage, and the necklace pocket is adorned

وباتَ ينصِبُ غَرْبَ السيفِ في يَدِهِ

فَيَنْثَنِي وبه مَنْ شاءَ مَجْرُورُ

And He remains erecting the west of the sword in His hand

So it bends, and by it whoever He wills is vanquished

أَدارَ فوقَ الحصونِ الشُمِّ كَأْسَ وغًى

بِخَمْرِها كُلُّ مَنْ فيهِنَّ مخمورُ

He circulated above the citadels the cup of annihilation

With its wine intoxicated are all those inside them

وظنَّ أَملاكُها منها لهم وَزَراً

فقال فَتْكُ ظُباهُ ظَنُّكُمْ زورُ

And the owners of them thought from it a burden for themselves

So the violence of its destruction said: your assumption is false

وكم أَخافَ وما الصَّمْصامُ مُنْثِلمٌ

في راحَتَيْهِ ولا الخَطِّيُّ مأْطورُ

And how much He frightens, yet the swords are not loosened

In their sheaths, nor are the lances erected

أَذا سجا بَحْرُ ذاكَ الفَتْكِ من يدِهِ

فلا تقُلْ إِنه بالعفو مسجورُ

When the sea of that destruction frees its hand

Do not say that it is confined by pardon

كم غُرَّ قومٌ إِلى أَن غَرَّروا سَفَهاً

وربما ركِبَ التَّغْريرَ مَغْرورُ

How many people deluded until they deluded foolishly

And sometimes the deluded one deludes

ومَعْرَكٍ لا حِمَى الإِسلامِ مُنْكَشِفٌ

منه ولا جانبُ المُرَّاقِ مَسْتُورُ

And a battle in which the sanctity of Islam is unveiled

Neither its dresses are covered nor its flanks concealed

أَجالَ جَهْمَ المُحَيَّا من قساطِلِهِ

بمُرْهَفَاتٍ لها فيه أَساريرُ

He revealed the ignorance of the misguided from his citadels

With glimpses that have in them storing places

وجاءَ بالأَمنِ حيثُ النجمُ ناظرُهُ

مُسَهَّدٌ وفؤادُ البرقِ مذعورُ

And he brought security where the star its watcher

Is prostrated, and the heart of lightning is frightened

لِتَطْوِ من دونِهِ الأَخبارُ طائِفَةً

حديثُها دونَهُ في الكُتْبِ منشورُ

So the news circulates without him as a band

Its talk compared to him in books is transcribed

راموا مَدَاهُ وخانَتْهُمْ عزائِمُهُمْ

وهل ينالُ مَطَارَ النَّسْرِ غُصْفُورُ

They aspired for his extent but their determination betrayed them

And can a sparrow attain the flight of an eagle?

آلُ الزُّرَيْعِ وما أَدراكَ مَنْ زَرَعُوا

ذا الروضُ من مثلِ ذاكَ الغيثِ ممطورُ

Family of Zureiq, and what do you know of who planted

This garden from the like of that pouring rain?

هُم الذين لهُمْ في كلِّ مَكْرُمةٍ

دِكْرٌ على أَلسُنِ الأَيامِ مذكورُ

They are those who for every glory

Have a mention on the tongues of days remembered

هُم البدورُ ومن أَيْمانِهِمْ بِدَرٌ

ما شئتَ مِنْ ذَيْنِ قُلْ فيهِ دَنَانيرُ

They are full moons, and in their right hand is a moon

Whatever you wish of the two, say therein dinars

المَدْحُ منهم بما أَبْدَتْ محاسِنُهُمْ

مُخَبِّرٌ ومُجيدُ المدح مخبورُ

Praise of them for what their virtues have manifested

Is informing, and praiser of praise is rewarded

تحيى أَساطيرَ ما أَملَى الوَرَى ولَهُمْ

مَجْدٌ على جِبْهَةِ التخليدِ مسطورُ

They give life to legends of what time has dictated, and for them

Is glory transcribed on the forehead of eternity