الناسُ دُونَكَ كُلُّهمْ أَكْفاءُ

لك بالكمالِ عليهمُ إِيفاءُ

The people around you are all equals

In perfection over them you have advantage

يا واحداً منهم رأَوْهُ أَوْحَدًا

كالدُّرَّةِ اختلَطَتْ بها الحَصْباءُ

O the one whom if they saw lonely

Would seem like a pearl mixed with pebbles

هل أَنتَ بعضُ الناس إِلاَّ مِثْلَ ما

بَعْضُ الحَصَا الياقوتَةُ الحَمْراءُ

Are you not one of the people, just like

Some of the red rubies among white pebbles

بَيَّنْتَهُمْ نَقْصاً وبِنْتَ زيادَةً

وبضِدِّها تَتَبَيَّنُ الأَشْياءُ

You clarified their deficiency and built surplus

And by its opposite things become clear

ما أَنتَ والبَدْرُ المنيرُ وإِن غذا

مِلْءَ العيون وراقَهُنَّ سَواءُ

You are not like the shining full moon even if

It filled the eyes and delighted them equally

للبدرِ في العَرَضِ الضِّياءُ وأَنتَ قد

جُمِعَتْ بجوهرِ ذاتِك الأَضواءُ

The moon has illumination across its breadth and you

The lights have gathered in your essence

ما ضَرَّ من لِبسَ السَّواد بجِسْمِه

ووراءَهُ نَفْسٌ له بَيْضَاءُ

It did not harm the one dressed in black with his body

If behind him there was a pure white soul

اللُّه أَكبرُ هذهِ شِيَمُ العُلَى

مَجْدٌ أَشَمُّ وهِمَّةٌ قَعْساءُ

God is the Greatest - this is the mark of the sublime

Glory I smell and the ambition of the stooped

لا مثلَ ذا اليومِ الأَغَرِّ وإِن عَلَتْ

للجندِ منه عجاجةٌ دهماءُ

There is no day like this pleasant one even if

For the army there was a rowdy mob from it

الدارُ والسلطانُ والحرَّابَةُ ال

أَنجادُ والعًرَفاءُ والوزراءُ

The house, the sultanate and the guards are not

Praised, nor the ministers or counselors

يتناظَرُ الفقهاءُ أَو يتناثَرُ ال

خُطباءُ أَو يتناشَدُ الشعراءُ

Either the jurists look at each other or the

Orators scatter around or the poets recite

كلٌّ يشير إِلى عُلاكَ بلَفْظِهِ

وبلحظِهِ والنُّطْقِ والإِيماءُ

Each one gestures to your sublimity with

His speech, his glance, his talk and his hints

ملِكٌ أَبوكَ له دَعاكَ بمالك

فتلاقَتِ الأَموالُ والأَسماءُ

A king whose father invited you as his heir

So the monies and the names came together

عجباً لمغرورٍ يَهيجُك ضَيْغَماً

ماذا يريد ودارُكَ الهيجاءُ

How strange is the deluded one who angers you lightly

What does he want and your home wrecks havoc

الَّلأْمَةُ الخضراءُ والصّمصامَةُ الز

رقاءُ والخَطِّيَّةُ السَّمراءُ

The green camel saddle, the blue quiver

And the brown overcoat

والكاسراتُ من الجواشِكِ تحمل الَّ

ليْثَ الأَزَلَّ الِّلقْوَةُ الفَتْخَاءُ

And the breakers from the young warriors carrying the

Eternal lion with glorious victories

سُفُنٌ إِذا نشرَتْ جناحَ قُلُوعِها

خَدَم الهواءُ مُرادَها والماءُ

Ships, when they spread the wings of their hulls

The wind and water obey their purpose

يحملن جُنْدَكَ وَهْوَ في عَدَدِ الثَّرى

عَدَّى بِهِنَّ النَّصرُ والإِْثراءُ

They carry your army even though in number like motes

Victory paraded them and made them wealthy

ولقد ركبتَ فليس يُنْكَرُ بعدَها

للخيل في عَدَوَاتِها خُيَلاءُ

And you rode so none would deny anymore

The horses their vanity in their galloping

بين المواكِب كالكواكِب ما لَها

إِلاَّ سُمُوُّك لا خُفِضْتَ سَماءُ

Among the processions like stars, having over them

None but your towering with no humbled sky

فارتَجَّتِ الغبراءُ من مُتَغَطْمِطٍ

تخشى رشاشَ عُبابِه الخضراءُ

So the dusty cloud burst from the galloping in fear

Of the spraying of its green flood

واكتنَّتِ البيداءُ تحت عجاجةٍ

فكأَنَّما بادتْ به البيداءُ

And the desert crouched under the ruckus

As if it had perished under it

ويكادُ وهو السّيلُ يدفع مَتْنَه

أَن لا نقولَ لِمَتْنِهِ أَرجاءُ

And the torrent almost pushes its surge

That we don't say its surge has banks

وكأَنما بين الطُّبولِ تَشَاجُرٌ

قد طالَ للبُوقاتِ فيه مِراءُ

As if between the drums there is a quarrel

Prolonged for the horns therein is conflict

وكأَنما اسْتَمَعَتْ إِلى أَصواتِها

فتخوَّفَتْهَا الصَّعْدَةُ الصَّمَّاءُ

As if it listened to their voices

So the deaf ruggedness was frightened

حتى إِذا خفقَ اللِّواءُ مُرَوَّعاً

وثَبَتَّ مقتحماً وأَنتَ لِواءُ

Until when the standard fluttered frightened

And stood storming while you are the standard

ملأَتْ مهابَتُكَ القلوبَ فلم تكَدْ

تَتَبَيَّنُ الأَحبابُ والأَعداءُ

Your awe filled the hearts so that the

Friends and enemies almost disappeared

واسترشد الجُهَلاءُ من لَهَوَاتِهِ

طُرُقَ الهُدَى واستَثْبَتَ العقلاءُ

And the ignorant were guided from their vanities

To the paths of truth and the reasonable persevered

وكأَنما شقَّ القلوبَ وخصَّها

بالنُّور حيث النُّقْطَةُ السَّوداءُ

And as if it clove the hearts and singled it out

With light where there is the black dot

فتمسَّكوا بولاءِ مُلْكِكَ عِصْمَةً

ولكلِّ ذي عِتْقٍ عليه ولاءُ

So they held onto the loyalty of your kingship as protection

And for every freedman upon him is loyalty

وركبتَ فاخترطَ الصَّوارمَ معشرٌ

ضمِنَتْ صوارِمُهُمْ لهم ما شاؤُوا

And you rode unsheathing swords a group

Whose swords guaranteed them what they desired

لعبت وقرَّت في الجسوم دماؤها

ومن العجائبِ أَن تَقَرَّ دماءُ

They played and flowed in the bodies their blood

And from the wonders is that blood flows

آنستَ دَسْتَ المُلْكِ منك بجلسةٍ

قامت بحقِّ جلالِها الجُلَساءُ

You secured the possession of the kingdom in a sitting

In which the attendees stood by its majesty rightfully

فلك الهناءُ ببهجةِ العيدِ الذي

أَبداً لربك لا يزال هَناءُ

So for you is the congratulations in the bliss of an Eid

Which for your Lord always remains bliss

قضّيتَ حقَّ الصومِ أَو ودَّعْتَهُ

فلْيَقْضِ حقَّ الصومِ منك لقاءُ

You fulfilled the duty of the fast or bade it farewell

So may its fulfillment bid you farewell

قد رفَّع الرّيحانُ نحوَكَ طرفَه

وتحرَّكَتْ في دَنِّها الصَّهباءُ

The sweet basil raised its stems to you

And in its lowliness the gray bird moved

واهتزَّ مَتْنُ العُودِ يُخْبِرُ أَنَّه

لا بُدَّ من أَن تَسْجَعَ الوَرْقاءُ

And the lute's body quivered informing that

The leaves must murmur

ولنا حديثٌ غَيْرُ ذاكَ بِنَالَهُ

ظَمَأٌ وأَنتَ ومَنْ لَدَيْكَ رِواءُ

And we have a different talk reaching it

A thirst while you and whoever is with you are hydration

الحلسان الحلسان مكررا

قولى

Oh his repetitive singing oh his repetitive singing

You fulfilled their Sustainer the rent and double it

وَفَّيْتَ رَبَّهُما الكِرَاءَ وضِعْفَهُ

فَلْيَجْرِ بالإِطلاقِ منك وَفاءُ

So deliverance with you should flow fully

And I desire your permission for travel for I

وأَشاءُ إِذنَكَ في الرحيلِ فإِنني

أَسْرِي وشُكْرِي فيكَ كيفَ يَشاءُ

Travel on and my gratitude in you is however He wills

This is the position of one seeking refuge and never

هذا مَقامُ المستجيرِ ولم يَخِبْ

للمستجيرِ لديك قَطٌّ رجاءُ

For one seeking refuge with you expectations failed

Nothing distracted me of my time

ما خصَّني الإِعْطابُ من زَمَنِي إِلى

أَن عَمَّنِي من جودِكَ الإِعطاءُ

Until I was engulfed by your generosity

Help with that fresh rains so I exit winner

ساعِدْ بذاكَ نَدًى لأَخرُجَ رابِحاً

رَبِحَ الذي اجْتَمَعَتْ له الأَشياءُ

Won he for whom things came together