يا ابن الوزِيرَيْنِ وابن السَّادة الصِّيدِ

يا سَيِّداً غير مظلوم بتَسْويدِ

O son of two viziers and son of noble hunters

O master not wronged by blackening

لك الهناء بمولودٍ أقَرَّ بهِ

عَيْنَيْ أبي النَّجْم مَوْلَى كُلِّ تمجيدِ

You are congratulated for a newborn who gladdened

The eyes of my father, protector of all glory

وكان أهلاً لما يُولاهُ من حَسَن

بدرُ البدُور وصنْديدُ الصَّناديدِ

And he was worthy of the nobility given to him

The full moon of moons and lion of lions

بدرٌ حباه بنَجمٍ من حباهُ بكمُ

يا آل وَهب بَني الغُرِّ الأماجيدِ

A full moon endowed with a star that endowed him with perfection

O family of Wahb, sons of courageous glory

أعدَيْتَهُ بَرَكاتٍ منكَ في شُعَب

شتَّى من الأمْر حتَّى في المواليدِ

You have granted him blessings from you in diverse affairs

Even in newborns

لما توالى لك النَّجْمان في نَسَقٍ

وافاهُ نجمٌ هَدى السَّارين في البيدِ

When two stars aligned for you in sequence

And a star guided the wanderers in the desert reached him

وكان دهراً عن الأذْكار مُنْغَلِقاً

فكان فَألُكَ من خير المقاليدِ

And he had been closed off from remembrances for a time

So your omen was one of the best symbols

طَرَّقْتَ بابنيك لابْن جاءه سُرُحاً

واليُمْنُ صاحب تَطْريق وتمْهيدِ

You knocked with your two sons for a son who came freely

And good fortune is the companion of knocking and paving

كما تُطَرِّقُ بالآراء تَقْدَحُها

برأْيه فَتُلَقَّى كلَّ تَسديدِ

As you ignite opinions with his opinion

So they are received as all righteousness

لقد جُمِعْتَ وإياه على قَدَرٍ

والحمدُ للّه أنْواعَ التَّحاميدِ

You and he were brought together in a predestined way

Thanks be to God, varieties of praises

أضحى التَّلاؤم في الخيْرات بينكما

مثْلَ التلاؤم بين الرأس والجيدِ

The harmony in virtues between you two

Is like the harmony between head and neck

فالجَدّ بالجدِّ مُؤْتَمٌّ يُماثِلُه

والرأْيُ بالرأي في نقْض وتَوْكيدِ

Seriousness matches seriousness

And opinion matches opinion in refuting and confirming

لا زال شَمْلَ اجتماع شَمْلُ أمرِكما

وشمْلُ أمْرِ الأعادي شمْلَ تبديدِ

The unity of your cooperation remains unshaken

As does the disunity of enemies' affairs

وكلُّكُمْ فأدام اللّه نِعْمَتَهُ

إدامَةً بين إعْزاز وتأيِيدِ

And may God prolong all your bounty

With continuation between honor and support

فكلُّكُم يا بني وهْبٍ ذَوُو كرم

مُرَدَّدٌ في المعالي أيَّ تَرْديدِ

For you are, O sons of Wahb, noble men

Echoed in glories, what an echo!

من كان أهْلاً لإمتاعٍ بدوْلَتِه

فأنْتُمُ أهْلُ إمتاع وتخليدِ

Whoever is worthy of enjoying his rule

You are worthy of enjoyment and eternity

أصلحتُم الدين والدنيا بيُمْنِكُمُ

من بعد ما طال إفسادُ المناكيدِ

You have reformed religion and world with your good fortune

After the corruption of schemers had lasted long

فالملْك في روضَةٍ منكمْ وفي عُرُسٍ

والدين في جُمْعَةٍ منكم وفي عِيدِ

The kingdom is in a meadow from you and in a wedding

And religion in a congregation from you and in a holiday

لا تَحْمَدُوني أن جَوَّدْتُ مَدْحَكُمُ

فإنما قام تَشْييدٌ بِتوطيدِ

Do not praise me for generously praising you

For construction has been set up through consolidation

جوَّدْتُ فيكم كما أجْوَدْتُ أيدِيَكُمْ

ما حَمْدُ مُتْبِعِ أَجْوادٍ بِتَجوِيدِ

I was generous about you as your hands were generous

What praise of a follower with excellent delivery?

تُحكَى المكارمُ عنكمْ وهي شاهدةٌ

ليسَتْ بغَيب ولا تُحصى بتعديدِ

Virtues are recounted of you while witnessing

Not absent nor countable by numbering

وما حِكاية شيْءٍ لا خَفاء به

جاء العيانُ فألْوَى بالأسانِيدِ

But narrating something unconcealed

Reality came so narratives were discarded

بل إنما قلتُ قَوْلي فيكُمُ مِقَةً

مِنِّي لكُمْ قبل شُكْرِي للمَرافيدِ

Rather, I spoke my words about you from me

Out of my devotion before thanking the benefactors

لاَ تَحْسَبُوني لشيء غيْرِ أنفُسِكُمْ

أُغْرَى بتجديدِ مَدْح بعْدَ تَجْدِيدِ

Do not think me motivated by anything but yourselves

To be tempted to renew praise after renewal

لكنْ كما راقَت القُمْرِيَّ جَنَّتُهُ

فظلَّ يُتْبِعُ تغْرِيداً بتغْريدِ

But as the moonlit garden delighted him

So he kept following warble with warble

أحِبُّكمْ لحُلاكُم لا لأنْعُمِكُمْ

كلّا وإن أصبَحَتْ غوْثَ المجاهيدِ

I love you for your beauty not your bliss

Even if it gives life to the holy warriors

ولينبَسِطْ لي عذري إن سألتُكُمُ

فإن دِينيَ فيكم دينُ توَحِيدِ

And let my excuse extend if I asked of you

For my debt to you is the debt of God's oneness

أفسدتُمُونِيَ لا إفْسَادَ تَنْحِيَةٍ

للخير عنِّيَ بلْ إفساد تَعْويدِ

You have ruined me, not with aloof corruption

But with corrupting me to goodness out of habit

وزهَّدتْني أياديكُمْ وفضْلُكُمُ

في كل شيء سواها كل تزهيدِ

And your hands and favor made me ascetic

To all else, every asceticism

تاللّه أسألُ قوماً غيركم صَفَداً

يا أعْيُنَ الماء في دهْر الجلاميدِ

By God, I would ask a people other than you to help me

O eyes of water in the age of frozen misers

وما اعْتَفَيْتُكُمُ إلا بِتَجْربَةٍ

إذا اعتفى القومَ عافيهِمْ بتقليدِ

And I never knew you well except by experience

When a people's healing is known through imitation