لم يَلهُ في المِهْرجانِ أَوْلَى

باللهوِ فيه من ابن يحيى

None was more inclined to revelry

At the festival than Ibn Yahya

لأنه شابَهُ بجودٍ

أحيا به الناسَ كلَّ مَحْيا

For he resembled generosity

With which he enlivened all the living

جدَّدَ عهدَ النبيِّ بِرٌّ

من ابنِ يحيى وفَضْلُ تقوى

He renewed the covenant of the Prophet

Through the virtue of Ibn Yahya and his pious excellence

وعهدَ كِسْرى نعيمُ عيشٍ

من ابن كسرى وحسنُ ملهى

And the covenant of Chosroes, the life of pleasure

Through the son of Chosroes and the beauty of his pastime

فظلَّ في المهرجان عيدٌ

يجمعُ ديناً له ودُنيا

So he remained at the festival a feast day

That brought together for him religion and worldly life

وليس بِدعاً ولا عجيباً

أنْ يَنْظِمَ المعنيين معنى

And it is no novelty or wonder

That meaning should compose the two meanings

فاللَّهُ يُبقيه ألفَ عامٍ

وما رأى في البقاء بُقْيا

So may God make him live a thousand years

And he has not seen in living any remainder

يَسْمو به جَدُّهُ فيَحْظى

وتارةً مجدُه فيَعْلى

At times his grandfather ascends through him and attains eminence

And at other times his glory rises high

ولم تزلْ أعينُ الأعادي

بنعمة اللَّه فيه تَقْذى

And the eyes of the enemy have not ceased

By God's blessing to be hurt through him

يُوقَى بهم أسهمَ المنايا

إذا ألمَّتْ به ويُفدى

By him the arrows of death are warded off

When they afflict him, and he is ransomed