نادمْتُ بدرَ السماءِ في فَلكِهْ

أجْزِلْ بِحظّ الوليّ من مَلِكِهْ

I blamed the full moon in its orbit

Bestow the good fortune of the saint from his kingdom

نادَمْتُهُ والحُظُوظُ نافِرةٌ

فاصْدَدْتُ وحْشِيَّهُنَّ في شركه

I blamed it while fortunes were averse

So I repelled its savage nature in its polytheism

مِنْ بعدِ ما خاسَ بي وأسْلَمَنِي

طوْعاً إلى الدهرِ ضامِنُو دَرَكِهْ

After it let me down and surrendered me

Willingly to fate - its guarantees and talents

هَتَفْتُ للدهرِ باسمِ قاسِمهِ

فانْهَزَمَ الدهرُ وهْو في شِكَكهْ

I called out to fate in the name of its divider

So fate was defeated while in its doubts

القاسمِ القاسم الرفّاد إذا

أيأسَ ضَرْعُ المُدِرّ من حَشَكِهْ

Al-Qasim, Al-Qasim, the gentle one, when

The udder of the milch camel loses hope in its milk

أبي الحسين الذي به حَسُن ال

سُلْطانُ وابيضَّ بعدما حلكهْ

Abu Al-Hussein, by whom the sultan regained

His authority after losing it and it perplexed him

فتىً له منظرٌ ومختَبَرٌ

صاغَهُما اللَّهُ من حُلى فَلَكِهْ

A young man with a splendid appearance and tested character

Which God created from the jewelry of His orbit

حديثُ سنٍّ كبيرُ معرفةٍ

مُحْتَنكٌ قبل حين محتنكِهْ

Mature in years, great in knowledge

Shrewd before his time of shrewdness

يعارَك الحُوَّل الأريب بهِ

ليثٌ تُفادي الليوث من عَركهْ

He takes on the twisted nights with it

A lion avoiding the lions in their wrestling

صِيغَ الحجا من سُكُونِه صِيغاً

راقتْ وصيغَ الذكاءُ من حَرَكهْ

He derived manners from its calmness

Which were agreeable and the derivations of intelligence from its movement

يجمعُ ضدَّيْنِ من جلالته

في كل قلب ولُطْف منسلكهْ

He combines two opposites from his majesty

In every heart and gentleness of its path

مستحْكمُ الرأي غيرُ مُخْدَجِهِ

مُصَمّمُ العزمِ غيرُ مُرتَبكهْ

His opinion firmly made up, not chaotic

His determination resolute, not confused

قد حاز ما في الشبابِ من أنقِ ال

حُسْنِ وما في المشيبِ من حُنَكهْ

He has attained what youth has of most beautiful

Beauty and what old age has of wisdom

فهو رضَى العينِ حين تُبْصِرُه

والرأي عَفْواً وبعْدَ مُعْتركهْ

So he is the delight of the eye when it sees him

And the most judicious opinion after its contention

جاهرْ به المُلْكَ والملوكَ معاً

ولا تُسَتّرْهُ خوف مُنْتَهكهْ

Proclaim his rule and the rulers together

And do not conceal him for fear of its violation

أخُو فعالٍ كأنَّ زُهْرَ نُجو

مِ الليلِ مطبوعةٌ على سككهْ

A brother of remarkable deeds as if

The flowers of night jasmine are patterned on its veins

مُشْتركُ الحظ لا محصَّله

مُحَصَّلُ المجد غيرُ مشتركهْ

Whose fortune is shared, not an exclusive possession

Whose glory is gained, not shared

منتهك المالِ لا ممنَّعه

مُمَنَّعُ العِرضِ غيرُ منتَهكهْ

Who donates wealth, does not withhold it

Who preserves honor, does not violate it

يحلُو على سَمعه السؤالُ وما

زالتْ نَعَمْ حُلْوةً على حَنَكهْ

Inquiry is sweet to his hearing though

“Yes” remains sweet on his palate

كأنما القطْرُ من ندى يده

والبرَقُ من بِشْرِهِ ومن ضَحكهْ

As if the raindrops are from his benevolence

And the lightning from his good tidings and his smile

لم يجْعَلِ الغدْر للوفاءِ أخاً

مُذْ كان في فَتْكه ولا نُسُكهْ

He has not made betrayal a brother of loyalty

Since the time of its betrayal or pact

طبيعةً لا تزالُ تُخْلِصُها ال

أيَّامُ والتّبر عِنْد مُنْسبكهْ

A nature that the days never cease to keep sincere

And virtue in his attribution

كم حسناتٍ له مُشهَّرة

أسَرَّها ما استطاع من مَلَكِهْ

How many good deeds of his have been publicized

As much as his angel could manage of his kingdom

صيَّرني جودُهُ إلى فُسح ال

عيشِ فأغنيتُ طالبي مُسكهْ

His generosity has made me live in abundant

Comfort, so I enriched those seeking my shelter

في منزلٍ برُّ كلّ بادية

من صَحْنِهِ والبحار من بركهْ

In an abode, blessed be every desert

From its basin, and the seas from its pond

تَصْبحُني فيه كُلُّ شارقة

جَدْوى حثيث النوالِ مُدَّركهْ

Every brilliant morning makes me thrive in it

The attainment of swift favor reaching me

أُقاتِلُ الحرَّ في غلائلهِ

والقُرَّ في خَزّهِ وفي فَنكِهْ

I battle the heat in its curling locks

And the cold in its roughness and coarseness

لو دونيَ البحرُ جاء نائلُهُ

أسْبحَ من فُلكه ومن سَمَكِهْ

If the sea were mine, its obtainer would

Swim in its ship and in its fish

يا ابنَ عُبَيْد الإلهِ يا ابنَ أبي ال

قاسمِ شافي السلطانِ من نُهَكِهْ

Oh son of Ubayd Allah, oh son of Abu Al-Qasim

Who cured the sultan of his affliction

يا ابنَ الوزير السَّديد منزَعُهُ

برغْمِ أنفِ العِدا ومؤتفكهْ

Oh son of the judicious minister whom

The enemies' noses spite despite their gathering

يا ابنَ الذي أصبحَتْ مآثرُهُ

من ضحكاتِ الزمان لا ضُحَكهْ

Oh son of one whose feats

Became smiles of fate, not its laughter

الجامع الشملَ بعدَ فرقته

والواصلِ الحبلَ بعد منْبتكهْ

The unifier of kinship after its separation

The connector of ties after their severance

شُكريكَ فرضٌ ولست بالغه

ولستُ في حالةٍ بمُتَّرِكهْ

My gratitude to you is an obligation I have not fulfilled

And I am not in a state to neglect it

خُذْها تهادي إليك طائعةً

مثلَ تهادي الغدير في حُبَكهْ

Take it, willingly coming to you

Like the voluntary flow of love in its fervor

نُعْماك في منزلي مخيِّمةٌ

والشّعرُ في نَصِّه وفي رَتَكهْ

Your favors are camped in my abode

And the poetry in its text and composition