أدركتَ آخرَ ما أدركتَ أوَّلهُ

يا ابنَ الخصيبِ ورَبَّتْ عِندَكَ النِّعَمُ

You attained the last of what you attained the first of

O son of al-Khasib, and prosperity grew in you

قد قُلتُ حين أهَبَّ اللَّهُ ريحَكُمُ

الآن يَعْدِلُ فينا السَّيْفُ والقلمُ

I had said when Allah sent your wind:

Now the sword and the pen treat us equally

ما ضرَّ أعداءكم ألا يكون لهُمْ

إلٌّ تراعونه فيهم ولا ذِمَمُ

It did not harm your enemies that they have

A god they worship among them, nor religious duties

وقد أساءوا وقد ساءتْ ظُنونُهُمُ

فما ألمَّ بهمْ من بأسِكُمْ لَممُ

And they did evil and their suspicions were evil

So whatever distress from you afflicted them was deserved

وهَبْتُمُ لِعُبيْدِ اللَّهِ موهبةً

لا مثلها ولو اسودَّتْ له النِّعَمُ

And you granted the servants of Allah a gift

The like of which, even if prosperity were to blacken for him

والنفسُ عِلْقٌ نفيسٌ لا كفاءَ لَهُ

إذا تكافأتِ الأعْلاقُ والقِيَمُ

The soul is a precious attachment, nothing equals it

When valuations and prices are equal

ولا قَعَدْتُمْ على ضَيْمٍ ولا ضَمَدٍ

لكنْ عفوتُمْ وفي أيديكُمُ النِّقَمُ

You neither sat back from harm or obstruction

But rather you pardoned, and in your hands was vengeance

وتلك أوَّلُ بشرى إنَّ دولتَكُمْ

غيثُ يَريع عليه الحبُّ والنسمُ

And that is the first good news: your state

Is a rain upon which love and breeze prosper

تبارك اللَّهُ إكباراً لمنَّتِكُمْ

ماذا يُعَفِّي عليه الطَّوْلُ والكرمُ

Blessed is Allah greatly for your boon

What does duration and generosity excuse from it