ذَكَرْتُ عُلاكُمْ بِحُكْمِ الأدِيبْ

فَراقَ الكَلامُ وَراقَ النَّسِيبْ

I recalled your eminence with the wisdom of a literate

I recounted your eminence with the mastery of a man of letters,

Words parted and kinship departed

So the words grew elegant, and the lyrical prelude flowed sweet.

وَجَاءَ الغَريبُ يَقودُ البَديعْ

وَجاءَ البَديعُ يَقودُ الغَريبْ

The stranger came leading the eloquent

And rare expressions arrived, leading wondrous metaphors,

And the eloquent came leading the stranger

And wondrous metaphors arrived, leading rare expressions.

جَزَاكُمْ عَلى ما وَصَلْتُمْ بِهِ

جَنَاحَ الأَديبِ سَميعٌ مُجِيبْ

May you be rewarded for what you have connected

May He reward you for how you have mended

The wing of the literate - attentive and responsive

The scholar's wing—an All-Hearing, Responsive Lord.

كَأَنِّيَ قَدْ نِلْتُ مَا نَالَهُ

فَلِي فِي الْمَسَرَّةِ أَوْفَى نَصِيبْ

As if I have attained what he attained

It is as though I have attained the very thing he attained,

So for me in happiness is the most fulfilling share

Thus, in this joy, I claim the most abundant share.

فَشُكْرِي لِآلاَئِكُمْ عِنْدَهُ

وَعِنْدِيَ شُكْرُ الْغَيوثِ الْجَدِيبْ

My gratitude to your blessings is with Him

So my gratitude for your favors bestowed upon him,

And with me, gratitude for the pouring rain

And upon me, is like the barren land's gratitude for heavy rain.

وَقَوْلِي وَقَدْ هَزَّنِي صُنْعُكُمْ

كَهَزِّ الصَّبِا لِلْقَضيبِ الرَّطيبْ

And my words - as your deed has shaken me

And my speech, as your noble deeds have moved me,

As the shaking of the gentle breeze to the supple branch

Is like the east wind swaying a tender, supple branch.

بَقِيتَ وَنُعْمَاكَ مَرْجُوَةٌ

وَفَاسُكَ مِصْرٌ وَأَنْتَ الْخَصِيبْ

You remained, and your blessings are hoped for

May you endure, your blessings ever hoped for,

And your sword is Egypt, and you are the fertile

With your Fez as an Egypt, and you as Al-Khasib.