حُزْتَ يَا ابْنَ الْفَخَارِ الْيُوسِي

كُلَّ فَخْرٍ بِرَقْمِ هَذِي الطُّرُوسِ

You have excelled, O son of the potter Al-Yousi

You have attained, O son of glory, Al-Yusi,

With all pride in this sequence of poetry

Every pride by inscribing these scrolls;

دَلَّ إِبْدَاعُهَا عَلَى أَنَّكَ الْمَعْ

لُولُ نُبْلاً بِمُتْرَعَاتِ الْكُؤُوسِ

Your creativity indicates that you are

Their masterful creation proves that you are the quench-

Noble in the pastures of imagination

-ed repeatedly with nobility from brimming cups,

وَالسَّلِيلُ الْجَلِيلُ لِلْوَالِدِ الْمَا

جِدِ شَمْسِ الدُّرُوسِ قُوتِ النُّفُوسِ

And the majestic descendant of the magnificent father

And the exalted descendant of the glo-

The sun of wisdom, the livelihood of souls

-rious father, the sun of learning, the sustenance of souls.

لاَ عَدِمْتُمْ مِنْ بِرِّهِ مُذْهِبَ الْبُؤْ

سِ مُجَلِّي النُّحُوسِ ضَوْءَ الشُّمُوسِ

You have never lacked in your dutifulness the direction

May you never be deprived of his grace, the dispeller of mis-

That dispels misfortunes and illuminates like the sun

-ery, the clearer of misfortunes, the light of suns.

وَسَلاَمٌ مِنَ ابْنِ زَاكُورَ يَحْكِي

خُلْقَكُمْ إِذْ لاَ عِطْرَ بَعْدَ عَرُوسِ

And greetings from the son of Zakour describing

And peace from Ibn Zakour, which mirrors

Your morals, for there is no fragrance after the bride

Your character, for 'there is no perfume after 'Arus'.