فَرَّجْتُ مِنْ هَمِّي وَمِنْ بُوسِي

بِمَدِيحِ صِفْوَة ِصَفْوَةِ الرُّوسِي

I have dispelled my sorrow and my wretchedness

By praising the absolute elite of all leaders,

عَبْدٌ لِخَالِقِهِ وَبَارِئِهِ

غَوْثاً لِمَلْهُوفٍ وَمَوْكُوسِ

A devoted servant to his Creator and his Maker,

A savior to the distressed and the unfortunate,

رَأْسُ الرُّؤُوسِ وَخِيْرُهُمْ حَسَباً

وَأَجَّلُّهُمْ فِي نَفْسِ مَرْؤُوسِ

The chief of chiefs, the finest of them in lineage,

And the most exalted among them in the hearts of his subordinates;

أَبْهَاهُمُ وَجْهاً وَأَوْ جَهُهُمْ

فِي أَعْيُنِ الأَعْيَانِ وَالرُّوسِ

The most radiant among them in visage, and the most eminent

In the eyes of the notables and the leaders;

أَنْدَاهُمُ كَفّاً أَكَفُّهُمُ

عَنْ فِعْلِ مَحْظُورٍ وَمَلْقُوسِ

The most generous of them in hand, and the most resolute among them

In refraining from the forbidden and the deceitful;

أَنْقَاهُمُ ثَوْباً وَأَلْبَسُهُمْ

لِلْمَجْدِ وَهْوِ أَجَلُّ مَلْبُوسِ

The purest of them in garment, and the most adorned

In glory, which is the most exalted of all attire;

أَزْكَاهُمُ غَرْساً وَأَغْرَسُهُمْ

لِلْخَيْرِ وَهْوَ أَجَلُّ مَغْرُوسِ

The purest of them in his planting, and the most prolific sower

Of goodness, which is the most exalted of all seeds sown;

أَحْمَاهُمُ لِلْفَخْرِ أَحْرَسُهُمْ

لِلْفَضْلِ وَهْوَ أَجَلُّ مَحْرُوسِ

The fiercest defender of pride, the most vigilant guardian

Of virtue, which is the most exalted of all guarded treasures;

أَذْكَاهُمُ نَفَْساً وَأَنْفَسُهُمْ

نَفْساً وَأَرْأَفُهُمْ بِمَنْفُوسِ

The most brilliant of them in spirit, the most precious of them

In soul, and the most compassionate among them toward all living beings;

أَسْنَاهُمُ خَلْقاً وَأَحْسَنُهُمْ

خُلُقاً وَأَخْلَقُهُمْ بِتَنْفِيسِ

The most sublime of them in form, and the finest of them

In character, and the most worthy among them to bring relief;

أَعْلاَهُمُ هِمَماً أَهَمُّهُمْ

بِفَكَاكِ مَصْفُودٍ وَمَبْخُوسِ

The highest among them in ambition, the most dedicated of them

To the freeing of the shackled and the wronged;

أَحْلاَهُمُ ذِكْراً وَأَذْكَرُهُمْ

لِشَجٍ عَدِيمِ الذِّكْرِ ذِي بُوسِ

The sweetest of them in reputation, and the most mindful of them

Toward the sorrowful, the forgotten, and the destitute;

مِثْلَ ابْنِ زَاكُورٍ وَحَسْبُكَ مَا

أَوْلاَهُ مِنْ بِرٍّ وَتَأْنِيسِ

Like Ibn Zakour, and sufficient for you is what

He bestowed upon him of kindness and comforting solace;

لَوْلاَهُ مَا يَبْقَى لَهُ أَثَرٌ

فِي أَوْجُهِ الْغُرِّ الأَمَالِيسِ

Were it not for him, no trace of him would have remained

Among the faces of the illustrious and the unblemished.

هُوَ إِذْ حَبَاهُ بِمَا حَبَاهُ بِهِ

فِي حُكْمِ مَعْقُولٍ وَمَحْسُوسِ

For when he bestowed upon him what he bestowed,

In the realms of the rational and the perceived,

قَامُوسُ مَكْرُمَةٍ طَمَى فَحَبَا

قَامُوسَ مَحْمَدَةٍِ بِقَامُوسِ

It was an overflowing ocean of nobility, gifting

An ocean of praise with yet another ocean;

فَرَمَتْ غَوَارِبُ ذَا مَحَامِدَ ذَا

مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَا السَّامِي الْقَرَاطِيسِ

Thus, the cresting waves of the former cast the praises of the latter,

For the sake of this exalted master of the pages;

وَالأَوَّلُ الْمُسْدِي كَحِبْوَتِهِ

فِيمَا يُرَى أَحْلَى الْقَوَامِيسِ

And the first, the benefactor, is like his gift,

Deemed the sweetest among the vast oceans.

فَلَهُ الْمَحَامِدُ مِثْلُ طَلْعَتِهِ

مَجْلُوَّةً فِي عَرْشِ بَلْقِيسِ

To him belong praises as radiant as his countenance,

Resplendent as though upon the throne of Bilqis;

وَعَلَى الْحُلَى إِبْدَاعُ حُلَّتِهَا

مُزْرِيَةً بِجَنَاحِ طَاوُوسِ

And upon its ornaments is the exquisite design of its attire,

Putting the brilliant wings of a peacock to shame.

وَعَلَى النُّهَى تَوْفِيدُ سَيِّدِهَا

فِي زَيِّ ذِي يَزَنٍ وَقَابُوسِ

And it falls upon the wise to send forth their master,

Dressed in the majesty of Dhu Yazan and Qabus,

مُسْتَصْحِباً مِقَةً وَصِدْقَ هَوىً

لَمْ يَصْحُ مِنْ تَقْدِيسِ قُدُّوسِ

Bearing deep affection and the utmost sincerity of love,

A love that has never sobered from the veneration of the Most Holy.