لَولا أَبو يَعقوبَ في إِبرامِهِ

سَبَبَ العُلى لَاِنحَلَّ ثِنيُ ذِمامِهِ

If it were not for Abu Ya'qub in his determination,

The cause of glory would have come undone.

لَيثٌ إِذا الحاجاتُ لُذنَ بِحِقوِهِ

في كَرِّهِ مِنها وَفي إِقدامِهِ

A lion when needs appeal to his righteousness,

Whether in his disdain or his resolve.

اُنظُر إِلى الآمالِ كَيفَ رُتوعُها

في فِكرِهِ وَقُعودِهِ وَقِيامِهِ

Look how hopes, in his contemplation, sitting and standing,

Return to him.

كَيفَ الشِكايَةُ لِلزَمانِ وَصَرفِهِ

وَنَدى الأَميرِ وَأَنتَ في أَيّامِهِ

How does one complain of fate and its caprice,

And the prince's bounty while you are in his days?

هَذا سَحابٌ أَنتَ سُقتَ غَمامَهُ

وَعَلَيكَ بَعدَ اللَهِ فَيضُ غَمامِهِ

This is a cloud from which you drew its rain,

And after God, the overflow of its rain is upon you.

إِنَّ اِبتِداءَ العُرفِ مَجدٌ باسِقٌ

وَالمَجدُ كُلُّ المَجدِ في اِستِتمامِهِ

To initiate proper conduct is a towering glory,

And all glory is in perfecting it.

هَذا الهِلالُ يَروقُ أَبصارَ الوَرى

حُسناً وَلَيسَ كَحُسنِهِ لِتَمامِهِ

This crescent charms the sights of all people

In beauty, and nothing equals its beauty when full.