أَعقَبَكَ اللَهُ صِحَّةَ البَدَنِ

ما هَتَفَ الهاتِفاتُ في الغُصُنِ

May God grant you soundness of body,

as long as singing birds call from the bough.

كَيفَ وَجَدتَ الدَواءَ أَوجَدَكَ اللَ

هُ شِفاءً بِهِ مَدى الزَمَنِ

How did you find the medicine? May God grant you

healing through it for all time.

لا نَزَعَ اللَهُ مِنكَ صالِحَةً

أَبلَيتَها مِن بَلائِكَ الحَسَنِ

May God never wrest from you any worthy quality

you have proved through your noble endeavor.

لازِلتَ تُزهى بِكُلِّ عافِيَةٍ

تَجتَثُّها مِن مَعارِضِ الفِتَنِ

May you flourish forever in every form of health,

wresting it from the onslaughts of affliction.

لَو أَنَّ أَعمارَنا تُطاوِعُنا

شاطَرَهُ العُمرَ سادَةُ اليَمَنِ

If only our lifespans would obey our will,

the noble lords of Yemen would share their years with him.

إِنَّ بَقاءَ الجَوادِ أَحمَدَ في

أَعناقِنا مِنَّةٌ مِنَ المِنَنِ

Indeed, the generous man’s continued life is the most praiseworthy of

all the favors laid upon our necks.