عَظمت مِن اللَهِ المَواهب

فَلَهُ عَلَينا الشُكر واجب

God's gifts are great

So gratitude to Him is obligated

أَهلاً بِمقدَم غائب

آبت بِأَوبتِهِ المَآرب

Welcome, O long absent one

Whose return has fulfilled hopes

قَد كانَ يَوم قُدومِهِ

يَوماً يُعَدُّ مِن العَجائِبِ

The day of his arrival

Was a day considered wondrous

في نُصف شَهر الصَوم لا

حَ هِلال عيد كانَ غارب

In the middle of the fasting month

No crescent indicating a feast was visible

قَد كانَ في أُفق الشَما

ل غُروبَهُ إِحدى الغَرائب

In the horizon of the sky

Its setting was one of the wonders

حَتّى قَضى بِشُروقِهِ

رَب المَشارق وَالمَغارب

Until with its rising

The Lord of the east and west was satisfied

فَسِرتُ إِلى استقبالِهِ

دُفَع المَواكب كَالكواكب

So I went to receive him

Crowds flowed like stars

وَعَلا الدُعا لِلدَولة العَلياءِ

مِن كُل الجَوانب

And prayer for the supreme state arose

From all directions

هِيَ دَولة الإِحسان وَالعَدل

المُطَهرة المَذاهب

It is the state of benevolence and justice

Of purified denominations

لا زالَ باهر عِزِها

بِاللَهِ لِلأعداءِ غالب

Its mighty glory still shines

Victorious over enemies, by God

لِم لا وَفَتح اللُهِ مِنها

عادَ المرّاءِ جالب

Why shouldn't God's openings from it

Bring back the disputed

فَتَفَرَّجَت كَرب القُلو

ب بِهِ كَما صَفَت المَشارب

So hearts' anguish dispersed

With its news, as if to drink

وَلَكُم بِهِ قُرَتَ عُيو

ن كانَ عَنها الغَمضُ غارب

And for you by it the delight of eyes

If gloom from them had vanished

وَلَكُم كِتاب قَبلَها

مِنهُ تَلقتهُ كَتائب

And for you a preceding letter

Brought by troops

فَغَدا حَليّا لِلتَرا

ئب بَعد ما حَلَّ الحَقائب

So it became adornment for delight

After goals had been achieved

بَل ما تغرَّب مِن صنا

عة كَفِهِ بَذل الرَغائب

In fact nothing was absent of its

Generosity’s grant of wishes

مَن لَم يَغب مَعروفَهُ

يَوماً فَلَيسَ يعدّ غائب

One whose kindness never

Left for a day is no absent one

يَسمو البَريد بِماجد

يَهب المَسوَّمة السَلاهب

Glory soars with Majid

Bestowed, the auspicious one flies

وَتُقاد بَينَ يَديهِ مسرجة

الجَنائب كَالجَنائب

And before him a led mare

Of swift steeds, like gazelles

وَالمَجدُ لَيسَ يَنال إِلّا

بِالمَكارم وَالمتَاعب

And glory is not attained

Except by generosity and tribulation

الصَدرُ رَحب وَالجنا

ن مشيع وَالرَأي ثاقب

Of ample chest and praised path

And piercing insight

وَالهمة العَلياء زا

حمَت الكَواكب بِالمَناكب

And the lofty ambition has eclipsed

The stars with meteors

لا عَيب فيهِ وَلَيسَ يَبحَث

عَن خَفيات المَعائب

No flaw in it, and it does not search

For hidden faults

لَكن نَداهُ مقسم

بَينَ الأَباعد وَالأَقارب

But its call encompasses

Both far and near

لا يَستَخف وَقارَهُ

تَحريش تَمام مَشاغب

Its dignity is not reduced

By rabble completely stirring up trouble

وَإِذا اِختِبار منقب

كَشف النِقاب عَن المَناقب

And if an examiner probes

The mask reveals virtues

فَالحُلم مِن خَير المَنا

قب حينَ تَمتَحن النَقائب

So forbearance among the best

Virtues when tribulations test

وَالحِقد لِلصَدر المُنا

سب لِلمَعالي لا يُناسب

And resentment is not fit

For the noble breast toward the sublime

كَم عائب وَمُشارك

في الإِنتِقام لِمَن يُعاقب

How many fault-finders and sharers

In retaliation against one who is penalized

وَالصَفح شيمة مَن يُرا

قب قلَّ فيهِ مَن يُقارب

But pardon is the trait of one who

Rises above, few attain it

حُلو الأُمور وَمُرّها

سَيان عِندَ أَخي التَجارُب

Sweet and bitter matters

Are equal to my brother time has taught

وَالصَبرُ مَقرون بِنصران

نَظرت إِلى العَواقب

And patience paired with support

I saw toward consequences

هَذا وَرَبَّ مُخاطب

أَدرى وَأَفصَح مِن مُخاطب

This, while the addressed lord

Knows best and is most eloquent than the addressed

وَمِن الأَعَزّ الدَفتَري

وَمَن بِهِ سَمَت المَراتب

Of the dearest my journal

And the one by whom ranks are assigned

يُرجى التَسامُح إِن غَدا

مُستَوفياً أَشعار كاتب

Hope for pardon if it has become

Complete with the writer's poetry

لا زالَ خادم بابِهِ ال

إِقبال وَالتَوفيق صاحب

Still his gate's servant

Iqbal and success the companion