إذا كان خير الدين عني راضيا

فما ضائري أن أغضب الدهر والوسعا

If my religion is pleased with me

Then no harm if I anger fate and capacity

هو البحر جودا والصباح صباحة

ونور الدجى نفعا ولطف الصبا طبعا

He is the sea of generosity and the morning is morning

And the light of darkness is beneficial and the youth of morning is innate

جلا فضله كشف المخبأ في الورى

فلولاه لم يبرز بحليته طبعا

His virtue's superiority has uncovered the hidden in existence

Without him, his nature would not have emerged

هو الاوحر الفرد الذي من نواله

يلاقى المرجى حين يقصده جمعا

He is the unique reddish one whose giving

Grants wishes when sought altogether

كريم لو ان الدهر ابصر جوده

لعاوده الاحسان واستهجن المنعا

Generous, if fate saw his generosity

It would repeat favors and disdain refusal

همام متى يوعد يعف وان يعد

فغيث العطايا سابق برقه همعا

Zealous, when he promises he pardons, and if he threatens

The rain of gifts precedes its lightning hastily

اذا رمت سعدا فارع مطلعه وما

عليك اذا ما كنت للنجم لا ترعى

If you seek fortune observe its ascension and do not

Worry if you are no star gazer

وقل للذي ينحو سوى باب فضله

لعمرك قد ضيعت في غيره المسعى

And say to those who incline away from his door of grace

By your life you have wasted effort in other than Him

تغربت بين العجم اطلب نده

فلم ار من ذا الضرب اصلا ولا فرعا

I wandered among non-Arabs seeking his equal

But did not see one of such pedigree or branch

فعدت الى رايي القديم بانه

علا كل من فوق الثرى بالندى فرعا

So I returned to my old view that he

Is supreme over all above the ground in generosity a branch

ومهما تجد في الارض مناي ومرتعا

فانا الى نادى نداه لنا الرجعى

And whatever you find on earth of pasture and meadow

To his call for aid we shall return

تقر بمرأه العيون وتنجلي

كما ان راوي مدحه يطرب السمعا

It settles the eyes and clarity

As the reciter of his praise makes the hearing joyful

اذا حل في فيفا ارض ركابه

فيا طيب ما ماوى ويا خصب ما مرعى

When he descends in a wide earth with his feet

Oh goodness of settlement and fertility of pasture

نصبت لواء خافقا في مديحه

فسكن من روعي واولاني الرفعا

I raised his fluttering banner in praise

So I was eased of worry and exalted

اذا كنت لا ارجوه في معنيثي رجا

فاني اذا لا اعرف الضر والنفعا

If I do not hope in him at any time

Then I do not know harm or benefit

تعودت منه الفضل في كل حالة

فما انا الا بابه قارع قرعا

I am accustomed to his favor in every situation

So I am nothing but a knocker on his door knocking

ولكنما جدواه تطوى سباسبا

الى وابحارا فلا ابرح الربعا

But his hands fold up finery

To seas and vast oceans so I do not leave the abode

على انني منه لا قنع بالرضى

فكيف وعندي الماس يحكى اسمه لمعا

Yet I do not satisfy myself with his approval

So how when his name glistens to me like a lamp

الا هكذا من شاد مجدا موثلا

ومن صنع الاحسان او احسن الصنعا

Except that he who builds glorious fame

And does good or best act

تنزه عن ذام سوى ان فرط ما

حباني به اشقى حسودي ولا بدعا

Is above any blame other than that his excess love for me

Makes my envious enemies wretched but no wonder

رايت جميع الناس تقصد بابه

بما طاب من اقوالها وله تسعى

I saw all people seeking his door

With whatever fine words for him they strive

فالقيت دلوي مع دلائهم فلم

تكن نهزة حتى على طغت ترعى

So I threw my bucket with their buckets but

There was no splash even if agitated it herds

وخلت لغيري من نضار ومن جنى

وفوز واقبال كما نلته شرعا

And others gained fresh, ripe and success and prosperity that I attained religiously

He granted me pride in his refinement and his eloquent composition does not accept removal

كساني فخرا ماسه وجوابه

وشهرة ذا التأليف لا يقبل الخلعا

So it is right that thanking him is an eternal religious duty

Thankfulness for favors is always an eternal religious duty

فحق على اليوم واجب شكره

فشكر الأيادي واجب أبدا شرعا