لستَ ترى ذا الفقار مُذكَّراً

إلا إذا يُذكرُ الفتى حيدَرْ

You do not see this knight remembered

Except when the brave young man is recalled

جازَ أبو القاسم المَديحَ عُلاً

وقَدرُه في المَديح لا يُقدَرْ

Abu Al-Qasim excelled in praise

And his merit in praise cannot be measured

شكرتُه من أخٍ ومِصر تُرى

مُخصِبَةً إذ بِجُوده تُمطَرْ

I thanked him as a brother and an Egypt seen

Fertilized as his generosity rains down

أَشعَرُ في مَدحِه ومَن أودَع ال

نِعمَةَ من يستحقها أشعَرْ

I feel more inspired praising him, and who bestowed

A blessing on one deserving, feels more inspired

مَن يجعلِ الفضلَ في مواطنه

فذاك في كل موطنٍ يُشكَرْ

He who makes merit deservedly situated

Is thanked in every situation

لولا أُناس يقوم شكرُهُمُ

بالجود كاد البخيل أن يُعذَرْ

Were it not for people whose gratitude

Matches generosity, the stingy would be excused

لازلتَ حيّاً كذا الوليُّ لك ال

فائز دَوماً والشانئ الأبتَرْ

Long may you live, and so too the patron for you

Ever victorious, and the critic severed