نبهني والنجم قد غارا

والصبح ما أسفر أسفارا

He woke me while the stars were still out

And the dawn had not yet fully broken

مهفهف شعشع من خده

نورا ومن خمرته نارا

With cheeks glowing and eyes shining

Like rays of light and embers of fire

قد حل زرّ النوم عن جفنه

وشد فوق الخصر زنارا

Sleep had departed from his eyelids

And he had fastened his waistwrap

وقام من رقدته سحرة

بطرفه الفاتر سحارا

He had risen early from his slumber

Blinking his drowsy eyes awake

يبدي على غصن لجين ند

وجهاله يحسب دينارا

Showing off branches heavy with fruit

As if they were made of pure gold

له عذارؤ مذ بدا نبته

أقام لي في الحب أعذارا

Since it started growing he made excuses

Putting off our love for later days

يصبحني عانية أنفدت

دنانها في العمر أعمارا

He reproaches me, my supplies exhausted

After spending my life's efforts

في روضة أضحك منها الحيا

بدمعه الهاطل أزهارا

In a garden that makes life laugh

With tears falling like raindrops on flowers

قد عانق المخضّر من نبتها

جدا ولا زرقاً وأنهارا

The greens have embraced the blossoms

Both the blueness and the rivers alike

وانحلّ خيط الطلّ فيها ضحى

يبل للزهرة نوارا

The strands of pearls have scattered in it

To give the flowers an elegant glow

فالورد غض خجل ولندى

في مقل النرجس قد حارا

The shy rose is pink, the narcissus dizzy

Among the petals confusion stirs

والريح قد نبت بنمامها

وهنا وابدت منه اسرارا

The gentle breeze makes it prosper

Revealing from it profound mysteries

ينسي بها الطير على عوده

إذا شدا عودا ومزمارا

The birds forget their pain on its branches

As their songs and flutes spread wide

انظر إلى السحب التي حسنت

لأرضها زهرا وأشجارا

Look at the clouds that have adorned it

With flowers and trees across its expanse

تجديد الصاحب في فعلها

بمعدم أحسن آثارا

Renewing the good deeds of its maker

With the finest traces that remain

المؤثر الندب الذي لم يزل

يدرك من أعدائه الثارا

The helper, the defender, who always

Inflicts vengeance on his enemies

والمورد المصدر يا رب لا

تعدمه إيرادا واصدارا

The generous patron, oh Lord, never

Deprive him of giving or stopping

وواحد الملك الذي ما رأى

مثلا له كسرى ولا دارا

The One, the King, who was never seen

To have an equal, not even Kisra

لا تسع الدنيا له همّةً

ولاترى الأرض له دارا

The world cannot contain his ambition

Nor can the earth encompass his abode

عار من العار ولبس الخنا

قار إذا الليل حكى القارا

Far from shame, he shuns sins

Tranquil, though nights breed disgrace

كم مد بالجبر كسيرا وكمم

دوخ بالسطوة جبارا

How much he straightens the bent ones

And humbles the arrogant overlords

أغار في الطيب على عرضه

ان يشبه المندل والغارا

He is jealous in generosity, unwilling

To be compared to the cheap and the vile

أشجع من يخطر بالرمح في

يوم وغى أسمر خطارا

More valiant than one who dares the spears

On a fateful day of clashing knights

وخير من تحمل أسيافه

عنا حمالات وأخطارا

Better than one who bears the swords

To protect us from dreadful threats

مؤيد الإسلام يا من غدا

كالدهر نفاعا وضرارا

Supporter of Islam, oh you who have become

Like time, bringing both harm and benefit

ويا أبا الفضل الذي فضله

قد طبق الأرض وقد سارا

Oh Abu Al-Fadl, whose excellence

Has encompassed the earth as he marched on

يا ليث حرب لم يزل جوده

يخجل صوب الغيث مدرارا

Oh lion of war, whose generosity

Has always humbled heavy rains

عمرك للناس ربيع إذا

عصور قوم كنّ أعصارا

You give life to people in the spring

While ages make others wither

أقسمت لا جار زمان على

مضطهد بت له جارا

I swear no era can persecute

One who has you as a neighbor

البستني النعمى وخولتني

مكارما عونا واَبكارا

You have granted me blessings and gifts

Support, aid, and triumphs

فسوف آتيك بها شردا

حواضرا عندك سفارا

I will keep returning with more

Like envoys traveling far and wide

تحسبها الأقمار في سيرها

وذكرها الخالد أقمارا

The celestial bodies will think them

Traveling stars as they shine bright

بقيت تفدٍ الدهر في نعمة

باقية صوما وإفطارا

You keep enriching time with favors

Lasting through fasts and feasts