لي يا بهاء الدين فيك مدائح

تبقى ومنك مواهب ومنائحُ

I have praises for you, O Bahaa al-Din

That remain, and from you graces and gifts

إيها أبا الفضل الممدح والذي

ميزانه من كل فضل راجحُ

O Abu al-Fadl, the one praised and who

His scale, from all virtue, outweighs

لك غرة تجلو الخطوبَ كأَنَّها

في كلِّ داجِيَة شهاب لائحُ

You have a brilliance that dispels calamities as if

In every gloomy darkness, a blazing meteor

ومواقف شهدت بأنك صافح

عن جارمرك أسِنّة وصفائحُ

And decisive moments that testify that you

From an attacking enemy, lips and shining swords defend

ويمين صدق أنه ما للندى

وزناده لولا يمينك قادحُ

And a true oath that to the dew

And its scales, were it not for your unsheathing sword

يا خير من خاضت به بحر الوغى

جرداء سلهبة ونهد سابحُ

O best of those who plunged into the tumultuous sea

Bare, despoiled, her breast swimming

ما فات سيفك رامحا شهد الوغى

يوما ولو شهد السماك الرامحُ

No sword that sought you has the tumult witnessed

A day, even if the firmament itself bore witness

مولاي يا ابن محمد نهج العلى

بك يا علي القدر نهج واضحُ

My Master, O son of Muhammad, exemplar of the Most High

Through you, O Ali, destiny makes clear a path

وسماح كفك نحو غاد رائح

يرجوك بالمعروف غاد رائحُ

And the generosity of your palm towards one who comes

Seeking your benevolence, a supplicant who comes

لي خاطر في وصف مجدك طيع

وإذا انتخيت به سواك فجامعُ

My mind is inclined to describe your glory compliant

And if I choose but you, then I gather

بأبي الجواد ابن المظفر أنه

بحر بماء الجود طام طافحُ

By Abul Jawad the son of al-Muzaffar, that he

Is an ocean with the water of generosity, brimming over

ينهل جودا والاكف جوامد

ويضيء بشرا والوجوه كوالحُ

Bestowing generosity while palms withhold

Radiating nobility while faces frown

تنميه من آل الرفيل مرازب

شم الأنوف لدى الهياج جحاجحُ

Growing from the house of al-Rafiq virtues

That if sensed, make staunch souls tremble

قوم حصونهم الدروع وبيضهم

أبدا لأقفال الحصون مفاتحُ

A people whose shields are armor and whose whiteness

Is never unlocked by the keys of fortresses

قوم إذا ما الخطب أظلم أصبحوا

فيه وهم سرج له ومصابحُ

A people, if calamities darken they become

In them, torches for it and lamps

يا مضحك الأيام وهي عوابس

ومقرب الآمال وهي نوازحُ

O one who makes days laugh though they frown

Who brings hopes near though they are distant

وأجل من تحدى إليه قلائص

كوم طلائح فوقهن طلائحُ

And greater than one who is challenged with swords

Like a pile of cutting blades atop cutting blades

يفديك يا ابن الأكرمين معاشر

ما فيهم من فيه يصدق مادحُ

May those who include the likes of you ransom you

One who praises them sincerely, none would doubt

خشب مسندة وإن راقت لهم

يوم السلام مساند ومطارعُ

Though they smile at you from afar

When peace comes, supporting and sheltering

أغنيتني عن كل جهم كله

لؤم فلا سمح ولا متسامحُ

You have made me needless of any sorrow

So neither vulgar nor tolerant am I

غمر فلا أنا فارح بلقائه

كلا ولا هو بامتداحي فارحُ

My joy at meeting you immersed me

No, nor was he joyous at my praise

فلأشكرنك ما همت منهلَّة

سحب وما هتف الحمام الصادحُ

So I thank you whenever a cloud poured down

And the cooing pigeon cried aloud

شكرا يفوح المسك من أثنائه

فكأنه من طيب نشرك فائحُ

Thanks whose musk smell rises high

As if it were the scent your perfume emitted

هنّيت بالصوم الشريف فإنَّه

عمل به ترضي الهك صالحُ

You gladdened me with the noble fast for it

Is a deed by which your God is pleased

وبقيت ما شئت البقاء محسَّدا

ليغم ذو حنق ويرغم كاشحُ

And you remained as long as you wished, envied

So let the spiteful one frown and gnash his teeth