أرْغَمْتَ آنُفَ حاسدِيكَ بسَفْرةٍ

سفَرتْ فأبدَتْ وجْهَ جَدٍّ مُقْبِلِ

You have just silenced your envious detractors with a journey,

So it departed and revealed the face of a determined newcomer,

وقَدِمتَ والصّومُ المُبارَكُ قادمٌ

فاسْعَدْ بصَوْمٍ عيدُه في الأوَّل

And you have arrived while the blessed fast is approaching,

So rejoice in a fast whose celebration is in the first month.

أضحَى الّذي ما زلْتَ ناصرَ دينِه

لك ناصراً فأطالَ رَغْمَ الخُذّل

He who you have never ceased to be the supporter of His religion,

Has now become your supporter, in spite of the subverters.

والقاهِرُ المُسْمِيكَ فينا عَبْدَهُ

قَهر العِدا لك قَهْرةً لم تُمْهِل

And the Almighty who destined you among us as His servant,

Has subjugated your enemies with a subjugation without respite.

فكفاكَ عاديةَ العَدوِّ المُعْتدي

ووَقاكَ طارقةَ الخُطوبِ النُّزَّل

So suffice you the enmity of the transgressing enemy,

And suffice you the striking of overwhelming afflictions.

فاذْكُرْ إذَنْ خُططاً أظلّتْ وانجلَتْ

واشكُرْ إذَنْ نُعْمَى وَهوبٍ مُجْزِل

Remember then the plans which have overcast and cleared,

And thank the abundant, generous bounties.

نُعمىً تُذَلِّلُ كُلَّ مَن عادَيْتَه

ولكلِّ صَعْبٍ قد رَكبْتَ مُذَلَّل

Bounties that humble everyone who opposed you,

And everything difficult you have mounted has been subjugated.

نَفْسي فِداؤك من كريمٍ لم يَزَلْ

سامي ذُراهُ من النّوائبِ مَعْقِلي

My soul is your ransom, O generous one who has never ceased

To be my lofty refuge, safe from adversities.

قسَماً لقد جاهدْتُ فيك أعادياً

فكفَيْتُ منهمْ كُلَّ شَكْلٍ مُشْكِل

I swear I have struggled against enemies for your sake,

And sufficed from them every intractable creature.

وَرُمِيتُ فيك من الجَفاء بأَسْهمٍ

ولئنْ عَراك الشّكُّ فيه فاسْأل

And I was struck for you with arrows of estrangement,

And if you doubt it, then ask!

وقُصدْتُ في نَفْسي وفي ابْني بالّتي

فَرِحَتْ لها نَفْسُ العَدُوِّ الأرذَل

And I have been targeted in myself and in my son with slander,

To the joy of the base enemy’s soul.

والدّهْرُ قد تُنتابُ فيه عَجائبٌ

يِكْسِرْنَ رامحَ أهلِه بالأَعْزَل

And time occasionally has within it wonders,

That break the lance of its people with the unarmed.

فانْظُرْ إليَّ اليومَ نَظْرةَ مُسْعِدٍ

فعلَى انتصارِك يا كبيرُ مُعوَّلي

So look upon me today with a gratifying gaze,

For in your victory, O Great One, lies my reliance.

فلَطالما من أينَ جِئْتُك راغباً

لاقَيْتُ تَطْويلي بفَضْلِ تَطَوُّل

For so long, from wherever I came to you eagerly,

I found your generosity reciprocating my yearning.

فمتَى أرَدْتُ الجاه كنتَ مُناولي

ومتى أردْتُ المالَ كنتَ مُنوِّلي

So whenever I wanted glory, you bestowed it upon me,

And whenever I wanted wealth, you conferred it upon me.

ومتى اقتبَسْتُ رأيتُ أكبرَ فاضِلٍ

وإذا التَمَسْتُ رأيتُ أكبرَ مُفْضِل

And whenever I sought advice I saw the greatest sage,

And when I sought judgment I saw the greatest judicious.

وإذا طلَبْتُ النّصرَ يومَ حفيظةٍ

جَرّدْتَ دوني كُلَّ عَضْبٍ مِفْصَل

And if I sought victory on a day of wrath,

You brandished before me every sharpened blade.

يا باخِلاً بالعِرْضِ من كرَمٍ به

حتّى إذا سُئلَ اللُّها لم يَبْخَل

O you who are stingy with honor out of generosity,

Until when asked for succor you do not stint.

فلَوَ انّني أوفَيْتُ شَوْقيَ حَقّه

لَركبْتُ أجنحةَ الصَّبا والشّمْأل

If only I had fulfilled my passion as was its right,

I would have mounted the wings of the morning breeze and the dusk.

ولئن شفَيْتُ العَينَ منك بنَظْرةٍ

تَسمو بطَرْفِ النّاظرِ المُتأَمِّل

And if my eyes were sated of you with a glance,

It would transport the beholder’s gaze to the heights.

فلأصفحَنَّ عنِ الزّمانِ وما جنَى

إذْ عاد عَودةَ نادمٍ مُتنَصِّل

So I will pardon the times and what it reaped,

When it returns apologetically disengaging.

وبغَيْرِ شُكْري نِعمةً بك جُدِّدَتْ

سِرّي وجَهْري بعدَها لم أَشغَل

And without my gratitude a blessing through you was renewed,

My secret and open self thereafter did not busy me.

رجَع الزّمانُ إلى الرِّضا فارْجِعْ له

وإذا صُروفُ الدَّهْرِ نابَتْ فاقْبل

Time has returned to concord so return to it,

And when the turns of fate come around accept them.

فكما إليك اللهُ أحْسَنَ مَعْقَباً

نَصْراً فأَحسِنْ يا هُمامُ وأَجْمِل

Just as God made your outcome favorable with victory,

O gallant one make good and beautify.

وأَعِد إليّ بعَيْنِ لُطْفِك نَظْرةً

واحْكُمْ على زَمني المُعانِدِ واعْدِل

And return to me with your kind eye a glance,

And judge my defiant times and be equitable.

ولقَدْرِ مِثْلي فَضْلُ مِثْلِك عارِفٌ

فابْرُزْ فقد خِفْتُ الخُطوبَ وعَجِّل

And to one like me the merit of one like you is known,

So come forth, for I have feared the afflictions and hasten!

مات الخواطِرُ في الزّمانِ فأَحْيِها

وبدا النّقائصُ في القضاء فكَمِّل

Inspirations have died in time so revive them,

And deficiencies emerged in fate so perfect them.

حتّى أُشهِّرَ فيك كلَّ بديعةٍ

تَثْني زمامَ الرّاكبِ المُستَعْجِل

Until every marvel is flaunted through you,

Restraining the rein of the hastening rider.

غَرّاءُ يَحسُدُك الملوكُ بغُرِّها

حُسْناً إذا جُلِيَتْ لعَينِ المُجْتَلي

Of overweening pride, which makes kings envy you,

A beauty, when uncovered to the beholder’s eye.