قل للرّئيسِ أبي نَصْرٍ لقد نُصِرَتْ

بك المَعالي برَغْمِ المَعشَر الخُذَّلِ

Tell Abu Nasr the president, you have been victorious

Through you, glories despite the cowardly mob

وما دُعِيتَ ضياءَ الدّينِ عن عَبَثٍ

لكنْ لنورٍ على أهليه مُشْتَمِل

You were not called "Light of the Religion" out of jest

But for a light encompassing your family

طلَعْتَ نجماً إذا استَنَّتْ بسِيرتِه

بنو الرّئاسةِ لم تَضْلِلْ عن السُّبُل

You rose like a star, and if the nobles follow your path

They will not stray from the right way

كم قد تَطَلّبْتُ في الدّنيا أخا كرَم

مَحْضٍ فلم أَرَ إلاّ أَحمدَ بْنَ عَلي

How much have I sought in this life a generous brother

Pure, and found none but Ahmad ibn Ali

فتىً إذا جئْتَه تَبْغي فَواضِلَه

أعطاك كُلَّ الأماني ثُمَّ قال سَل

A young man, if you come to him seeking his bounty

He gives you all you wish, then says "ask!"

فَرْدٌ بلا مَثَلٍ في النّاسِ وهْو لهم

في كُلِّ معنىً حَميدٍ غايةُ المَثَل

Unique without peer among people, and to them

He is the epitome of every praiseworthy meaning

تَخالُه رَجُلاً في النّاسِ تُبْصِرُه

إذا بدا لك وهْو النّاسُ في رَجُل

You'd think him a man among people you see

Yet with him people are but as one man

لن تَقْدِرَ النّاسُ أن تُحصي مَحاسِنَه

وإن قَنِعْتَ من التّفْصيلِ بالجُمَل

People can not enumerate his virtues

Even if you limit yourself to the summary

كأنّه البيتُ مَبذولٌ لزائره

رُكْناهُ وهْو عزيزٌ غَيرُ مُبتذَل

He is like a house laid open to visitors

A pillar yet most noble, not cheapened

لأَشكُرنَّك ما ناحَتْ مُطوَّقةٌ

معَ الغُدُوِّ على أَيْكٍ أَوِ الأُصُل

I will thank you as long as a starry-necked one

Sings at dawn or nightfall