أَعَدَّت سَعودَ بَهاءِ الدَولَةِ الفُلكُ
الأَعلى فَما فيهِ نَجمٌ غَيرُ مَسعودِ
Bahāʾ al-Dawla’s auspicious fortunes made ready the celestial sphere—
the highest—so that no star within it is anything but fortunate.
وَقابَلَ العيدَ مِنهُ حينَ قابَلَهُ
مِن ملكِهِ كُلَّ يَومٍ مِنهُ في عيدِ
And when the Feast met him, it found its very counterpart in him:
for every day of his reign is, through him, a feast.
وَلَيسَ يَرضى مَساعيكَ الَّتي بَهَرَت
بِأَن يَهنَأ موجودٌ بِمَفقودِ
Nor are your dazzling endeavors content
that one man present should prosper through another’s absence.
فَالإِختِصار عَلى ذا الحَكَمِ أَبلَغ في
صِفاتِ فَضلِكَ مِن إِغراقِ تَجويدِ
Thus, by this judgment, brevity is more eloquent in
describing your excellence than excessive embellishment.
Sol 5.6