إِنَّ السَماحَةَ وَالتَكَرُّمَ وَالنَدى
لِفَتى السَماحَةِ أَحمَدَ بنِ الهَيثَمِ
Indeed, liberality, magnanimity, and bounty
The generosity, nobility, and liberality
belong to the generous youth, Ahmad ibn al-Haytham.
Of the generous man Ahmad Ibn Al-Haytham
جَعَلَتهُ أَخلاقُ المُروءَةِ غُرَّةً
بَيضاءَ في وَجهِ الزَمانِ الأَدهَمِ
The virtues of chivalry have made him a blaze,
His virtuous manners have made him
white upon the face of dark-hued time.
A shining white mark on the face of gloomy time
مَلِكٌ بَنى لِلأَزدِ مَجداً عالِياً
بِالأَبيَضَينِ حُسامِهِ وَالدَرهَمِ
A king who built lofty glory for the Azd,
A king who built great glory for Al-Azd
with the two white things—his keen sword and the dirham.
With his two swords and money
آباؤُهُ صيدُ المُلوكِ مَتى اِنتَمى
فَإِلى المُلوكِ ذَوي المَكارِمِ يَنتَمي
His forefathers are proud kings; whenever he traces his descent,
His fathers were the hunt of kings whenever they belonged
he traces it to kings endowed with noble virtues.
So he belongs to the generous kings
آباءُ صِضقٍ قَوَّموا بِفِعالِهِم
صَعَرَ الزَمانِ وَكانَ غَيرَ مُؤَوَّمِ
Forefathers of true worth, who by their deeds straightened
The fathers of Sa'daq straightened with their deeds
time's crooked neck, though it had not been rightly formed.
The roughness of time though it was not straightened
وَرِثوا السَماحَ فَأَورَثوهُ فَما تَرى
في غَيرِهِم لِلجودِ مِن مُتَلَوَّمِ
They inherited liberality and bequeathed it, so you see
They inherited generosity so they bequeathed it, thus you see
no place for generosity to linger among any but them.
None but them is intent on generosity
بُسلُن جَحاجِحَةٌ هُمُ خَلَفوا النَدى
مِن نائِلٍ وَسَماحَةٍ وَتَكَرُّمِ
Valiant, mighty chiefs—they became generosity's successors,
Boughs of lofty palm trees, they left generosity
in bounty, liberality, and magnanimity.
Of the giver, nobility, and magnanimity
Sol 6.1