اِسلَم أَبو العَبّاسِ واِب
قَ وَلا أَزالَ اللَهُ ظِلَّك
Be safe, Abu al-Abbas, and live—
—on; may God never make your shadow vanish.
وَكُنِ الَّذي تَحيا لَنا
أَبَداً وَنَحنُ نَموتُ قَبلَك
And be the one who lives for us
forever, while we die before you.
لي حاجَةٌ أَرجو لَها
إِحسانَكَ الأَوفى وَفَضلَك
I have a need, for which I hope to gain
your fullest beneficence and your favor.
وَالمَجدُ مُشتَرِطٌ عَلَي
كَ قَضاءَها وَالشَرطُ أَملَك
And glory requires of—
—you its fulfillment; and a stipulation is most binding.
فَلَئِن كُفيتُ مُهِمَّها
فَلِمِثلِها أَعدَدتُ مِثلَك
For if I am spared its weighty burden,
for such a need I have readied one like you.
Sol 5.6