تتيهُ به الأيامُ فخراً وغِبْطةً
وتأرَجُ إذ تُتْلى عُلاهُ المَواسِمُ
The days take pride and joy in him,
And bloom when his sublime qualities are recited.
وتحسُدهُ الأنواءُ وهي مخيلَةٌ
إذا ما هَمى معْروفُهُ والمَكارِمُ
The stars envy him in their imaginations,
When his virtues and nobilities become apparent.
ويخجلُ نورُ البدر من قسماتهِ
وباهِرُ ضوءِ الشمس إذ هو باسِم
The light of the full moon is ashamed before his beauty,
And the brilliant rays of the sun are dimmed when he smiles.
مريرُ القوى لا يدرأ العزمُ حزمه
ولكن هُمامٌ حازمُ الرَّأي عازِم
Bitter are the souls, determination cannot stop his resolute purpose,
Rather he is one with strong opinion and determined in resolve.
فتى الحَيِّ أمَّا كَفُّهُ فغَمامَةٌ
دَلوحٌ وأما بأسُهُ فهو صارِمُ
The young man of the tribe, his palm is like a rain-cloud,
His sword gleams, and his might is sharp.
يزيدُ باجْلاب الخطوب بسالةً
ويَرْحُب حلْماً إذْ تجُلُّ الجرائم
He increases in courage when facing calamities,
And shows clemency when serious crimes appear.
إذا أمْكنتهُ غِرَّةٌ منْ عَدوِّهِ
غَدتْ موبقاتُ الحتف وهي مراحم
If his enemy deceives him,
Destruction turns into kindness.
ولَوعٌ بذكرِ اللّهِ في خَلَواتِهِ
وفي الجهر بالإحسانِ والشُّكر قائم
Burning with remembrance of Allah in his solitude,
And thankful and doing good openly.
إذا أغْنَم العافينَ بالرِّفْدِ مالَهُ
غدا وهو للحمدِ المُخَلَّدِ غانِمُ
If he profits the prosperous with his wealth,
He becomes, for perpetual praise, a winner.
وإنْ شيَّد الأموال مَحْمَدُ كسبِهِ
فمنْ جودِهِ بالنَّائِل الغمْر هادم
And if Mahmoud builds up wealth from his earnings,
It is from his generosity to the needy that he demolishes the flood.
أبو جعفرٍ غرسُ الخلافة والذي
يُقِرُّ بفضْليهِ كَميٌّ وعالِمُ
Abu Ja'far, the pillar of the caliphate, and the one,
Whose virtues a few and scholar acknowledge.
إذا جَحَدَا أو أنكَرا شَهدتْ له
فَتاوٍ مُضيئاتُ الحِجا ومَلاحمُ
If they deny or reject this, his brilliant qualities bear witness,
Dispelling the night of calamities, though the day be dark.
فيكشف ليل الخطب والخطب حالكٌ
ويجلو عجاج الحرب واليومُ قاتمُ
He trembles for righteousness, as if,
The landmarks provoked in him a bleeding wound.
ويَهْتَزُّ للمعروفِ حتى كأنَّهُ
نَزيفُ مُدامٍ هَيَّجَتهُ المَعالمُ
He aspires above every lofty-soaring vulture,
As if the highest summits were base and lowly.
عَلا هِمَّةً عن كلِّ سامٍ مُحلِّقٍ
كأنَّ دَهاسَ الأنْعُميْنِ النَّعائم
The wealth of the world is despised by his noble worth,
As pebbles and coins are equal to the abject.
وهانَ غِنى الدنيا على نُبْل قدْره
فسِيَّانِ رضْراض الحصى والدراهم
When the hidden caravan breaks up and its beautiful features crumble,
And every pouncing one comes near in his steps,
إذا انحل الركْبَ السُّرى وتهدمت
غَواربُ من إِرْقالِها ومَناسِمُ
Like the sliding of sand dunes.
And the minister becomes a place of rest and refuge,
وأصبح يُدني خطوه كلُّ واثِبٍ
كأنَّ حُوارَ المُجْدباتِ الضفبارم
No harm from the sneaky or ruin from the destructive.
His fresh branch grew in glory - Tamim and Darim -
وكان الوزير الصدر ملفىً وموئلاً
فلا الخمص عرَّاق ولا الضُّرُّ هاذم
By Allah, how Tamim and Darim have grown!
They came to him in torrents of munificence, as though,
نمى فرعهُ الزَّاكي تميمٌ ودارمٌ
فللهِ ما تَنْمي تميمٌ ودارِمُ
Its rivulets in glory were plentiful rains.
فجاؤا به غمْرَ الرِّداءِ كأنما
أنامِلُهُ في المُجْدِباتِ غَمائمُ
