اللّهُ جارُ الوزيرِ الصَّدْرِ ما طَلَعَتْ

شَمْسٌ وأحْيا دَريسَ الهامِدِ السَّبَلُ

The minister's bosom friend, for as long as the sun rises

And gives life to the winding paths of al-Hamid's abode,

غَمْرُ الرِّداءِ كَسُحْبِ الجَوِّ هاطِلَةً

وللصَّوارِمِ من أوْصافِهِ خَجَلُ

The ample folds of his cloak are like the pouring rain clouds

And his swords have a shyness to their attributes.

ماضٍ وَقورٌ لَدى سَلْمٍ ومُعْتَركٍ

في العَزْمِ والحِلْمِ منهُ الرِّيحُ والجَبَلُ

Calm and dignified whether in peace or in the fray,

In resolve and forbearance, he is the wind and the mountain.

خِرْقٌ يُميتُ نفوسَ المَحْلِ من كرَمٍ

من غيرِ مَنٍّ ويَحْيا عِنْدهُ الأمَلُ

A piercing blade that kills the souls of the abode from generosity

Without tallying and brings hope alive in his presence.

والعَهْدُ والوِدُّ منهُ لا يُحيِلُهُما

على التَّقادُمِ لا غَدْرٌ ولا مَلَلُ

Loyalty and love from him do not change

With the passage of time, no treachery or boredom.

صاحي النُّهى لا يَحِلُّ الخطْبُ حَبْوتَهُ

لكنْ طَروبٌ بأذْكارِ العُلى ثَمِلُ

The counselor of propriety, it is not right that his speech be professing love,

Rather it brims with the remembrance of the Most High.

جَيْشٌ تَفُلُّ صُروفَ الدَّهر سوْرتُهُ

وتَنكُصُ البيضُ عنْ لُقياهُ والأسَلُ

An army whose ranks the vicissitudes of fate have turned

And the white blades recoil from engaging with it and the weapons.

إذا الذَّوابِلُ ذَلَّتْ عنْ طِعانِ عِدىً

خافَتْ مَزابرَهُ اللبَّاتُ والمُقَلُ

When the clouds give up spearing the enemy,

They fear his tombs, the lionesses, and the twisting snakes.

مُحمَّدٌ عضدُ الدينِ الذي شَهِدَتْ

بفضْلِهِ النُّبَلاءُ الغُرُّ والدُّوَلُ

Muhammad is the pillar of the faith, as

The nobles have testified to his virtue and states.

يَثْعَنْجِرُ الجودُ جَوْداً من أنامِلِهِ

إذا السَّحابُ جَهامٌ ماؤهُ سَمَلُ

Generosity flows spontaneously from his fingers

When the clouds are a roaring, flooding rain.

ويصْدُر السَّفْر عنء سلْسالِ موْرِدِه

وقد سَقَى القَوْمَ منهُ العَلُّ والنَّهلُ

And travel sets out from the place of his flowing spring,

Having quenched the people with the sublime and pure water.

لا يَعْرِفونَ ثِمالاً غيرَ نِعْمَتِهِ

حتى إذا ظَعَنوا عن جُودِهِ قَفَلوا

They know no wealth but his blessings

Until when they turn away from his generosity, they depart.

بَرٌّ تُحَصِّنُهُ التَّقْوى ويَعْصِمُهُ

إِخْلاصُهُ وعلى الرَّحْمنِ يَتّكِلُ

Righteous, fortified by piety and protected

By his sincerity, and upon the Merciful he relies.

تَنْبُو سِهامُ الرَّزايا عَنْ سَوابِغِه

إذا رُشِقْنَ وتَخْزى دونَهُ ثُعَلُ

The arrows of misfortunes glance off his perfections,

While humiliation falls short of reaching him.

فَعاشَ للْمَجدِ والعَلْياءِ مُبْتَدِراً

إِحْرازَ أقْصاهُما ما أطَّتِ الإِبِلُ

He lived for glory and supremacy, striving

To gain their utmost extent for as long as camels kneel.