تعلَّمتِ البيداءُ فُسْحةَ صدرهِ

فأدمتْ خفاف اليَعْملاتِ النجائب

The desert learned the breadth of his chest,

So it persisted with docile winds and showers.

وأشبِههُ الطَّوْدُ المُنيفُ رزانةً

فلم يخش من مَرِّ الصَّبا والجنائب

Like a firmly rooted mountain in composure,

He did not fear the passage of youth and calamities.

وتابعَ سلْسالُ الفراتِ ودجلةٍ

سجاياه لذَّ طعماً لشاربِ

And the chains of Euphrates and Tigris followed,

Tasting through him a delicious drink.

وكاد السَّحاب الجون يُثجمُ حيثما

رأى جودَ كفَّيه بودْق الرغائبِ

Almost the abundant clouds everywhere

Darkened when they saw his generous palms dripping with desires.

ووَدَّتْ سهام الراشقين مضاءه

اذا شدَّ في اِثر العدو المحاربِ

And the arrows of archers beamed at his illumination

When he pursued the tracks of the enemy warrior.

وقال الضُّحى لما رأى صبح وجهه

لعافيه اني في عِدادِ الغياهبِ

And the morning said when it saw the dawn of his face,

“Farewell to me as I am among the departed.”

فيالك من صدرٍ تجمَّعَ عندهُ

شتيتُ المعالي من قريبٍ وعازبِ

Oh you whose chest gathered

The scattered virtues of both near and far!

تقمَّص ملبوسَ الوزارة عالماً

بسرِّ عُلاها من مقيمٍ وذاهبِ

He wore the garb of ministry knowingly,

With its secrets of resident and traveler.

تقمَّصها بالدَّهي والبأسِ ماجِدٌ

حوى المجد ما بين النُّهى والتجارب

He wore it with intelligence and valor gloriously,

Embracing glory between prohibition and trials.

فجاء كهنديٍّ جُرازٍ تزيدهُ

يدُ القيْنِ اِرهافاً لهتْك الضرائب

He came like an Indian sword that

The hand of the skilled polish to split taxes.

تَؤودُ قوى أتباعِهِ عَزماتُه

فأكْفاهمُ مُستهدفٌ للمعاتبِ

His resolves invigorate the power of his followers,

While he suffices the targeted for blame.

اذا عجزوا عن أمره نهضت به

ضِرامةُ مطرور الغِرارين قاضبِ

If they fail in his command, his daring spear rises with him,

Thrusting fiercely with filed blade.

يهونُ عليه الفقرُ اِلا من العُلى

ويعلمُ أنَّ الحمدَ خيرُ المكاسبِ

Poverty is easy for him except in glory,

And he knows praise is the best of gains.

فلا بُلْغَةٌ اِلا لطُعْمةِ ساغِبٍ

ولا عِزَّةٌ اِلا لنُصرةِ صاحبِ

So no eloquence except to satisfy a greedy one,

And no honor except in supporting a companion.

أعادَ له الأحرارَ عُبْدانَ طاعةٍ

لِما عمَّهُمْ من بِشْرهِ والمواهبِ

The free restored for him the servitude of obedience

For how he covered them in good tidings and grants.

فَظلَّ أبيُّ القومِ بعدَ تَعَزَّزٍ

يرى لَثْمَ نعليهِ أجَلَّ المراتبِ

So the proudest of people remained after empowerment

Seeing the kiss of his slipper the highest of positions.

أبو جعفرٍ غَرْسُ الخِلافةِ مُص

طفى الاِمامة مجموعُ العُلى والمناقبِ

Abu Ja'far, the Caliphate's shoot, excellent,

The imamate gathered all glory and virtues.

يسرُّ تميماً وهو من قد علمتمُ

وتمكُّنه من نجْرها والمنَاسبِ

It pleased Tameem while he knew

And enabled it out of its creek and durations.

أعادتْ به الأهْدامَ وهي قشيبةٌ

وهامدُها ذا غُدْنةٍ ومذانبِ

With him, it restored the ruins while it was dried out

And its kindling of logs and branches.

فلا برحتْهُ عِزَّةٌ قَعْسريَّةٌ

تصونُ حِماهُ من طروق النَّوائب

So a glorious Quraishi honor did not abandon him,

Protecting his sanctity from the strikes of catastrophes.