حيِّ الوزير كريمةً أعطافُهُ

جَمَّ المكارم فائضَ الإحسانِ

Hail the vizier, noble in every turn of his bearing—

rich in virtues, overflowing with beneficence;

يقظانَ أبْلجَ بأسهُ ونوالهُ

ذهباً بفخر السيف والتَّهْتانِ

vigilant and radiant—his valor and his bounty

have outstripped the pride of the sword and steady rain.

هامي البَنانِ بسيفهِ ونوالهِ

من أبيضٍ عَذْبٍ وأحمرَ قانِ

His fingertips pour forth, through sword and bounty,

what is sweetly white and what is deep crimson.

لا يختشي غضبَ العساكرِ بعدما

صرفَ الزمان إلى رضا الرحْمنِ

He fears no wrath of armies, now that

Time has turned toward the favor of the All-Merciful.

فالمجد عن أبي شُجاعٍ وافرٌ

في صونه كعقيلةِ الغَيْرانِ

For glory stemming from Abu Shuja abounds,

under his protection like a noblewoman among jealous guardians.

يا منْ أفاضَ العدل حتى كاد أنْ

يستجمعَ الأمْواهَ بالنيرانِ

O you who made justice overflow until it nearly

gathered all the waters together with fires!

سُرَّ التِّجارُ وللتُنَّاءِ مواقفٌ

يُجْرونَ فيها عبْرةَ الأحْزانِ

The merchants rejoiced; meanwhile, the husbandmen have places

where they pour out sorrow's tears.

فالمُستغاثُ إليكَ مما قد عَرى

زرْع القرى في فتكَةِ الجِشْرانِ

You, then, are the one appealed to for deliverance from what has afflicted

the village crops in the ravaging assault of pasturing herds.