تقرُّ بفضلكَ الأيامُ عيناً

وما اُوتيتَ من بأسٍ وجُودِ

Through your excellence, the very eyes of the days are gladdened,

and through the valor and bounty granted you.

فأنْتَ لها المواسِمُ والتَّهاني

واِنْ فخرتْ بموسمها السَّعيدِ

For you are their festive seasons and their congratulations,

and if they boast, it is of your blessed festival.

اذا صَرَّفْتها علَّمتَ فيها

بنيها واضِحَ المسْعى المجيدِ

When you direct them, you teach within them

their children the clear path of glorious endeavor.

فأقدمَ مُحجِمٌ وعَفا قَديرٌ

وفاض الجود من كفِّ الشَّديدِ

Thus the hesitant advances, and the powerful pardons,

and generosity pours from the strong man’s palm.

وكم قوْلٍ تَعاورهُ رجالٌ

ليُدْرَك سِرُّ معناهُ الشَّريدِ

How many a saying has passed from man to man,

that they might grasp the secret of its elusive meaning;

أبانَ بهاءُ دين اللّهِ عنهُ

فأوصلَهُ إِلى فَهْمِ البَليدِ

the splendor of God’s faith brought it to light

and conveyed it even to the dullard’s understanding.

أَبو الفضلينِ من كرمٍ وعلمٍ

واِن كَنَّوْهُ بالفضل الوحيدِ

Father of the two excellences—generosity and learning—

though they gave him the byname “father of the one Excellence.”

لبَيقُ العطف بالنَّعماءِ يذكو

لسحبِ ذيولِهِ وجْهُ الصَّعيدِ

Deft in giving; through his beneficence, there flourishes

the face of the earth beneath the sweep of his trailing hems.

فلا زالتْ ملابسهُ دُهورٌ

تَحورُ اليه عيداً بعد عيدِ

May his garments endure for ages,

returning to him, feast after feast.