تدلُّ عليه عبْقةٌ هاشميَّةٌ

يصوغُ اذا تُتلى المناقبُ طيبُها

A Hashimite fragrance hints of him,

When his virtues are recited, their goodness exhales musk.

تأرَّجَ منها الدهرُ حتى كأنها

شفوفُ عروسٍ رادعاتٌ جيوبُها

Time has been perfumed by it as though it were

The lips of a bride withholding her kiss.

قطوبٌ اذا الفحشاء ندَّتْ وباسمٌ

اذا ما صروف الدهر راعَ قطوبها

Firm pillars, when vileness becomes noisy, and a forbearing man

When the turns of fate arouse its firm pillars.

اذا شبَّت الهيجاءُ فهو كميُّها

واِن ضاقتِ الأقوالُ فهو خطيبُها

When war flames, he is its quencher,

And if words run short, he is their spokesman.

منيع الحمى والعِرض بالبأس والندى

بَذولُ سَنايا الأعطياتِ وَهوبُها

Impregnable, honorable, bold, and high-minded protector,

Magnanimous, freely giving from full hands.

هنَتْك القوافي يابن عمِّ محمَّدٍ

مَعيبٌ ومذمومٌ بها منْ يَعيبُها

You have tried the poets, O cousin of Muhammed,

Flawed and blameworthy is he who finds flaws in it.

فكم جهْلَةٍ من جاهلٍ بمقالتي

أمُرُّ عليها ضاحكاً لا أُجيبُها

How many fools and ignorant men fault my words,

I pass by laughing, making no reply.

على ثقةٍ أني المُشارُ وأنني

بديعُ المعاني الرائقاتِ غَريبُها

Trusting that I excel, and that I

Have singular meanings of subtle grace.

تقاصرتِ الأفهامُ عنها نفاسَةً

فجاهلُها ذو غِرَّةٍ وأديبُها

Minds fall short comprehending its purity,

So that its critic is an ignoramus, and its adept.

ألا انَّ قولي فيك شمسُ ظَهيرةٍ

على الناسِ أعيْا مثلُها وضُروبُها

My words about you are a brilliant sun

Dazzling people ― they have not seen its like.

عليك وقاءُ اللهِ ما ذَرَّ شارقٌ

وما حانَ من شمس النَّهار غُروبها

May God protect you as long as the dawn star rises

And as long as the sun of day continues its setting.