يُبدلُ الليل ضحىً من بِشْرِهِ

والضُّحى يومَ وَغاهُ مَوْهِنا

The night changes the morning with its good tidings,

And the morning is a day that has passed away in weakness.

فتظلُّ الشمس تشكو فِعْلَهُ

تحتَ جُنْحِ الليل أو تحت القَنا

So the sun remains complaining of its actions,

Under the wing of night or under the bridge.

فهو يُخْفيها عَجاجاً في الوَغى

وهو يَعْلوها بَهاءً وسَنى

It hides it violently in confusion,

And it rises with beauty and delight.

هي ضوْءٌ وهو ضوْءٌ ونَدىً

كُلَّما أشْرَقَ بِشْراً هَتَنا

It is light and it is light and dew,

Whenever it shone good tidings, we were infatuated.

راسِخٌ منْ طودِ حِلْمٍ راجحٍ

ثابتُ الآساسِ عُلْوُيُّ البِنا

Firm from the hill of prevalent wisdom,

Stable in foundation, supreme in building.

وسَحابٌ هاطِلٌ مُسْحَنْفِرٌ

يُبْدِلُ الغَبْراءَ خِصْباً وغِنى

And pouring clouds, seething,

Changing the barren to fertile and wealth.

مُستريحُ الرِّفْدِ باغي جُودِهِ

سالِمُ الرَّوْنَقِ مأمونُ العَنا

Resting from generosity, seeking his generosity,

Safe in elegance, secured in care.

يَسْبقُ الجودَ بعُذْرٍ فإذا

جادَ لم يُتْبِعْ نَداهُ المِنَنا

It precedes generosity with an excuse, so when

It flowed, reproaches did not follow its bestowal.

قاطِنٌ ما سِدِكَ المَجْدُ بهِ

فإذا آنَسَ عاراً ظَعَنا

Inhabiting what the glory did not enclose it with,

So if it sensed high grounds, it mounted.

شرفُ الدينِ الذي أوْصافُهُ

جَعَلَتْ كُلَّ عَييٍّ ألْسَنا

The honor of the religion which its descriptions

Made every weak one eloquent tongues.

أحْمَدُ الخيرِ أبو جعفرِهِ

فَضَلا فخْرَ الأسامي والكُنى

Ahmad the good, the father of his Jafar

Superiority the pride of names and nicknames

منْ تميمٍ وتميمٌ فَضْلُها

عَدَدُ القَطْرِ ورَمْلِ المُنْحنى

From Tameem and Tameem whose virtues

As many as droplets and sand of the dune

نَجَلُوهُ يَعْقِرُ الجيشَ ضُحىً

فإذا اللَّيْلُ دَجا فالبُدُنا

We avoid him, he defeats the army at dawn

So when the night falls, we flee