سَلام كَساهُ الشَوق حُزناً وَرَونَقاً

وَرَوقه ريح الصَبا فَتَرَوقا

Peace adorned with longing, sorrow and charm,

Its breeze blew gently fragrant and serene.

تَحلى فَأَضحى كُل سَمع مُشنفاً

بِأَلفاظه بَل كُل شَخص مُقرطقا

It wore beauty and so every hearing reveled,

Nay, every being enchanted and keen.

يَسير عَلى وَجه الصَحيفة أَسمَراً

وَيُتلى عَلى تِلكَ المَحاسن مُشرِقا

It walks upon the page dark brown,

And recited upon those beauties radiant and sheen.

وَماس بِأَوراق الثَناء مطرزاً

وَمادَ عَلى رَوض المَديح منمقا

Embroidered with sheets of praise,

Extended upon the garden of eulogy adorned and cleaned.

وَيَزداد وَجه الحُب مِنهُ طلاوة

وَوَجه العَدو الخب يُصبح أَزرَقا

The face of love gains more gentleness from it,

And the visage of every enemy turns blue and lean.

يُطاف بِهِ في الحان كَأساً مختماً

وَيُجلى عَلى الأَقوام ظَبياً ممنطقا

It is encircled in gatherings like a sealed chalice,

And paraded over all people, clad and preened.

إِلى سَيد أَحيت غَمائمه العُلى

فَأَضحى عباب البَذل وَالجود مفرقا

To the master whose sublime clouds I revived,

So the clouds of generosity and bounty dispersed wide and careen.

وَخاطَت سمات الفَضل مِنهُ شَمائل

وَقَد كانَ ثَوباً لا يَزال مُمَزقا

The traits of merit embroidered his traits,

Which was a garment ever ripped and torn I ween.

وَسادَ مقاماً بِالبَراعة شامِخاً

وَسوره بِالمكرمات وَخندَقا

He commanded a lofty abode with brilliance,

Its fence made with favours and a moat in between.

تَرقى عَلى أَوج المَعارف أَمرداً

وَأضرب عَن حَمل التَمائم وَالرقى

He climbed to the peak of all knowledge sprite-like,

And refused to carry superstitions and charms so routine.

بِهِ أَصبَح الدَهر الخَطير منوراً

وَمِنهُ غَدا برق العُلى مُتَأَلقا

By him the perilous fate became illuminated,

And by him the lightning of sublimity sparked and gleamed.

أَبى العَصر إِلا أَن يقبل كَفه

وَبَدر الدُجى إِلا لَهُ متشوقا

The age refused but to kiss his palm,

And the full moon of darkness yearned for him it seems.

فَذلك مَولى لا يَزال مُسدداً

وَلَم يَك إِلا لِلرشاد موفقا

Thus is my master who remains forever guided,

And was created only for righteousness, so esteemed.

مَعال عَلمناها قَديماً وَحادِثاً

بِها جيد هَذا الدَهر أَضحى مُطَوقا

We learnt his noble manners old and new,

By which the neck of this fate became lashed and hemmed.

تورثها عَن ضيغم نَجل ضَيغم

وَعَن فتية حازوا السَخاوة وَالتُقى

Inherited from ancestors, son of an ancestor,

And from youth who gained generosity and piety that teamed.

بِهم أَشرَقَت دار السَلام فَأَصبَحَت

تُباهي بِهم مصراً وَحمصاً وَجلقا

By them the abode of peace shone and so became,

Boasting by them over Egypt, Homs and Aleppo undreamed.

سَلام سَلام لا يَزال عَبيقه

عَلى أَحمَد الأَفعال مسكاً مفتقا

Peace, peace, its aroma never ceasing,

Upon Ahmed of most gracious deeds pure and supreme!

أَخي الفَضل موسى مِن عَصاه تلقفت

أَفاعي كماة الشعر غَرباً وَمَشرِقا

My brother is Mousa of overflowing merit, from his stick were picked

Serpents of poetry from East and West it seems.

لَهُ اِنفلق البَحر الَّذي طابَ وَرده

وَفرعونه في جَهله بات مغرقا

For him the sea split which pure rose water flowed

And its Pharaoh in ignorance became sunk and streamed.

وَيَسري سَلام كَالعَبير لسيد

عَلى صَهوات الفَضل وَالمَجد قَد رَقا

And peace flows like perfume to the master,

Upon the plains of merit and glory soft and creamed.

فَذَلك عَبد اللَه مَولى تَنوعت

مَناقبه في الناس غَرباً وَمَشرِقا

That is Abdullah the slave whom diversified glories,

Among all people in East and West gleamed.

من الرَجُل الخل الحَميم وَمن لَهُ

فُؤاد بِنار البُعد وَالهَجر أحرقا

Who from the intimate friend is sweet and affectionate,

And who has a heart aflame with parting and estrangement beseemed.

يُحركه الشَوق القَوي فَلَو رَأى

مَجالاً بِأَذيال النَسيم تَعَلقا

Moved by ardent longing as if it saw,

A place to cling unto the train of the breeze it deemed.

إِلى أَن أَتى مِنكُم كِتاب مُبشر

بِصحتكُم وَالكَون أَصبَح مونقا

Until came from you all a herald letter,

Informing of your health and so all became adorned and teemed.

فَحَلت بِنا الأَفراح مِن كُل جانب

وَصاح خَطيب السَعد في الجَو مفلقا

Then joy came unto us from every side,

And the announcer of bliss called out loud in the air it seemed.

وَغَنت عَلى دَوح الحَدائق هتفت

تُنادي حماماً في الخَمائل أَورَقا

The doves upon the branches of gardens chirped,

Calling unto doves in foliage greened.

فَلا زلت في عَيش حميد وَنعمة

تَفيض عَلى كُل الوَرى وَلك البَقا

So I remain in pleasant living and bounty,

Overflowing upon all people, and for you is eternity.

وَأَهدى لَكَ الرَحمَن في كُل ساعة

سَلاماً كَساه الشَوق حُسناً وَرَونَقا

And the Merciful granted you every moment,

A peace adorned with longing, sorrow and charm serene.