بالسَّعْدِ صُمْتَ وبالسعادةِ تُفْطِرُ

وعلى التُّقَى تَطوِي الصيامَ وَتَنْشُرُ

With bliss you break your fast and with joy you keep silent

And with piety you perform fasting and spread it

عُمِّرْتَ مقبولَ الصيامِ مجنَّب ال

آثامِ ما دامَ الصيامُ يُعَمَّر

You were blessed with accepted fasting, avoiding sins

As long as fasting continues to be kept

وَفَّيْتَ هذا الشهرَ حقَّ صيَامِهِ

وقيامِهِ في الأَمنِ ممّا تَحْذَرُ

You fulfilled the right of fasting this month

And its night prayer in safety from what you fear

وَشَفَعْتَهُ بالحجِّ ما حَجَّ الورى

أبداً يُلَبِّي مُحْرِمٌ وَيُكَبِّر

And complemented it with Hajj, not performed by people

A pilgrim forever uttering talbiyah and proclaiming God's greatness

ووردتَ زمزمَ ورْدَ أطيبِ واردٍ

طابتْ موارِدُهُ وطابَ المصدر

You visited Zamzam with the best visit

Its sources were pleasant and the spring was pleasant

وصَفَا المقامْ إلى مَقاَمكَ عندهُ

وإسشعر الإخبات فيْكَ المشعر

The stay became pleasant to your stay near Him

And the feeling intimate in you, the one feeling intimate

وبقيتَ ما كان البقاءُ محبّباً

تُنْهَى بِسَطْوَتِكَ الخطوبُ وَتُؤْمَر

You remained as long as remaining was lovable

Calamities are prevented by your power and commanded

في نعمةٍ لم يَعْدُ حُسْنَكَ حُسْنُها

زهراءَ تُشْرِقُ في القلوبِ وَتَزْهَر

In a blessing, its beauty no longer matches your beauty

A radiant flower that shines in hearts and blossoms

طالتْ يداكَ أَبا الحسين تطوُّلاً

فَيَدُ الليالي عن وَلِيِّكَ تَقْصُر

Your hands extended, O Abu Al-Hussein, out of longing

Yet the nights’ hands fall short of your patron

وجمعتَ بين سماحةٍ ورجاحةٍ

كلتاهما يُثْنَى عليهِ الخِنْصَر

You combined generosity and rationality

Both of which the wise praise

أبني مقاتلٍ الأولى بِصَنِيعِهِمْ

شُهِرَتْ صنائعُ قَبْلُ لم تكُ تُشْهر

Son of fierce fighters, their deeds

Prevailing over deeds not prevailing before

لولا رياسَتُكُمْ وما دَبَّرْتُمُ

فينا لضاعَ مُدبِّرٌ ومدبَّر

If not for your leadership and your planning for us

The planner and the planned would have been lost

يا ممضياً قلماً وسيفاً ذا وذا

قَدَرٌ إِذا تَمْضِي الأمورُ مُقَدَّر

O you who executes with the pen and sword affairs

A destiny, when affairs are executed, is destined

نفسي فداؤُكَ كاتباً بل فارساً

هذا الحياةُ وذاك موتٌ أحمر

My soul is your ransom, as a writer, but also as a horseman

This is life, and that is bloody death

لما ظللتَ بحدِّ سيفكَ خاطباً

ما شكَّ خَلْقٌ أَنَّ سَرْجَكَ مِنْبَر

When you shaded with the edge of your sword, addressing

No creature doubted your pulpit was a saddle

أشْبَهْتَ من فخرٍ أَباً بذَّ الورى

فخراً فَمَنْ ذا مثلَ فَخْرِكَ يَفْخر

You resembled, with pride, a father proud throughout the world

So who can pride themselves like your pride?

وكذا الغصونُ المثمراتُ متى تَكُنْ

من جوهرٍ فَثِمارُهُنَّ الجوهر

And so fruitful branches, when they originate

From a core, their fruits originate from the core