مِن عُلا الصاحِبِ الطَويلِ الرِّكابِ
طِرفُ طَرفِ الحَسودِ باكٍ كابي
From the lofty companion with long strides
The envious glance with tearful, downcast eyes
مَن يَلُم في السَماحَةِ اِبنَ عَلِيٍّ
لَيسَ يَلقى سِوى الجَوى بِالجَوابِ
Who can blame the generosity of the son of Ali
None can meet with aught but kindness in response
رَدَّ إِنشاؤُهُ البَديعُ إِلى الكُت
تابِ لِلعَجزِ سادَةَ الكُتّابِ
His eloquence returned prose to the scribes
As model for the tongues of eloquent writers
فَهُمُ بِالقُشورِ يَأتونَ في الكُت
بِ وَإِنشاؤُهُ لُبابُ اللُبابِ
While they come with rinds, his is the pith of books
His eloquence the essence of quintessence
خُلقُهُ كَالجُلابِ إِن يَرضَ خلق
يَجلُبُ السُخطَ سَطوُ سَوطِ عَذابِ
His nature draws wrath should his manner displease
Yet calms ire with the whip’s lashes of punishment
وَمَتى ما يَحل مَحلّاً يُرَوِّض
هُ بِجودٍ يَسُحُّ سَحَّ السَّحابِ
And whene’er he takes residence, his bounty tames
Smoothing over like the clouds’ drifting shower
وَتَقومُ المُلوكُ بَينَ يَدَيهِ
بَعدَ طولِ الحِجابِ كَالحُجّابِ
Monarchs stand before him after long aloofness
Like gatekeepers after the lifting of the veil
إِنَّ وَصفَ الصَّفِيِّ يُعجِزُ مَن أك
ثَرَ شَدَّ الأَطنابِ بِالإِطنابِ
Describing the Chosen strains the most verbose
As their pleonasm piles up pleonasm
يا صَفِيَّ الدينِ الَّذي هُوَ في الحُس
سابِ جَلَّ الباري السَريعُ الحِسابِ
O Chosen of the Faith, by whom God swiftly reckons
You tamed the far lands with your claws, O wolf
أَنتَ قَلَّمتَ في الأَقاليمِ بِالأق
لامِ أَظفارَ ظافِراتِ الذِّئابِ
So every cur of underbite now has no fangs
Naught but gums in its toothless maw
فَغَدا كُلُّ أَعصَلَ النّابِ شَهمٌ
لَيسَ في فيهِ غَيرُ نابِ نابي
You sweetened the land of disagreeable neighbors
Till its redolence wafted from district to district
أَنتَ طَيَّبتَ أَرضَ جيرانِ جيرو
نَ فَفاحَت بَينَ الملا بِالملابِ
You raised the rain cloud high over it
And set up justice’s scale and weight
وَرَفَعتَ الماءَ السَماءَ عَلَيها
وَوَضَعتَ الميزانَ بِالميزابِ
It now has throngs of people and fresh water
Ever renewed in bounteous outpouring
فَلَها شاذَروانَ ناسٍ وَشاذر
وانَ ماءٍ تَجَدَّدا بِاِنسِكابِ
It is now the mosque for the five ritual prayers
The folk behind the prayer-niche imam
فَهيَ الآنَ مَسجِدُ الصَلَواتِ ال
خَمسِ خَلفَ الإِمامِ بِالمِحرابِ
All beseeching God within it to answer you
With response to the answered supplicant
كُلُّهُم في الصَلاةِ داعٍ لَكَ اللَ
هَ دُعاءَ المُجيبِ بِالمُستَجابِ
Because of you the gate of deliverance gleams
Upon the world brighter than Paradise’s gate
بِكَ بابُ البَريدِ يَجلو عَلى العا
لم بابَ الفِردَوسِ في الأَبوابِ
Once gloomy, you made it gleam anew
Dispelling darkness with your strength
كانَ مِن قَبلُ ذا اِسوِدادٍ وَقَد أَذ
هَبتَ ذاكَ السَوادَ بِالإِذهابِ
And praise of your fair name will endure
Lasting through ages with enduring survival
وَسَيَبقى عَلَيكَ حُسنُ ثَناءٍ
مِنهُ باقي البَقاءِ في الأَحقابِ
That, praise without rhyme or prosody
From the utterance of the praiser and orator
ذاكَ مَدحٌ مِن غَيرِ نَظمٍ وَنَثرٍ
بِخِطابِ المُدّاحِ وَالخُطّابِ
It was your resolve that built the mosque, O resolute one
Your purpose hits the mark of what is right
وَالمُصَلّى بَناهُ عَزمُكَ يا مَن
عَزمُهُ صائِبٌ بِصَوبِ الصَّوابِ
It's a fortress for Muslims, an impregnable redoubt
While you are the lion of the thicket
هُو حِصنٌ لِلمُسلِمينَ حَصينٌ
وَهوَ غابٌ وَأَنتَ لَيثُ الغابِ
Were the Two-Horned to see it, he would see
A wondrous marvel making wonder cease
لَو رَأى ذو القَرنَينِ ذاكَ رَأى شَي
ئاً عُجاباً يَثني عَنِ الإِعجابِ
And would view it as a Ya’juj Ma’juj barrier
The frustrating, astounding, dazzling veil
وَرَآهُ كَأَنَّهُ سَدُّ ياجو
جَ وَماجوجَ المُعجِز النُقّابِ
In our state, your justice has restored
To decrepitude, the raven hair of youth
نَحنُ في دَولَةٍ بعدلِكَ ردَّت
بِسَناها لِلشيبِ سَنَّ الشِبابِ
It transcends the lofty heights, and blood congealing
Praises which laud you in the wine glass’s dregs
فَاِرقَ فَوقَ العليا ودم ما علا تِب
رَ الحميا في الكَأسِ درُّ الحَبابِ
And celebrates each feast joyously gathered
Uniting lover and beloved as one
وَتَهنَّأ بِكُلِّ عيدٍ سَعيدٍ
جامِعٍ لِلمُحِبِّ وَالأَحبابِ
