تقبل الله صوماً أنت واصله

من الصلاح بأعمال تشاكله

May Allah accept your fasting, as you reach its end

With righteous deeds that match it and amend

صوم تولى وقد أثنت فرائضه

عليك خيراً كما أثنت نوافله

A fast you took on, its obligations you tend

And the voluntary ones, on you great virtue they spend

إن فارقت نيلك الأسنى أواخره

فقد تلقتك بالحسنى أوائله

If the most sublime of its fruits you didn't attend

Its best beginnings bountifully did descend

لم يلق عندك غير البر قادمة

ولا تزود غير البر راحلة

No visitors come to you except goodness they portend

And none left except goodness they send

صوم تبسم عن قطر كما ابتسمت

عن غرة الفجر من ليلى عياطله

A fast you smile as the dawn smile extended

At first light, after a woeful night it did end

ودعت هذا وداع المحسنين كما

قابلت هذا بما الرحمن قابله

And you bid it farewell, well-wishers their farewells send

As the Merciful did, when a fast He commend

لما أظلك عيد الفطر وافتقرت

أسماع قوم إلى ما أنت قائلة

When Eid al-Fitr did you shade and yearned

The ears of people for what you say and intend

زرت المصلى ولولا ما خلعت على

رحابه من غراب خف آهله

You visited the masjid, and had you not sent

To its expanse the little donation you extend

واهتز شوقاً فلو يسطيع منبره

مادت أعاليه وارتجت أسافله

And throbbed with yearning, that if able its wondrous ascent

Swayed its heights and shook its foundations to no end

حتى إذا ضاق بالأشهاد واستمعت

فصل الخطابة من قرب محافله

Until the testimonies filled it, and listened hence

To the sermon from pulpits, knowledge did you hand

لم يبق فصلك في الأفهام من صدأ

إلا وعقلك بالإفهام صاقله

No remnant of your counsel in minds stayed or did impend

Except your intellect with wisdom did sharpen and amend

عرفتهم من طريق الرشد ما جهلوا

حتى تنبه غاوي القلب غافله

You made them know what ignorance made them misapprehend

Until the heedless of heart from their stupor did ascend

وعدت نحو مقر العز في لجب

كالسيل فارسه والليل راجله

And you returned to the seat of might in courage spend

Like a torrent its steed and the night its pedestrian friend

مثل الغمام ومن برق صوارمه

تحت القتام ومن رغد صواهله

Like clouds with the gleam of sharp swords that defend

Beneath the gloom, and the clang of shields that attend

ترنو إليك عيون الخلق شاخصة

والأجر والفخر أدنى ما تحاوله

Eyes of creation yearn to you and condescend

And success and pride the least of what you intend

وفي المظلة وجه لم يزل أبداً

بشر القبول على وجه يقابله

And in the canopy, a face that never did impend

Smiles of acceptance, a face that front did befriend

وراية الملك والإسلام يحملها

لك اللواء الذي جبريل حامله

And the flag of the King and Islam you lift and defend

Yours is the standard Gabriel did portend

أشبهت هدي رسول الله حين بدت

على شمائلك الحسنى شمائله

You resembled the guidance of Allah's Messenger and Prophet

When excellent traits upon you did descend

وفي جبينك نور من نبوته

وشاهد الحق لا تخفى دلائله

And in your forehead, light from his prophecy

Witness of truth, no more evidence we need to defend

قد أيد الله ديناً أنت عاضده

والناصر الذخر كافيه وكافله

God has supported a faith you reinforce and befriend

The victorious ally sufficient and able to defend

الكاشف الكرب لما عز كاشفه

والفارج الخطب لما ضاق نازله

Dispeller of harms however hard they impend

Reliever of sorrows however overwhelmed or tight they constrict and offend

لما أعز الهدى قرت قواعده

وامتد ساعده واشتد كاهله

When the guidance was empowered secured were its foundations to amend

Its arm outreached and shoulder full of might it did extend

ماضي الأوامر إلا أن قدرته

يضيق ذرعاً بها قدر يماثله

Going forth with commands except what His ordain did transcend

Narrow its scope by what matches or contends

عزت به دولة أضحت محافظة

عنها يجالد خصماً أو يجادله

Honor through you a state that protecting did portend

For it you battle a disputant or argumentative pretend

وكف بالأمس من كفي معاندها

حتى تلاشى بنور الحق باطله

And yesterday with the palms of your hands fend

A transgressor until by the light of truth he did impend

ومن أراد بهذا البيت غائلة

فالنصر عاذله والنصر خاذله

And whoever desires sedition or separation intend

Triumph denies him and triumph does refuse to befriend

فتح مبين ونصر عن يدي ملك

روض الهدى ذابل لولا ذوابله

A manifest conquest and help from the hand of a king

Garden of guidance withered but for who did it tend

يا عادل الحكم قل للدهر لا عجب

أن يفقد الجور لما قام عادله

O just ruler tell fortune not strange to offend

When injustice stands the just did impend

جادت بنانك مصراً وهي ذاوية

فاليوم طل الندى فيها ووابله

Your springs gushed bounty, previously dry they did pretend

So today Nile-like floods not but your rain did descend

رويت بالقطر قطريه على ظمأ

ولا سحاب سوى ما أنت باذله

You quenched a thirsty one with your downpour they commend

No clouds except what you graciously spend

أصفاك ساكنها حباً ولا عجب

حسب الأنام لمن تندى أنامله

And wonder not that inhabitants love-bound to you they pretend

Fitting for people what your fingers did befriend

فاشكر نداك على ما أنت سامعه

من الثناء فإن الجود قائله

Thank your munificence for what you comprehend

Of praise for generosity itself did impend

لا تلزمن القوافي فوق طاقتها

فالقول يقصر عما أنت فاعله

Bind me not to rhymes beyond my strength they extend

Words fall short of what you do and intend

أثني عليك أمير المؤمنين بما

يغنيك عاجله فخراً وآجله

I praise you O Prince of the Faithful true treasures transmit

That now or later pride in you they portend

أضحت سجلاته في كل مجتمع

تتلو مديحك فانظر من يساجله

Your records in every assembly transmit

Your eulogy which none can pretend

فاسلم لدولته حتى تبلغها

أضعاف ما يتمناه ويأمله

So submit to his rule that bounties transcend

What he wishes for and does intend