دنا العيد هنيت أمثاله
وعرفت باليمن إقباله
The feast has come, congratulations to the like of it
And its prosperity was known in Yemen
ولازال ما اقترحته المنى
يجر ببابك أذياله
And what the wishes put forward still
Drags its trains to your door
إلى فخر دولة دين الهدى
بعثت من الشعر جريا له
To the pride of the state of the religion of guidance
I sent from poetry flowing to it
فتى زان منصب أعمامه
وجمل بالفضل أحواله
A young man who adorned his uncles' office
And beautified his conditions with virtue
هناء وفي طيه حاجة
يبثك فيه أخ حاله
Joy, and in its folding a need
That makes you say to it the state of a brother
محقرة القدر في جنب ما
ينادى إليه ويدعى له
Belittled in worth compared to what
Is called to it and prayed for
أدل عليك بها واثقاً
وفضلك يشكر إدلاله
I directed you to it confident
And your favor acknowledges its guide
ولو ظميء الغيث لم أسقه
سوالي ولا ذاق سلساله
And if the rain was withheld I would not water it
With my asking and it would not taste its channels
ولا خير عند صديق الفتى
إذا كان مستغنماً ماله
And the friend of the young man has no good
If he makes his money forbidden
ومن أثقلته أيادي الرجال
فلا خفف الله أثقاله
And whoever's hands tire him of men
May Allah lighten his loads
فداك على جوده باخل
يقيس بوبلك أسباله
May you ransom its generosity, O sea
That measures your floods with its trains
تبهرج في راحتي سبكه
فأولى له ثم أولى له
It blossoms in my comfort, pouring it
So it is more deserving, then more deserving of it
بعثت له من مصون الكلام
رسولاً تكلفت غرساله
I sent to it from the protected words
A messenger I tasked with its delivery
كلام يشرف من قيل فيه
وإن كان ينقص من قاله
Words that honor who is said about
Even if who said it is lacking
كلام يجل ولكنني
أوفيه باسمك إجلاله
Words that make proud but I
Honor it with your name
فعاد الرسول وفي ثوبه
صديد يدنس سرباله
So the messenger returned and on his garment
Rust that dirties his robe
وأنت الذي في سنا وجهه
جمال تناسب إجماله
And you are the one whose brilliance of face
Is proportionate to the whole of it
إذا ما تعسر قفل السماح
فجاهك يفتح إقفاله
If the lock of generosity becomes difficult
Your side opens its locks