1. دنا العيد هنيت أمثاله

    وعرفت باليمن إقباله

    The feast has come, congratulations to the like of it

    And its prosperity was known in Yemen

  2. ولازال ما اقترحته المنى

    يجر ببابك أذياله

    And what the wishes put forward still

    Drags its trains to your door

  3. 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

  4. فتى زان منصب أعمامه

    وجمل بالفضل أحواله

    A young man who adorned his uncles' office

    And beautified his conditions with virtue

  5. 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

  6. محقرة القدر في جنب ما

    ينادى إليه ويدعى له

    Belittled in worth compared to what

    Is called to it and prayed for

  7. أدل عليك بها واثقاً

    وفضلك يشكر إدلاله

    I directed you to it confident

    And your favor acknowledges its guide

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. ومن أثقلته أيادي الرجال

    فلا خفف الله أثقاله

    And whoever's hands tire him of men

    May Allah lighten his loads

  11. فداك على جوده باخل

    يقيس بوبلك أسباله

    May you ransom its generosity, O sea

    That measures your floods with its trains

  12. 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

  13. بعثت له من مصون الكلام

    رسولاً تكلفت غرساله

    I sent to it from the protected words

    A messenger I tasked with its delivery

  14. كلام يشرف من قيل فيه

    وإن كان ينقص من قاله

    Words that honor who is said about

    Even if who said it is lacking

  15. كلام يجل ولكنني

    أوفيه باسمك إجلاله

    Words that make proud but I

    Honor it with your name

  16. فعاد الرسول وفي ثوبه

    صديد يدنس سرباله

    So the messenger returned and on his garment

    Rust that dirties his robe

  17. وأنت الذي في سنا وجهه

    جمال تناسب إجماله

    And you are the one whose brilliance of face

    Is proportionate to the whole of it

  18. إذا ما تعسر قفل السماح

    فجاهك يفتح إقفاله

    If the lock of generosity becomes difficult

    Your side opens its locks