هناءً لديكم والهناءُ بكم لنا

جميل وهل يسمو بغيركم الهنا

Joy to you, and our joy is through you,

Beautiful one, and who else could bring joy but you?

يا الخير قد أولاك مولاك رتبةً

فانت لها أهلٌ وأنت لهامنى

O you of virtue, your Master has granted you status,

For you are worthy of it, and you are my wish from it.

وجودك أمن للأنام وراحةٌ

وراحتك الهتانة الجود والغنى

Your existence brings safety to people and comfort,

And your comfort is generosity, bounty, and wealth.

تهنّت بك العلياءُ وافتر ثغرها

وأصبحت الأيام ضاحية السنا

The noble rejoiced in you, their smiles blossomed,

And the days became radiant and youthful.

وساد مقام المجد إذ كنت سيداً

بإحسانه قد أصبح الدهر محسنا

The abode of glory prevailed when you became its lord,

Through his grace, time has become benevolent.

لنسبتك الغرا شهاب محامدٍ

بدا في سماءِ الفخر مرتفع السنا

Due to your lineage the brilliant star of praises

Rose high in the sky of pride.

ورثت المعالي ماجداً وابن ماجدٍ

فما كان أبهى ذا التراث واحسنا

You inherited nobility, glorious and son of the glorious,

So none were more splendid than you in this legacy and more excellent.

لك اللَه من مولىً سما بماثرٍ

تسامت سمواً ظاهر الفضل بينا

May God give you a Master who attained great feats,

Rising high in rank, manifest in bounty and grace.

أتى للعلى بالعدل والبذل والوفا

بشيراً فزادت رفعةً وتزيّنا

He came to the Exalted with justice, generosity, and loyalty,

A bearer of good tidings, so he increased in elevation and adornment.

وجاء نذيراً للعداة باسمرٍ

بغير نفوس الخصم والضد ما انثنى

And came as a warner to the enemies grimly,

Without the souls of opponents and adversaries relenting.

همامٌ به جاد الزمان على الورى

لكي يغفروا للدهر ما كان قد جنى

Ardent through him time was generous to people,

So they would forgive time for what it had perpetrated.

سعيدٌ رشيدٌ ذو نوالٍ وهمةٍ

بغير اكتساب الحمد والمجد ما اعتنى

Content, rightly-guided, endowed with success and determination,

Without needing to earn praise and glory he did not strive.

رأى المال لا يبقى وتبقى محامدٌ

فافنى كنوزُ المال واكتنز الثنا

He saw wealth does not last, and praises do,

So he wasted the treasures of wealth and hoarded praise.

فليس يرى غير العتاق جوارياً

ولا كاعباتٍ غير مهزوزة القنا

Thus he saw no courtesans but the emancipated,

No singers except those chaste of voice.

لا أيها المفضال تهنى بخلعة

أتى حسنها بالعز والنصر معلنا

O you who are favored, do not rejoice in a robe

Whose beauty the might and victory made manifest.

حليلة قدرٍ بالسعادة أقبلت

تنادي افتخار قد حظينا بكفؤنا

An ornament of destined fortune that arrived

Proclaiming the pride in being matched with the worthy.

فحيت وابدت بالسيادة والبقا

دعاءً عليه السعد والمجد أمّنا

So it greeted and showed with rule and permanence,

Praying for it fortune and glory perpetually.

سرورك يا مولاي أملى قلوبنا

سروراً واهدانا التهاني والهنا

Your joy, my Master, fulfills our hearts,

With joy, and gifted us congratulations and delight.

سقانا كؤوساً مزجها لشهد والصفا

وللحاسدين والغبن والصاب والعنا

It gave us cups mixed with honey and purity,

And for the envious, the aggrieved, the sullen, and the hostile.

فدم كابراً تهدي الكرام كرايماً

إليك وسد واسلم دهوراً وازمنا

So pardon the honourable their offences graciously,

To you, and block off and make safe times and eras.

وخذ بقلوبٍ مدحةً من خويدمٍ

عبيدٍ يرى في مدحكم خير مقتنى

And take from devoted hearts, praise

From servants who see in praising you the best pursuit.