ويوم تَبَدَّى من سَحائِبه الوَدْقُ

كما اسْتَعْبَر المعشوقُ أَقْلَقَه العِشْقُ

When his clouds began to drizzle

As if the beloved was made restless by love

يُقَهْقه فيه الرعدُ من أَدْمُع الحَيا

ويبسم من أنفاس أَرياحِه البرق

Thunder rumbles in them from the tears of life

And lightning smiles from the breaths of its winds

حكي جودَ شاهِنْشاه أفعالُ نَوْئه

وكلا ولكنْ نَوْءُه منه مُشْتَقّ

Tell of the generosity of the great Shah

Though each telling derives from his generosity

هو الملك المخصوص بالفضل دائماً

فكلُّ تَغالٍ في مَدائحه صدق

He is the king distinguished by perpetual merit

So each extravagance in praising him is truth

إذا كَرَّر الحادون في البيدِ مِدْحةً

تغنتْ به ما بين أوراقِها الوُرْق

When poets repeat praise in verse

The leaves between the pages sing of him