حَمد الركبُ في حماك مناخَه

حيثُ ربّى طيرُ الرجا أفراخَه

The caravan praised its rest in your protection,

Where the birds of hope raised their chicks.

يا أخا المكرماتِ كم من صريخٍ

لبني الدهرِ قد أغثتَ صُراخه

O brother of generosity, how many cries

Of the children of time you have answered their screams.

وبكِّم العطاء كم مسحتَ كفُّ

كَ عيناً بدمعِها نضّاخه

With your abundant giving, how many palms

Have you wiped, like an eye with its flowing tears.

ما دعاك الأنامُ للخطبِ إلاَّ

وبنعليك قد وطأتَ صِماخه

People only called on you for help,

And with your shoes you stepped on its threshold.

كم حمدنا نقاءَ كفِّك جوداً

عند كفٍّ بُخلاً ذَممنا اتساخه

How we praised the purity of your generous palm,

While we blamed a stingy palm for its filth.

ونسخنا فضلَ الكرامِ ومِن قر

آنِ علياك قد عَرفنا انتساخه

And we copied the superiority of the generous,

And from the glorious Quran we knew its transcribing.

قمت في ريِّق الشبيبةِ حتَّى

سُدت في الدهرِ بالنُهى أشياخه

You stood among the youth until

You closed in time with prohibitions its old.

غاضَ ماءُ الندى عن الوَفدِ إلاَّ

من يديكم فما تغبُّ نقاخه

The water of dew does not run out on the delegates,

Except from your hands, so its flowing does not cease.

إنَّ بين الندى وبينك عَقداً

أمِنَت وفدُ راحتيك انفساخه

Between the dew and you is a contract,

The delegates of your rest are secured from its breach.

إنَّما أنتم فروعُ فخارٍ

كانَ قِدماً آباؤُكم أسناخه

You are but branches of pride,

Your forefathers were its firm roots.

حيثُ ثوبُ الرجاءِ ما رثَّ إلاَّ

وإليكم منهُ أجدَّ انسلاخه

Where the garment of hope was not worn out except

From you its most perfect form was derived.

هاك يا بن الكرامِ بنتَ قريضٍ

شَمخت أن يُنيلها شمّاخه

That disdained to be touched by a critic.