نهَنيكَ عَبدَ اللَهِ بِالرُتبَةِ الَّتي
يَحِقُّ لَها التَبريكَ في واقِعِ الأَمرِ
We congratulate you, ʿAbd Allāh, on the rank that
truly merits congratulations, in all truth.
فَإِنَّكَ أَحرى بِالَّتي هِيَ فَوقَها
وَلَيسَ لِهَذي مَوقِعُ نِسبَةِ القَدَرِ
For you are worthier of the one above it,
and this rank has no standing beside your worth.
فَخُذها هَنيأً وَاِنتَظِر تِلكَ تَلقَها
تُوافيكَ تَستَدعي قُبولُكَ لِلعُذرِ
So take it with joy, and await that higher one—you shall attain it;
it will come to you, asking you to accept its excuse
وَصَبراً عَلى التَأَخيرِ فَالغايَةُ الهُنا
وَاِحسِن ما يَأتي الهَنا عَقِبَ الصَبرِ
and asking your patience for the delay—for the end is bliss,
and bliss is sweetest when it comes after patience.
Sol 5.6