وقائلةٍ مَنْ طَوَّقَ الخلقَ جودُهُ

بأعناقهِم طَوْقاً فقلتُ هلالُ

She who adorned people's necks with his generosity like a necklace,

I said to her, he is the crescent moon,

سليلُ سعيدٍ نجلُ سلطان الذي

قصارُ القَنَا في راحتَيْهِ طِوالُ

The descendant of Sa'eed, the son of the Sultan whose

Short spear is long in his grip,

هو السيدُ المعروفُ في كلِّ بُقْعَةٍ

له في علوِّ الخافقينِ مَجَالُ

He is the renowned master in every place,

He has scope in the highest heavens,

سخيّ أبيّ لا يُطاق كفاحُه

وليسَ لهُ في ذا الزمانِ مِثَالُ

Generous, benevolent, his struggle cannot be endured,

And he has no equal in this time,

تخِرُّ له الأقْرانُ في الحربِ سُجَّدَاً

إذا قدَّ هاماتِ الرِّعالِ نِصَالُ

The peers bow to him in war prostrated,

When the tips of the deadly lances bare,

وأثنى عليهِ بالقريضِ مدائحي

ولو لَجَّ عذّالي عليَّ وقالوا

And I praised him in poetry,

And even if my enemies turned on me and said,

وحرَّمني صرفُ الزمان نوالَه

ولو أن جدواه عليَّ حَلالُ

And the times deprived me of attaining him,

Even if they made it prohibited for me,