يا حُسْنَهُ قَمَراً وَأَنْتَ سَماؤُهُ
أَطْلَعْتَهُ فَجَلا الظَّلامَ ضِياؤُهُ
O beauty, you are the moon and its sky
Your radiance dispelled the darkness
يا سَعْدَهُ مِنْ قادِمٍ سُرَّ السُّرُو
رُ بِهِ وَهُنَّئَ بِالخُلُودِ هَناؤُهُ
O happiness of the auspicious newcomer, the secret of secrets
Destiny has blessed him with immortality and eternal bliss
وافاكَ فِي جَيْشِ الْفَخارِ مُتَوَّجاً
بِالْحَمْدِ خَفّاقاً عَلَيْهِ لِواؤُهُ
He came to you with the glorious army, crowned
With glory, his banner fluttering triumphantly
قَمَرٌ كَفى الأَقمارَ سَعْداً أَنَّها
أَشْباهُهُ فِي الْمَجْدِ أَوْ أَكْفاؤُهُ
A moon that outshone all moons in fortune
None can match his glory or equal his stature
يُمْسِي وَيُصْبِحُ فِي الْبَقاءِ شَرِيكَها
أَبَداً كَما هِيَ فِي الْعُلى شُرَكاؤُهُ
He rises and sets in eternity as her equal
As she is supreme, so are his peers
كَفَلَتْ عُلاكَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ فَضِيلَةٍ
إِنَّ النَّبِيهَ نَبِيهَةٌ أَبْناؤُهُ
You have guaranteed his ascension with every virtue
For the Prophet's grandson is as virtuous as his daughter
مَنْ كُنْتَ أَنْتَ أَباهُ كانَ لِمَجْدِهِ
أَنْ يَسْتَطِيلَ وَأَنْ يُشادَ بِناؤُهُ
Whoever was your father, it was fit for his glory
That it would endure and his edifice be firm
تُنمى الْفُرُوعُ إِلى الأُصُولِ وَخَيْرُها
وَأَجَلُّها فَرْعٌ إِلَيْكَ نَماؤُهُ
Branches grow toward their roots, the best of them,
Is a branch that grows toward you, nurtured
مَنْ كانَ مِنْ نَجْلِ الْبُدُورِ وَنَجْرِها
لَمْ يَعْدُها إِشْراقُهُ وَعَلاؤُهُ
Whoever is of brilliant ancestry and progeny
Is not daunted by his rise and ascent
وَلَقَدْ ثَلَثْتَ النَّيِّرَيْنِ بِثالِثٍ
لَوْلاكَ أَعْجَزَ ناظِراً نُظَراؤُهُ
You have made the two brilliances three with a third
Without you, his peers would be confounded
لا فَرْقَ بَيْنَهُما يُعَدَّ وَبَيْنَةُ
فِي الْفَضْلِ لولا بَأْسُهُ وَسَخاؤُهُ
No distinction can be made between them but for
His valor and generosity in virtue
مَنْ ذا يَذُمُّ الشَّمْسَ عَمَّ ضِياؤُها
أَمْ مَنْ يَعِيبُ الْبَدْرَ تَمَّ بَهاؤُهُ
Who would criticize the sun for its brilliance?
Or find fault with the full moon for its splendor?
وَهُما هُما لكِنَّ مَنْ لِمُؤَمِّلٍ
أَكْدَتْ مَطالِبُهُ وَخابَ رَجاؤُهُ
Yet they are what they are, but for one hopeful
Whose hopes were dashed and expectations ruined
وَطَرِيدِ خَوْفٍ لا يُحاوَلُ مَنْعُهُ
سُدَّتْ مَطالِعُهُ وَعَزَّ نَجاؤُهُ
One pursued by unrelenting fears
With no prospects or means of escape
وَأَسِيرَ دَهْرٍ لا يُرامُ فَكاكُهُ
وَقَتِيلِ فَقْرٍ لا يُرى إِحْياؤُهُ
A prisoner of fate beyond reprieve
A victim of poverty with no revival
لَمْ يُعْطَ هذا الدَّهْرُ قَطُّ فَضِيلَةً
كَنَدى أَبِي الْيُمْنِ الْجَزِيلِ عَطاؤُهُ
Never has time granted a grace
Like the copious gifts of the generous father of good fortune
إِنَّ الْكِرامَ لِداءٍ كُلِّ مُلِمَّةٍ
أَعْيا عَلَى الْفَلَكِ الْعَلِيِّ دَواؤُهُ
For the noble, every malady has a cure
In the healing hands of the sons of Latif
ما مَرَّ خَطْبٌ مُمْرِضٌ إِلاّ وَفِي
أَيْدِي بَنِي عَبْدِ اللَّطِيفِ شِفاؤُهُ
No affliction has come except that
The remedy lies with the sons of Abdullatif
إِنّ الْمُيَسَّرِ وَهْوَ كَوْكَبُ سَعْدِهِمْ
لَيَجِلُّ عَنْ رَأْدِ الضُّحى إِمْساؤُهُ
Good fortune is their guiding star
Outshining the radiance of dawn
وَلَدٌ إِذا فَخَرَتْ بِآباءِ الْعُلى
أَوْلادُها فَخَرَتْ بِهِ آباؤُهُ
A son whose ancestors are the sublime
Is outshone by his own fathers
مَنْ رامَ مُشْبِهَهُ سِوى أَسْلافِهِ
فِي الْمَكْرُماتِ الْغُرِّ طالَ عَناؤُهُ
Whoever seeks to emulate his ancestors
Endures endless hardship in this futile quest
مَلَكَ الْجَمالَ فَأَشْرَقَتْ لأْلاؤُهُ
وَحَبا الْجَمِيلَ فَأَغْرَقَتْ آلاؤُهُ
You inherited beauty so its brilliance shone
And grasped perfection so its gems dazzled
مِثْلُ الْحَيا سَطَعَتْ لَوامِعُ بَرْقِهِ
فِي أُفْقِهِ وَتَبَجَّسَتْ أَنْواؤُهُ
Like a polished sword, the flashes of his wit
Illuminated his horizon and his traits sparkled
قُلِّدْتَ مِنْهُ مُهَنَّداً ما سُلَّ إِ
لا راق رَوْنَقُهُ وَراعَ مَضاؤُهُ
You were adorned with his gifts, none asked but
His splendor overwhelmed and his brightness blinded
تَسْمُو بِأَخْمَصِهِ الْمَنابِرُ واطِئاً
وَتَتِيهُ إِنْ رُقِيَتْ بِها خُطَباؤُهُ
The minarets bow to his smallest toe
And the orators wander lost when given his pulpit
وَيُجِلُّ قَدْرَ الْمَدْحِ عاطِرُ مَدْحِهِ
وَيَطُولُ عَنْ حُسْنِ الثَّناءِ ثَناؤُهُ
The sweet words of praise pale before his true merit
And eulogies fall short of his due
وَكَأَنَّما أَخْلاقُهُ أَعْراقُهُ
وَكَأَنَّما أَفْعالُهُ أَسْماؤُهُ
His nature and his name are one
His deeds and his titles are the same
جارى الأُصُولَ فَجِدُّهُ مِنْ جَدِّهِ
فِي النّائِباتِ وَمِنْ أَبِيهِ إِباؤُهُ
He follows his forefathers, his grandfather and father
In noble deeds and magnanimity
فتَهَنَّهُ وَتَمَلَّ عَيْشَكَ لابِساً
فَضْفاضَ عَيْشٍ لا يَضِيقُ فَضاؤُهُ
So revel and let your life stretch on wearing
The cloak of a boundless, unlimited livelihood
وَتَهَنَّ إِخْوَتَهُ الَّذِينَ وُرُودُهُمْ
دَيْنٌ عَلَى الأَيّامِ حَلَّ قَضاؤُهُ
And let your brothers revel, their company a debt
On time, fulfilled by destiny
حَتّى تَراهُمْ مِنْ تَنُوخٍ أُسْرَةً
كَرُمَ الزَّمانُ بِأَنَّهُمْ كُرَماؤُهُ
Until you see them through the passage of ages
Honored by time as its nobles
واسْتَعْلِ وَابْقَ فَما لِراجٍ مُنْيَةٌ
إِلا بَقاؤُكَ لِلْعُلى وَبَقاؤُهُ
Ascend and remain, for no person of rank passes
Except for your ascendance and his remaining
إِنِّي هَجَرْتُ الْعالَمِينَ إِلى الَّذِي
هَجَرَ الْغَبِيَّ إِلى الأَبِيِّ صَفاؤُهُ
I have forsaken all people for the One
Who forsakes the ignorant for the wise and pure
شُكْراً وَكَيْفَ جُحُودُ فَضْلِ مُؤَمَّلٍ
شَهِدَتْ بِباهِرِ فَضْلِهِ أَعْداؤُهُ
With gratitude - how can one deny the merit of the hopeful
When even his enemies admit his outstanding grace?
لا يُصْلِتُ الْبَطَلُ الْمُقارِعُ سَيْفَهُ
إِلاّ إِذا ما الرُّمْحُ قَلَّ غَناؤُهُ
The warrior cannot draw his sword in valor
Unless the spear's glory diminishes
