حنّتْ لخُضْرِ رُبيً وزُرْقٍ مِياهِ

وجآذِرٍ منْ قومِها أشْباهِ

She yearned for the green of her Lord and the blueness of water,

And roots from her people like her.

فتَجاذَبَتْ جُدُلَ الأزمّةِ وانْبَرَتْ

تحْكي البَوارِقَ سُرْعَةً وتُضاهِي

So the arguments of crisis pulled and roared,

Relating the lightnings' speed and vying.

هلاّ حَنَنْتِ الى مَعاطِنِ أمْنَةٍ

ومَقيلِ عِزٍّ تحْتَ سِدْرَةِ جاهِ

Why didn't you yearn for the cradles of security

And the place of glory under the sidrah tree of glory?

ما بعْدَ جنّاتِ العُلى منْ منْزِلٍ

إلاّ حِمَى عُمَرَ بنِ عبدِ اللهِ

Nothing after the gardens of Highness is an abode

Except the protection of Umar ibn Al Khattab.

في حيثُ فاخَرَ بالوِزارَةِ فاخِرٌ

كَلاّ وباهَى بالعَلاءِ مُباهِي

Where the eminent boasts of ministry, another boasts

No! And the sublime boasts of highness, a boaster.

الواهِبِ الآلافَ غيْرَ مُعيرِها

طرْفَ الضّنينِ وإنْ تكُنْ هيَ ما هي

The bestower of thousands without upbraiding her

A glance of intimacy even if she is as she is.

يَرْمي بفِطْنَتِهِ الرِّجالَ ولحْظِهِ

فيَميزُ داهِيَها منَ المُتداهي

He hits men with his intelligence and his glance

So he distinguishes the skillful from the pretentious.

سيفٌ علَى كفِّ الخِلافَةِ صارِمٌ

علَمٌ على ثوْبِ الجَلالِ الزّاهِي

A sword in the hand of the caliphate, sharp,

A flag on the dress of majesty, shining.

شهِدَ العِيانُ بأنّ عالَمَ مجدِهِ

والحُسْنَ ليْسَ بعالَمٍ مُتَناهي

The eyewitnesses testified that the world of his glory

And beauty is not a world with an end.

أكْرِمْ بهِ منْ مُورِدٍ أو مُصْدِرٍ

أعْظِمْ بهِ منْ آمِرٍ أو ناهِي

Honor through him from a harbor or source

Glorify through him from a commander or forbidd

كمْ دون موقِفِ بأسِه منْ طاعِنٍ

كمْ دونَ منزِلِ ضيْفِهِ منْ طاهي

How many compared to his firm stand is a dissenter

How many compared to his hospitality's place is a vanisher

تتَضاءَلُ الأعْداءُ فوْضَى حوْلَهُ

كاللّيْثِ كَرَّ علَى قَطيعِ شِياهِ

The enemies dwindle around him

Like a lion who growled at a herd of deer

كلِفَتْ نُفوسُ النّاسِ منْهُ بأرْوَعٍ

جَذْلانَ لا بَطِرٍ ولا تَيّاهِ

People's souls were charged by him with the most wondrous

A strong attachment, no boredom or nonsense

مُتَشاغِلٌ بالحَزْمِ يقْدَحُ زَنْدَهُ

لا يُسْتَفَزُّ بعابِثٍ أو لاهِي

Busy with wisdom, he lights his flint

Not provoked by a frivolous or distracted one

الرّأيُ خَمْرٌ تُسْتَدارُ كؤوسُهُ

ومنَ الصّهيلِ مَعازِفٌ ومَلاهي

Opinion is wine, its cups are passed around

And from the neighing, instruments and amusements

أمّا صَلاةُ صِلاتِهِ فهيَ التِي

قدْ جلّ فيها عنْ مَقامِ السّاهي

As for his prayer's prayer, it is what

He surpassed in the position of the elite

إمّا أرادَتْهُ الدّواهي كلّما

شكَتِ المُلوكُ بمُعْضِلاتِ دَواهي

Either the afflictions wanted him whenever

The kings complained of insoluble afflictions

فتَرى سِياسَة بَرْزُجُمْهِرَ أُحْكِمَتْ

أوْضاعُها في بابِ شاهٍ شاهِ

So you see the politics of Barzakomhor well-regulated

Its conditions in the court of the Shah of Shahs

يا سيّدَ الوُزَراءِ يا مَنْ ذِكْرُهُ

كالشّهْدِ أو أحْلى علَى الأفْواهِ

O minister of ministers, whose mention

Is like honey or sweeter on mouths

يا مَنْ إذا ما قِيلَ أيّةُ غِبْطَةٍ

وسَعادَةٍ للمُلْكِ قال أنا هِي

O you who, whenever any felicity is said

And prosperity for the kingdom, say it's me

سُسْتَ الأمورَ وبَيْتُ مُلْكِكَ قدْ غَدا

صِفْراً وتاهَ الخَلْقُ أيَّ مَتاهِ

You regulated affairs and your royal house has become

Empty, and people lost in what aberrance

فقَهَرْتَ كلَّ مُعانِدٍ وسلَكْتَ طُرْ

قَ العدْلِ بيْنَ أوامِرٍ ونَواهي

You overpowered every opponent and took the path

Of justice between commands and prohibitions

ما إنْ رأيتُ ولا سمِعْتُ بسُفْرَةٍ

فِرْزانُها نابَتْ مَنابَ الشّاهِ

I have neither seen nor heard of an ambassador

Whose eloquence sprouted like the Shah

أنا مَنْ علِمْتَ وفاءَهُ وثَناءَهُ

عِلْمَ اليَقينِ المحْضِ دونَ مُضاهي

I am who you knew his loyalty and praise

The knowledge of certainty without equal

لمّا عرَفْتُكَ ما شككْتُ بأنّهُ

تَثْرَى يَدا أمَلي ويُعْظَمُ جاهِي

When I recognized you I did not doubt that

My hopes will thrive and my status will be great

أقْبَلْتُ في وفْدِ الهَناءِ مُبادِراً

ولِيَ الهَنا شُكْراً لفَضْلِ إلاهِي

I came in the delegation of glad tidings, taking the initiative

And for me glad tidings, thanks to the Grace of my God

جعلَ الإلاهُ ثَناكَ في الدُنْيا لهُ

مُتَردّداً فِي ألْسُنٍ وشِفاهِ

May God make your praise in the world for Him

Echoing on tongues and lips

ويَمينَكَ السّمْحاءَ مُسْتَلَمَ الوَرى

وحِماكَ مَبْرَكَ آنفٍ وجَباهِ

And your generous right hand taking responsibility for people

And your protector blessed, highborn and dignified

وهَمَتْ علَى مثْواكَ إنْ ضنّ الحَيا

سُحْبٌ مُبارَكةٌ بفضْلِ اللهِ

And clouds of blessing descended upon your dwelling if life was stingy

By the Grace of Allah