يا حُسْنَهُ مَنْصِباً راقَتْ مَعانِيهِ
محمّدُ بنُ أبي الحجّاجِ بانِيهِ
How splendid a seat of rule, whose meanings delight!
Muhammad, son of Abu al-Hajjaj, is its builder—
مُجَدِّدُ المُلْكِ سيْفُ الحقِّ ناصِرُهُ
وحافِظُ الدّينِ قاصِيهِ ودانِيهِ
renewer of the realm, sword of Truth and its champion,
guardian of the faith in its farthest and nearest reaches.
سَميّهُ خطَّ هذا القصْرَ مُبْتَدِئاً
وكانَ أوّلَ ثاوٍ في مَغانِيهِ
His namesake laid out this palace, initiating its construction,
and was its first dweller, abiding in its halls.
فإنْ يكُنْ أوّلاً في اسْمِ وفي اسْمِ أبٍ
وطولِ عُمْرٍ وسَعْدٍ فهْوَ ثانِيهِ
If he came first in personal name and in his father’s name,
and in length of life and good fortune, then this king is his second.
Sol 5.6