أضْحَتْ أيادي يَدَيْهِ وهي تُؤنِسُهُ

إذ أوْحَشَتْهُ مَعالِيهِ منَ النُّظَرا

Her hands comfort him

When his high ambitions have estranged him

مُؤيَّدٌ بمضاءِ الرأيِ يَحْمَدُهُ

لا يُحمَدُ السيفُ إلا ماضياً ذكرا

Supported with sound opinion that pleases him

A sword is praised only when its blade is sharp

يُمْضي الأمورَ بآراءٍ مُسَدَّدَةٍ

كَأَنَّهُنَّ سِهامٌ تقصد الثُّغَرا

He carries out affairs with guided opinions

As if they were arrows aiming at the throats

مِنَ العوارِفِ آلافٌ مُجَدِّدَةٌ

للنَّاسِ في كلِّ عامٍ معْلَماً دَثَرا

Thousands of spiritual guides renew

For people each year a wrapped treasure

لو كانَ يُنْظَمُ حُبّاً في مَدائِحِه

حَبُّ القلوبِ نَظمناها له فِقَرا

If love were to be poetized in his praises

The hearts' love we would have poetized abundantly for him

رَدّتْ زمانَ الجهل هِمّتُهُ

وَغَيّرَتْ فيه من عاداتها الغِيَرا

His ambition returned the age of ignorance

And changed in it some of its unfamiliar customs

يا مَن أَياديهِ في الأَنعامِ لَا عُقِلَتْ

أطْلَقْنَ بالمدح فيه ألْسُنَ الشُّعَرا

O you whose hands in bestowals have no restraints

Release by praise therein the tongues of poetry

دُمْ في جلالةِ قدرٍ بالعُلى قُرِنَتْ

وَحَالَفَ السّعْدُ فيما تأمُلُ القَدَرا

Stay in the glory of a high rank combined

And good fortune swore regarding what fate ponders