أَصْبَحَ الْمُلْكُ عالياً بأَبي الْعَب

باسِ أَعْلَى الْمُلُوك بَعْدَ انْخِفَاضِ

The kingdom grew high with Abul-'Abbas

The highest of kings after decline

واسْتَفَاضَ السُّرُورُ في سَائِرِ النا

سِ بِمُلْكِ الْمُهَذَّبِ الْفَيَّاضِ

And happiness spread among all people

With the kingdom of the refined, generous one

رَضِيَ اللهُ هَدْيَهُ فَاصْطَفَاهُ

فَهوَ بِاللهِ وَالْمَقَادِيرِ رَاضِي

God was pleased with his guidance so He chose him

So he is pleased with God and fate

مَنْ غَذَتْهُ الْعُلُومُ يَرْتَعُ مِنْهَا

فِي جِنَانٍ أَنِيقَةٍ ورِيَاضِ

Whoever knowledge fed, he grazes from it

In beautiful, flourishing gardens

كَمُلَ الْفَضْلُ والْفَضَائِلُ فِيهِ

قَبْلَ عِشْرِينَ مِنْ سِنِيهِ مَوَاضِي

Perfection and merits fulfilled in him

Before twenty years of his life passed

فَهوَ بِالْعِلْمِ والتَّفَرُّغِ فِيهِ

خَيْرُ آتٍ مِنَ الْمُلُوكِ وَمَاضِي

So he is, with knowledge and devotion to it

Better coming of kings and those passed

خَطَرَتْ نَحْوَهُ الْخِلافَةُ طَوْعاً

بِاتِّفاقٍ مِنَ الْوَرَى وَتَرَاضِ

The caliphate inclined to him willingly

With the concurrence of all and contentment

واصْطِفاقٍ مِنَ الأَكُفِّ دِرَاكاً

واجْتِمَاعٍ موفٍ وَعَزْمٍ مُفَاضِ

And the hands' choosing, to attain

And the gathering of a loyal, determined resolve

مَرِضَ الدِّينُ قَبْلَهُ وَأَتَاهُ

بَارِئاً عِنْدَهُ مِنَ الأَمْرَاضِ

Religion was sick before him, so it came to him

Healed with him from diseases

واسْتَلَذَّ الزَّمَانُ إِذْ أَسْفَرَ الْمُلْ

كُ وَجَلَّى سَوَادَهُ بِبَيَاضِ

And time relished when the kingdom shone

And its darkness clarified with whiteness

وَاجِدٌ بِالْعُلُومِ وجْدَ مُحِبٍّ

رَاعَهُ مَنْ يُحِبُّ بِالإِعْرَاضِ

Passionate with knowledge, passion of a lover

Who shuns whoever he loves with estrangement

يَرِدُ النَّاسُ مِنْهُ أَغْدَارَ جُودٍ

طَيِّبِ الْوِرْدِ مُتْرَعِ الأَحْوَاضِ

People get from him plentiful generosity

Of good scent, meadow of ponds

حَمدوا مِنْ مُحَمَّدٍ حُسْنَ مُلْكٍ

بِتَقَضِّي حَقِّ الْوَرى وَتَقَاضِي

They praised, from Muhammad, good kingdom

Fulfilling the right of people and justice

نِعَمٌ لِلْوَلِّي مِنْهُ حَبَاهُ

وَمَنَايَا عَلَى الْعَدُوِّ مَوَاضِي

Blessings for the patron from him, he gifted him

And disasters upon the enemy, calamities

تَمْلِكُ الْخَطْبَ مِنْهُ عَزْمَةُ رَأْيٍ

يُذْعِنُ الصَّعْبُ عِنْدَهَا لاِرْتِيَاضِ

The command takes hold of determined opinion

The difficult yields to it without refusal

يَا إمَاماً إِلَيْه حُلَّتْ عُرَى الْفَخْ

رِ وَفُلَّتْ مَعَاقِدُ الأَغْرَاضِ

O Imam, to him the reins of glory gathered

And the knots of purposes dissolved

حَازَ بِالمَكْرُمَاتِ كَامِلَ مَجْدٍ

عَلِقَ النَّاسُ فِيهِ بِالأَبْعَاضِ

He attained with favors perfect glory

People clung to him with parts

وَتَعَالَى عَلَى النُّجُومِ بِبَيْتٍ

سَامِقِ الْعِزِّ ظَاهِرِ الأَغْرَاضِ

And rose above the stars with a house

Lofty, prominent, high

حُجَّةُ اللهِ أَنتَ يَا قِبلَةَ الدي

نِ فَلَيْسَتْ تُرَدُّ بالإِدْحَاضِ

You are God's proof, O Qibla of the religion

You cannot be repelled with dismissal

آذَنَ السِّيْفُ مَنْ عَصَاكَ مَن النا

سِ بِهُلْكٍ مُوَاشِكٍ وانْقِراضِ

The sword has warned whoever disobeyed you

Of impending destruction and perishing

وَبِثُقْلٍ مِنَ الْعَذَابِ وَوِزْرٍ

يَنْقُضُ الظَّهْرَ أَيَّمَا إِنْقَاضِ

And of heavy punishment and sin

That breaks the back, whatever breaking

لَسْتُ ممَّنْ يُرِيدُ بِالْمَدْحِ حَالاً

يَبْسُطُ الْجَاهَ مِنْهُ بَعْدَ اِنْقِبَاضِ

I am not one who wants, with praise, a state

That extends glory from it after withdrawal

قَدْ تَرَوَّيْتُ مِنْ نَوَالِ إمَامٍ

لَسْتُ مَا عِشْتُ فِيهِ بِالمُعْتَاضِ

I have been saturated from the abundance of an Imam

I will never be discontent with it as long as I live

بِشْرُهُ زَائِدُ الْعَطَاءِ كَمَا الْبَرْ

قُ دَلِيلُ الْغُيُوثِ بالإِيمَاضِ

Good tidings of his overflowing generosity

Like the lightning, guide of downpours

وَتَقَدَّمْتُ فِي مَديحِي لَهُ النَّا

سَ عَلَى الرَّغْمِ مِنْ ذَوِي الإِبْغَاضِ

And I preceded people in my praising him

Despite those of hatred

وافْتَرَعْتُ الأَبْكَارَ مِنْ عِزَّةِ الشِّعْ

رِ فَذَلَّلْتُ صَعْبَهَا بِافْتِضَاضِ

And I culled the prime of the glory of poetry

So I subdued its difficult parts with plucking

وَغَذَانِي بِطَولٍ مِنْهُ فِي سَا

بِقِ أَيَّامِيَ الطِّوَالِ الْعِراضِ

And he fed me with his long lifetime

In my prior days, long, wasting away

جَاءَ عَفْواً بِلاَ سُؤَالٍ وَلاَ وَعْ

دٍ وَلاَ مُذكرٍ بِهِ مُتَقَاضِي

It came freely without asking, promise

Or reminder to him the demander

صَافِياً مِنْ تَكَدُّرِ الْمَطْلِ يَجْرِي

جَرْيَ مَاءٍ صَافٍ عَلَى رَضْرَاضِ

Pure from the turbidity of expectation

Flowing like pure water over gravel

وَتَشَرَّفْتُ بِالجُلُوسِ لَدَيْهِ

بِحَدِيثٍ يَلْتَذُّهُ مُسْتَفَاضِ

And I was honored by sitting with him

In a conversation he enjoys, shared

وَبَلَغْتُ الْمُنَى وَبَشَّرَنِي النا

سُ بِثَوْبٍ مِنَ الْغِنَى فَضْفَاضِ

And I attained purpose and people gave me good tidings

With ample clothing from wealth

وَتَبَدَّلْتُ بالتَّذَلُّلِ عِزّاً

آذَنَ الْهَمُّ عِنْدَهُ بِانْفِضَاضِ

And I exchanged humiliation for honor

Despair beside him signaled dispersal

وَاطْمَأَنَّ الْفِرَاشُ مِنْ بَعْدِ أَنْ جَا

نَبَ جَنْبي تَجَنُّبَ النُّهَّاضِ

And worry slept after staying

Avoiding my side, shunning the tossing

واسْتَرَدَّ الْعَدُوُّ وُكْدِي وَعَادَتْ

أَعْيُنُ السُّخْطِ وَهيَ عَنِّيَ رَواضِي

And the enemy went back on deceiving me

And the eyes of anger turned calm and gentle

لاَ أَرى مُزْعَجاً نَوَالِي وَإنْ أب

طَأَ عَنِّي جنَاهُ بالإِيْغاضِ

I see no troubler of my abundance

Even if he frowned upon me with displeasure

لاَ وَلاَ خَاطباً بِذَمِّ زَمَانٍ

أَتَشَكَّى مِنْهُ نُدُوبَ عِضاضِ

Nor a critic of time whom I complain to

About its wounds of misfortune

قَدْ كَفانِي الإِمَامُ مَا قَدْ عَنَانِي

وانْتَضَانِي مِنْ خَلَّةِ الإنْفَاضِ

The Imam sufficed me from what distracted me

And saved me from the disgrace of collapsing

واجْتَنَيْتُ الْغِنَى بِمَدْحِيَ غَضّاً

مِنْ أَيَادٍ لَهُ رِطَابٍ غِضَاضِ

And I gained wealth with my singing protection

From hands to it dripping with wetness

لَم أَجُبْ نَحْوَهُ الْفَلاَةَ وَلاَ أَقْ

بَلْتُ نِقْضاً أَهْوي عَلَى أَنْقَاضِ

I did not incline to misery, nor accepted

Demolition I fall upon in ruins

تَتَرَامَى بِيَ الْمَفَاقِرُ طَوْراً

واعْتِراضاً كَرَمْيَةِ الْمِعْرَاضِ

Scarcity cast itself to me sometimes

Like shooting of a lancer

بَعْدَ أَنْ حَلَّتِ النُّحُوسُ مَحَلِّي

وَهَوَى نَجْمُ أَسْعُدِي لانِقِضَاضِ

After sorrows took my place

And the star of my fortune declined to setting

فَتَكَ الْيَأْسُ بِي فأَهْدَى صُدُوداً

مِنْ وَصُولٍ كَفَتْكَةِ البْرَّاضِ

Loss took hold of me so it guided loneliness

From attaining like havoc of hail

وَأَرانِي تَحَيُّفُ الْهَجْرِ لِلطَّيْ

رِ بِمَا نَسَّي تَحَيُّف الْمِقَراضِ

And time showed me the estrangement of departure

To the bird, forgetting the estrangement of perches

واقْتَضَانِي دَيْنَ الشَّبَابِ مَشِيبٌ

فِيهِ عَسْفٌ لَهُ وقُبْحُ تَقَاضِي

And it forced upon me the debt of youth

In it unfairness to it and ugly demanding

عَجَبي لَهُ كَيْفَ أَوْجَبَ ذَنْباً

لَمْ يَكُنْ عَنْ تَسَلُّفٍ واقْتِراَضِ

My wonder at it, how it obligated a sin

That was not about borrowing and loaning

ظَالِمٌ مُنْصِفٌ سَرِيعٌ بَطيءٌ

سَابِقٌ رَكْضُهُ بِغَيْرِ ارْتِكَاضِ

An unjust fair, swift, slow

Preceding whose running is without limping

فَتَسَوَّدْتُ بِالْبَيَاضِ وَعوّذ

تُ بِهِ عَنْ وصَالِ بِيضٍ بِضَاضِ

So I was darkened with whiteness and took refuge

With it from joining with whiteness that wounds

وَاكْتَسَيْتُ الْوقَارَ بالْكُرهِ مِنِّي

وَنَضَتْ بِشْرَتِي لَيَالٍ نَوَاضِي

And I wore dignity by force from me

And my complexion blossomed nights of tossing

وأَتَتْنِي قَوَارِضٌ مِنْ أُنَاسٍ

مِثْلُ وَقْعِ الشِّهَابِ فِي الأَغْراضِ

And claws came to me from people

Like the falling of meteors in plains

كُلِّ وَاهِي الْقُوَى نَؤُومٍ إِذَا مَا

نَهَضَ النَّاسُ للْعُلَى رَبَّاضِ

Everyone weak, sleepy when people

Wake for the heights, oh shelterer

تَرَكَتْنِي لِمَا أُحَاذِرُ مِنْهَا

حَرَضاً هَالِكاً مِنَ الأَحْرَاضِ

They left me to what I fear from them

A perishing, lethal instigation

عَلِمَ اللهُ مَا الَّذي كُنْتُ أَلْقَى

فيكُمُ مِنْ تَأَلُّمٍ وَامْتِعَاضِ

God knows what agony I experienced with you

From suffering and discontent

لَمْ أَذُقْ مُذْ رَكبْتُ رَاحِلَةَ الْخو

فِ إلىَ الآن لَذَّةَ الإِغْمَاضِ

The blacks of hatred roared me

That did not disappear in thickets and trees

لاَ أُطِيقُ الدِّفَاعَ عَنْكَ وَلاَ أم

لِكُ غَيْرَ الْهُمُومِ والإِرْتِمَاضِ

And time separated me from them with sharp teeth

After you, tender youth, biting

زَأَرَتْنِي أُسُودُ حِقْدٍ عَلَيْكُمُ

لَمْ تُغَيَّبْ بِغَابَةٍ وَغِياضِ

And it crept eating my flesh and the bone was pleased

With me, with crushing, oh crusher

وَفَرَانِي الزَّمَانُ مِنْهُ بِنَابٍ

بَعْدَكُمْ مُرْهَفِ الشَّبا عَضَّاضِ

And I lined my eyes with wakefulness and constant caution

Fearing a fleeting, biting serpent

وَانْتَحَى آكِلاً لِلَحْمِي وَرَضَّ الْ

عَظْمِ مِنِّي بِكَلْكَلٍ رَضَّاضِ

From an envious rival to me over you

For the seas of your backbiting, digger

واكْتَحَلْتُ السُّهَاد والْحَذَرَ الدا

ئِمَ خَوْفاً بِمَرْوَدٍ مَضَّاضِ

One hating me because I parade among you

Praise, despite harm, insisted

مِنْ حَسُودٍ مُنَافِسٍ لِي عَلَيْكُمْ

لِبِحَارِ اِغتِيابِكُمْ خَوَّاضِ

So God showed me what I hoped for

And I was compensated, best compensation

مُبْغِضٍ لِي لما أُسَيِّرُ فِيكُمْ

مِنْ مَدِيحٍ عَلَى الأَذى حَضَّاضِ

O Imam of guidance, listen to a loyal one

Walking in your praise, oh pavement

فأَرَانِي الإِلهُ مَا كُنْتُ أَرْجُو

هُ وعُوِّضْتُ أَحْسَنَ الإِعْتياضِ

Sacrificing himself, granting you sincere advice

From a family to you, ardent lovers

يَا إِمَامَ الْهُدَى اسْتَمِعْ لِوَلِيٍّ

سَائِرٍ فِي مَديحِكُمْ رَكَّاضِ

Every rebel disobeyed with his own folly

So they are rebukers, chastising with babble

بَاذلِ النَّفْسِ وَاهبٍ لَكَ مَحْضَ ال

نُصْحِ مِنْ أُسْرَةٍ لَكُمْ أَمْحَاضِ

He distinguishes people in courage and insight

Like the distinction of straight arrow in twitching

كُلُّ عَاصٍ عصى بِجِلْدَتِهِ العُر

رُ فَهُم هَانِئُوهُ بِالخَضْخَاضِ

He is the Qibla of war when war is avoided

And its horses cast in the rugged terrain

يَفْضُلُ النَّاسَ في الشَّجَاعَةِ وَالْبأْ

سِ كَفَضْلِ الدَّيْسِ لابْنِ مَخَاضِ

He supported the kingdom in it with the knowing hands

Healing the sick with determination

قِبْلَةُ الْحَرْبِ حينَ تُجْتَنَبُ الْحَرْ

بُ وَتَرْدَى خُيولُهَا في الْعِرَاضِ

Giving opinion, traveling the path of resolve

Where afflictions are not like pitfalls

عَضَّدَ الْمُلْكَ فيهِ بالأَيِّدِ الْعا

لِمِ شَافِي الْمُخلَّ بالإِحْمَاضِ

The four corners flourished with an Imam

Killer of havoc, repairer of ruins

بَاذِلُ الرَّأْي سَالِكٍ شِعْبَ عَزْمٍ

مَا الْمَصَاعِيبُ فِيهِ كالأَحْفَاضِ

People knew his merits like the intention

Of arrows is known in twitching

أَخْصَبَتْ أَرْبُعُ الْوَرَى بإِمَامٍ

قَاتِلِ الْمَحَلِ جَابِرِ الْمُنْهَاضِ

Whoever saw his love like supererogatory prayers

I see it as an unfounded claim

عَرَفَ النَّاسُ فَضْلَهُ مِثْلَ مَا يُعْ

رَفُ قَصْدُ السِّهَامِ بالإنْبَاضِ

God supported his kingdom with a minister

Independent in opinion, wakeful

مَنْ رأَى حُبَّهُ كَنَافِلَةِ الْفر

ضِ فَإِنِّي أَرَاهُ كالإفْتِرَاضِ

Knowledgeable about the times, it was pleased with him

Rebellious, unwilling, to the pensioners

أَيَّدَ اللهُ مُلْكَهُ بِوَزِيرٍ

مُسْتَقِلٍّ برَأْيِهِ نَهَّاضِ

Doubt did not wander with his certainty

Nor hindered him with objection

عَالم بِالزَّمَانِ قَدْ رَاض مِنْهُ

جَامِحاً آبياً عَلَى الرُّوَّاضِ

Firm in the devotion of your patron, gone

And wakeful over your enemy, judging

لَمْ يَطُفْ بِالْيَقِينِ مِنْ ظَنِّهِ الشك

كُ وَلاَ حَالَ دُونَهُ بِاعْتِرَاضِ

An advisor who did not wade into the swamps of deceit

In past time with the deluded

ضَرَبٌ في لُهَى وَلِيِّكَ مَاضٍ

وسَهُادٌ عَلَى عَدُوِّكَ قَاضِي

God entrusted your house of money from him

With gathering, not rejection

نَاصِحٌ لَمْ يَخُضْ ضَحَاضِحَ غِشٍّ

فِي الزَّمَانِ الْمَاضِي مَعَ الْخُوَّاضِ

Not what is heedless when sincere advice wears

The garb of an estranged or discontented complaint

مَوَّلَ اللهُ بَيْتَ مَالِكَ مِنْهُ

باجْتِمَاعٍ مِنْهُ لاَ بارْفِضَاضِ

From people whose pens are the arrows of the king

Yet they are without loyalty

غَيْرَ مَا حَافِلٍ إِذَا انْتَحَلَ النُّصْ

حَ بِشَكْوَى مُغَاضِبٍ أَوْ مُرَاضِي

Groups for the matter after separation

Menders of greatness after collapse

مِنْ أُنَاسٍ أَقَلاَمُهُمْ أَسْهُمُ الْمُلْ

كِ وَلَكِنَّهَا بِغَيْرِ وِفاضِ

It saw no sycophant for separation except

It shackled his effort without mollification

جَامعَاتٍ لِلأَمْرِ بَعْدَ افْتِراقٍ

جَابِرَاتٍ لِلْعَظْمِ بَعْدَ انْهِيَاضِ

It breathed with ink poison upon him

The breath of the fangs of a hissing snake

مَا رَأْتْ سَاعياً على الْبَيْنِ إِلا

قَيَّدَتْ سَعْيَهُ بِغَيْرِ الإيَاضِ

So remain, O Master of Kings, for him

Every withdrawal of opinion is belittled

نَفَثَتْ بِالْمِدَادِ سُمّاً عَلَيْه

نَفْثَ أَنْيَابِ حَيَّةٍ نَضنَاضِ

And the New Year reached ninety years

Lofty, and the enemy is grumbling

فَابْقَ يَا سَيِّدَ الْمُلُوكِ لَهُ تُبْ

رِمُ بِالرَّأْي مِنْهُ كُلَّ انِتْقَاضِ

وَتَمَلَّ النَّيْرُوزَ تِسْعِينَ عَاماً

سَامِياً والْعَدُوُّ ذُوِ إِعْضَاضِ