يا أَميراً ما رَأَيْنَا

مثْلَهُ فَضْلاً أَميرَا

O prince, we have not seen

One like you, so virtuous, O prince

يا أَبا الْعَبَّاس يا شَمْ

ساً ويا بَدْراً مُنيرَا

O Abu Al-Abbas, O sun

And O shining full moon

يَا كَبِيرَ الْعَقْلِ والْآ

دابِ مُذْ كَانَ صَغِيرَا

O great in mind and manners

Since you were little

والذي نكذب إن قس

نا به يوماً نظيرا

By whom we would not lie if we said

He was peerless one day

قد أَتَى عيْدَكَ شِعْرٌ

منْكَ خَلّاهُ حَسِيَرا

Your feast has come, poetry

About you that made it fervent

بَعْدَ سَبْقِ مِنْ خَطَارِ ال

شعْرِ مَنْ كَانَ خَطِيرَا

After preceding the dangerous poetry

Of one who was hazardous

حَسَنُ اللَّفْظُ يُحاكِي

رَصْفُهُ الدُّرَّ النَّثِيرَا

Good diction that emulates

Its composition like ample pearls

مَلأَ الجِسْمَ شِفَاءً

وحَشَا الْقَلْبَ سُرُوراً

It filled the body with healing

And delighted the heart with joy

كَانَ مِنْ عَارِضِ شَكْوا

يَ وَمِنْ دَهْرِي مُجيرَا

It was from the occurrence of complaining

And from my time, helper

لَيْسَ ما يَذْخَرُهُ عِنْ

دِي مِنَ الشُّكْرِ يَسيرَا

What I store of gratitude is not

For me a little

سَوْفَ أُهْدِي مِنْهُ رَوْضاً

جَاوَرَتْ مِنْكَ غَدِيرَا

I will dedicate from it a garden

That neighbored from you a stream

كَمْ عَسِيرٍ عَادَ لِي مِنْ

حُسْنِ نَعْمَاكَ يَسِيرَا

How much hardship returned to me from

The goodness of your blessings easy

قَدْ يُرَى الْعَبْدُ وإنْ قل

لَ بِمَوْلاَهُ كَثِيرَا

It may be seen that the servant even if

He says little of his Master says much