هَنِيئاً لِلْوَزِيرِ قَضَاءُ دَيْنِ

بِهِ أَضْحَى الزَّمَانُ قَرِيرَ عَيْنِ

Congratulations to the minister for fulfilling his duty

With him the era became joyful and content

وَعَوْدُ وِزارَةٍ سِيقَتْ إلَيْهِ

كَعَوْدَةِ قُرْبِ حِبٍّ بَعْدَ بَيْنِ

And the return of his ministry which was brought to him

Is like the return of a loved one after separation

أَبِي عَبْدِ الإلِهِ أَجَلِّ كَافٍ

تَسَمَّحَ بِالنضُّارِ وَباللُّجَيْنِ

My father Abdel Ilah, the most glorious protector

Was gracious with youthfulness and vitality

وَيَهْنِي ذَاكَ يَعْقُوباً أَخَاهُ

وَصِنْوَهُمَا الْكَرِيمَ أَبَا الْحُسَيْنِ

And this brings happiness to Ya'qub his brother

And their generous progenitor Abu Al-Husain

هُمَا قَمَرَا الزَّمَانِ وَغُرَّتَاهُ

مُرِيحا الْمُلْكِ مِنْ عَارٍ وَشَيْنِ

They are the two moons of the era and its pride

Relieving the kingdom from shame and disgrace

أَحَلَّا مِنْهُ نُصْحاً وافْتِقَاداً

مَصالِحَهُ مَحَلَّ النَّاظِرَيْن

They brought forth sincere care and attention for it

In the affairs of the overseers

وَما كانَ الْفَسادُ وَقَدْ تَعَلَّى

ليَخْفِضَهُ سِوَى إصْلاحِ ذَيْنِ

Corruption had mounted up

But it was lowered by the reform of these two

وَيَهْنِي ذَاكَ عَبْدَ اللهِ فيه

فَتاهُ فَهوَ إحْدَى الْحُسْنَيَيْنِ

And this brings happiness to Abdullah among them

For he is their outstanding youth

هلاَلٌ لَمْ تُبَدِّدْهُ اللَّيالِي

فَيَنْقُصَهُ مُرُورُ الفَرْقَدَيْنِ

A crescent whose light the nights did not scatter

So the passage of time did not diminish it

تُرادِفُه السِّيادَةُ غَيْرَ وَانٍ

وَيُشْبِهُهُ تَشَابُهَ قَرَّتَيْنِ

Sovereignty accompanies him without fading

And resembles him in similar duality

كَما أَوْدَعْتَ سَطْراً مِنْ كِتابٍ

ولَمْ تَنْقُطْهُ غَيْناً بَعْدَ عَيْنِ

As you placed a line in a book

And did not dot it with a mark after a mark

وَزِيرٌ مُقْبِلُ الأَيَّام عالٍ

عَلَى أَعْدائِهِ طَلْقُ الْيَدَيْنِ

A minister whose days are ascending in glory

With hands unfettered against his enemies

يُهِينُ المَالَ بالإفضالِ جُوداً

وَمَرْقَى الجُودِ صَعْبٌ غَيْرُ هَيْنِ

He debases wealth by giving generously

And the path of generosity is difficult except for the gentle

سَيَقْضِيهِ الزَّمانَ بِطُولِ عُمْرٍ

وَتَمْلِيكُ الرِّياسَةِ كُلُّ دَيْنِ

Time will fulfill him with lengthened life

For the possession of leadership is every debt

غَدَتْ خِلَعٌ عَلَيْهِ تَائهاتٌ

بِعالِي النَّفْسِ عَالِي الذَّرْوَتَيْنِ

Robes of honor became lost in seeking him

Of lofty spirit and prominent heights

جَلَتْ بِسَوادِها ظُلَمَ اللَّيالِي

كَما تَجْلُو سَوادَ المُقْلَتَيْنِ

Their blackness eclipsed the darkness of nights

As the blackness of kohl eclipses the two eyelids

بِمَنْطَقِةٍ يَلُوحُ الحَلْيُ فِيهَا

كَما لاَحَتْ نُجُومُ الشِّعْرَيَيْن

With a belt in which jewelry shines

As the stars of Pleiades and Orion shone

تُناطُ مَعالِقٌ مِنْهَا رِقَاقٌ

بِمَصْقُولٍ رَقِيقِ الشَّفْرَتَيْنِ

Jeweled clasps are fastened from it

Polished of delicate blade

كَرَأْيٍ مِنْهُ يَفْعَلُ في اللَّيالِي

وَفِي الأَيَّامِ فِعْلَ النَّيِّرَيْنِ

As an opinion from him that acts in the nights

And in the days the action of the active

فَأَعْلَى اللهُ سَادَتَنَا جَمِيعاً

وَأَبْقاهُمْ بَقاءَ الفَرْقَدَيْنِ

May God raise our masters all

And maintain them with lasting permanence

وقَلَّمَ عَنْهُمُ ظُفُرَ المَنايَا

بِقُرْبِ مُناهُمُ وَبِبُعْدِ حَيْنِ

And keep from them the claws of death

In their life's nearness and in its distance

ومِلْكٍ للوَرَى وَصَفاءِ دَهْرٍ

يَرينُ عَلَى عِداهُمُ أَيَّ رَيْنِ

And a kingdom for people and era of serenity

That sees its enemies in every evil condition

فَكَمْ عُذِلُوا عَلَى إْفَراطِ بِرٍّ

فَمَا أصْغَوْا لِعَذْلِ العاذِلَيْنِ

How they were blamed for excessive righteousness

But they did not listen to the rebuke of the two blamers

أَقولُ بِمَا عَلِمْتُ مَقالَ صِدْقٍ

بَعِيدِ الشَّأْوِ مِنْ كَذِبٍ وَشَيْنِ

I say with what I know truthful words

Far from lies and disgrace in manner

لَقَدْ صَانُوا الوِزارَةَ بَعْدَ هَتْكٍ

وَزانُوهَا وَكانَتْ غَيْرَ زَيْنِ

They indeed protected the ministry after violation

And adorned it though it was unsightly

بِرَأْيٍ مُسْتَنِيرٍ لِلْمَوالي

وَصَعْبٍ لِلمُعادِي غَيْرِ لَيْنِ

With enlightened perspective for the loyalists

And difficult for the enemies without softness

وَأَقْلاَمٍ تُحَكَّمُ فِي الأَعادِي

كَحُكْمِ السَّيْفِ وَالرُّمْحِ الرُّدَيْنِي

And pens that judge the adversaries

With the judgement of sword and sturdy spear

وَيُغْني الرُّمْحُ فِيها عَنْ ثِقافٍ

وَيُغْني السَّيْفُ عَنْ إِصْلاحِ قَيْنِ

And the spear in them suffices over argument

And the sword suffices over reforming the deviant

وَتَخْفُقُ بِالذَّي نَهْواهُ كُتْبٌ

يَكُونُ بِها صلاحُ الخْافِقَيْنِ

And books flap with what they prohibited

By which is the reform of the two flappers

تَرَى الأَقْدارَ مُصْعِدَةً إلَيْهِ

تَسَحَّبُ بَيْنَ تَسْجِيَةٍ وَطَينِ

You see the destinies ascending to him

Pulled between submission and obedience

ثَوابُكُمُ عَلَى إصْلاحِ مُلْكٍ

ثَوابُ شُهُودِ أُحْدٍ أَوْ حُنَيْنِ

Your reward for reforming a kingdom

Is the reward of martyrs of Uhud or Hunayn

فَرَعْتُمْ فِي بَنِي الأَحْرارِ طَوْراً

يَطُولُ الرَّعْنُ فيه ذا رُعَيْنِ

You cultivated the sons of the noble for a period

In which cultivation for one with two arms lengthens

وَزادَكُمُ مُحَمدُكُم عُلُوّاً

وَيَعْقُوبٌ شَرِيفُ الجانِبَيْنِ

Muhammad added to your prominence

And Ya'qub the noble of the two sides

وَرِثْتُمْ عَنْهُمَا كَرَماً وَفَضْلاً

كَذَاكَ يَجِيءُ نَجْلُ الْفاضِلَيْنِ

You inherited from them generosity and merit

Thus comes the progeny of the two virtuous

لَقَدْ أَصْلَحْتُمُ ما بَيْنَ دَهْرِي

عَلَى رَغْمِ الْعدَى كَرَماً وَبَيني

You repaired what was between my two eras

Out of nobility despite the enmity

سَأَقَضِي فِي مَدِيحكُمُ حُقُوقاً

كَمَا تُقْضَى حُقُوقُ الوْالِدَيْنِ

I will fulfill in praising you rights

As the rights of two parents are fulfilled