قَدَرٌ وَهَلْ يُشْكَى القَدَرْ

مَا الْحَزْمُ إِلاَّ مَنْ صَبَرْ

Fate, yet who can complain of fate?

What is wisdom but to be patient?

إِنَّ الَّذي أَبْقَاكَ أَخْلَفَ

مِنْهُ مِفْضَالاً أَغَرّْ

He who sustained you will send

A successor better than before.

أَصْلٌ زَهَا بِكَ حِينَ

أَثْمَرَ وَالرِّيَاضُ مِنَ الثَّمرْ

A noble root - when it bore fruit

The gardens bore them without number.

سَمَّاك بِاسْمٍ جَامِعٍ

لِحِلى الجَنَى وحِلَى الزَّهَرْ

Named with a name encompassing

The beauty of heavens and of flowers.

أَجْلِلْ بِه مِنْ رَاحِلٍ

دَانِي النَّدَى سَامِي النَّظرْ

Exalt him with a mount well-reined,

Drawing near the meadows, lofty of view.

كَان المَقامُ مَقَامَهُ إِنْ

كَانَ مَجْدٌ أَوْ خَطَرْ

His was the station, if stationed

For glory or for danger.

أَنتَ المُنُوطُ بَأَنْ تصُو

نَ عُلاهُ خَالِدَةَ الأَثَرْ

You are charged that you emulate him,

Enduring, of lasting renown.

نِعْمَ البَقِيِّةُ لاِسْتِدَا

مَتِها ونِعْمَ المُدَخَّرْ

Excellent the remainder of one whose constancy

And providence were excellent.

جَمَّ السَّمَاحِ مُطَهَّرُ

الأَخلاقِ مَمْدُوحُ السِّيَرْ

Bountiful, of purified character,

Praised in conduct, of renowned journey.

أَرِيَاضُ صانَتْكَ العِنَا

يَةُ مِنْ تَصَارِيفِ الغِيَرْ

Gardens have secluded you from

The gossiping of others.

رَاعَتْ مَنَاقِبُكَ الَّتِي

فِي الْبَدْوِ ذَاعَتْ وَالْحَضَرْ

Your virtues known in desert

And cities proclaimed you.

تِلْكَ الفَضَائِلُ فِي الفَضَائِلِ

كَالفَرائِدِ فِي الدُّرَرْ

Those virtues among virtues

Are like unique pearls among pearls.

بِيضٌ تَقَلَّدُهَا اللَّيَالي

وَاضِحَاتٌ كَالغُرَرْ

Brilliant, donned by nights

Evident as treasures.

تُتْلى عَلى الأَيَّامِ آ

يَاتٌ وَتُجْمَعُ في سُوَرْ

Recited upon days as verses

And collected in surahs.