حَبْرَ أَحْبَارِنَا الْجَلِيلَ الْمُفَدَّى

دُمْتَ جَاهاً لَنَا وَذخْراً وَمَجْدَا

O our esteemed and virtuous scholar

You have brought us honor, wealth, and glory

كُلَّ يَوْمِ تضيِفُ فَضْلاً إِلَى سَا

بِقِ فَضْلٍ وَلاَ تَقْصُرُ جُهدا

Each day you add excellence to excellence

So persist in virtue and spare no effort

مُسْرِفاً فِي الْبِنَاءِ لله مِمَّا

تَقْتَنِي بِالتُّقى وَتَذْخُرُ قَصْدَا

Building abundantly for God with what

You earn through piety and store with purpose

لَكَ فِي الْعَيْشِ فَإِذَا لَمْ

يَكُ لِلْنَّاسِ نَفْعُهُ عَادَ زُهْدَا

In life you have asceticism, and when

Your work brings no benefit, it becomes austerity

مَنْ تَقَصَّى أدْوَارَنَا فِي الْمَرَاقِي

عَزَّهُ أَنْ يَرَى كَعَهْدِكَ عَهْدَا

Whoever reviews our history over the ages

Would be hard pressed to find an era like yours

قَامَ فِيه العُمْرَانُ مِنْ كُلِّ ضَرْبٍ

وَغَدَا الْجَزْرُ فِي الْمَفَاخِرِ مَدا

Where civilization thrived in every way

And the peninsula gained glory and repute

لَيْسَ بِدْعاً وَأَنْتَ مَا أَنْتَ مِنَّا

أَنْ نَظَمْنا لَكَ الْقَلاَئِدَ حَمْدَا

It is no wonder, for one like you among us

That we compose poems and garlands in praise

أَيهَا الْمُسْتَنِيبُ فِي مِصْرَ عَنْهُ

مَا أَبَرَّ الَّذي أَنَبْتَ وَأَهْدَى

O you who in Egypt represent the best

Of what you planted and guided aright

إَنَّما السَّيدُ الْكُفُورِي بِحْرٌ

مِنْ صَلاَحٍ يَفِيضُ هَدْياً وَرُشْدَا

Truly Sir Al-Kufuri is an ocean

Of righteousness, spilling forth guidance and wisdom

دَمِثُ الْخُلْقِ ثَاقِبُ الْفِكْرِ مِسْمَاحٌ

زَكِيٌّ يَأْبَى لَهُ الْنُّبلُ نِدَّا

Of upright character, keen of mind, even-tempered

Of refined manners, refusing all rivalry

لَمْ يُعَبْ فِي تَصَرُّفٍ دُقَّ أَوْ جُلَّ

وَلَمْ يَعْدُ لِلْكيَاسَة حَدَّا

He has not faltered in discretion or care

Nor transgressed the bounds of wisdom

وَلَهُ فِي الْنَّدَى وَفِي الرِّفْقِ ما حَبَّ

بَ أَخْلاَقَهُ إِلَى الْخَلْقِ جِدَّا

In amiability and gentleness he has what makes

His character appealing to all people

لَوْ تَجَلَّتْ صِفَاتُهُ لِعُيونِ النَّاسِ

كَانَتْ مِنَ الْفَرَائِد عَقْدَا

If his qualities were revealed to all eyes

They would form a necklace of precious gems

كُلَّمَا جَالَ ذِكْرُهُ فِي مَقَامٍ

فَاحَ ذَاكَ الْمَقَامُ طِيباً وَنَدَّا

Whenever his name is mentioned in any gathering

That gathering diffuses a sweet fragrance

خِيرَةُ الله كَانَ تَحْقِيقُهَا

لِلْقُطْرِ يُمْناً عَلَى يَدَيْك وَسَعْدَا

It was the will of God that his realization

Should be a blessing upon this country and joy

وَلَقَدْ زِدْتَنَا صَنِيعاً وَهَلْ تَأْتِي

صَنِيعاً إِلاَّ إِذَا كَانَ عِدا

Indeed you have done us a service, and does a

Service come except from one of piety?

جَعَلَ اللهُ مِنْ مَقَامِكَ أَلا

يَكْثُرَ التَّاجُ مِنْ يَمِينِكَ رِفْدَا

May God ordain that the crown on your right

Hand be constantly increased through provision

سِمْتَ سُلْمَانُ مَنْصِباً أُسْقُفِياً

كَانَ لِلاحصَفِ الابَرِّ مُعَدَّا

You appointed Salman to the bishopric

Which had been prepared for the most devout

فَبَدَا فِي النِّظامِ نَجْمٌ جَديدٌ

مِنْ سَنَى شَمْسِه سَنَاهُ اسْتُمِدَّا

So there appeared in the system a new star

Deriving its radiance from the sun it reflects

عَالِمٌ عَامِلٌ أَدِيبٌ أَرِيبٌ

ذُو بَيَانٍ يُعَزُّ أَنْ يُتَحَدَّى

A scholar, a worker, cultured, judicious

Eloquent, who would be hard to challenge

قَلَّدَتْهُ بَلاَغَةُ الْفِكْرِ حُسْناً

وَكَسَتْهُ فَصَاحَةُ اللَّفْظِ بُرْدَا

Eloquence adorned his mind with beauty

And fluency clothed his speech with silk

رَجُلٌ رَاقَبَ الضَّميرَ فَارْضى

اللهَ عَنْهُ فِي كُلِّ مَمْسَى وَمَغْدَى

A man who examined his conscience and pleased

God with it at dusk and dawn each day

أُسْوَةً بِالْمَسِيحِ يَحْمِلُ حُباً

لأِخِيه وَلَيْسَ يَحْمِلُ حِقْدَا

An exemplar of Christ bearing love

For his brother, not harboring hatred

لاَ تَزِينُ الْخِصَالَ يَوْمَ فَخَارٍ

مِثْلُهُ فِي الرِّجَالِ أَرْوَعُ فَرْدَا

No traits adorn a man, on the day of pride

Like him, most wondrous and peerless

فَازَ شَرْقُ الأُرْدُنِّ مِنْهُ بِعَودٍ

مُسْتَطَابٍ كَأنَّه كَانَ وَعْدَا

The East of Jordan won in him a pleasing

Return, as if he had been a promise

عَهْدُهُ كَانَ عَهْدَ خَيْرٍ وَخَيْرُ النَّا

سِ مَنْ وُدَّ فِي الجَوَارِ وَوَدَّا

His time was an era of goodness, and good people

Love their neighbor and become bosom friends

أَيُّها الرَّاجِعُ الكَرِيمُ إِلَيْه

إِلْقَ فِيه الصَّفاءَ وَالْعَيْشَ رَغْدَا

O noble sir returned to it, find

In it serenity and live in ease

وَاغْتَنِمْ رُؤيَةَ الأمِيرِ الَّذي مَدَّ

لَهُ اللهُ فِي الْمَفَاخِرِ مَدَّا

And enjoy seeing the prince whom God

Has extended in glory and renown

قُرْشِيٌّ نَمَّاهُ عَدْنَانُ أَصْلاً

وَحُسَيْنٌ أَباً وَهَاشِمُ جَدَّا

A Qurayshi whom Adnan elevated

And Hussein as father and Hashim grandfather

فَإَذَا مَا بَلَغْتَ سُدَّتَهُ حَيِيِّ

نِزَاراً بِه وَحَيِّي مُعَدّا

So when you reach his majesty, greet

Nizar in it, and greet Mu'adda

وَجَلاَلاً مِنْ إِرْثِ مُلْكٍ قَديمٍ

شَفَّ عَنْهُ جَلاَلُ مُلْكٍ أَجَدَّا

And the glory of an ancient royal heritage

Which the glory of a most generous kingdom revealed

وَجَبِيناً فِي الْعَيْنِ يَزْهُو نُوراً

وَلِسَاناً فِي السَّمعِ يَقْطُرُ شَهْدا

And a brow beaming light in the eye

And a tongue dripping honey in the ear

ثُمَّ حَيِّي الْعُزَّ الْمَيَامِينَ مِنْ أَعْوَانه

الأكْرَمِينَ شِيْباً وَمُرْدَا

Then greet the esteemed elders of his aides

Honored for age and chivalry

جَمَعَ الْصَّفوَةَ الارَاجِحَ عَقْلاً

فِي حَوَاشِيه وَالاصَادِقَ عَهْدَا

He gathered the elite, wisest in mind

As his entourage, truest to their word

سِرْ بِيُمْنٍ وَإِنَّ ذِكْرَكَ فِينَا

لَمُقِيمُ فَلَيْسَ بُعْدُكَ بُعْدَا

Journey in safety, and your memory among us

Remains, so your absence is not absence