يَا مَنْ زَهَا بِسَنَاهُ صَدْرُ النَّادِي

وَهَوَاهُ فِي المُهَجَاتِ وَالأكْبَادِ

O you whose youth adorned the heart of the club,

And whose love was in lyrics and hearts,

حَفَلَ الرِّجَالُ يُوَدِّعُونَكَ رَاحِلاً

عَنْهُمْ وَذِكْرُكَ مِلْءُ كُلِّ فُؤَاد

The men gathered to bid you farewell traveling,

Away from them, and your mention fills every heart,

حَكَمُوا لِقَاضِيهِمْ وَزَكُّوا حُكْمَهُم

فَزَكَا بِإِجْمَاعٍ مِنَ الأَشْهَاد

They appointed you as their judge and deemed your rule good,

So it was deemed good by the consensus of witnesses,

فِي زِينَةٍ نَظَمَ الوَفَاءُ جَمَالَهَا

وَمُرَادُهُ مِنْهَا أَجلُّ مُرَاد

In an adornment loyalty composed its beauty,

And its purpose from it is the greatest purpose,

شَرَفاً فَمَا هَذَا وَدَاعٌ إِنَّهُ

عِيْدُ النَّزَاهَة أَكْرَمُ الأعْياد

With honor, so this is no farewell, it is

The feast of integrity, the most generous feasts,

عِيدٌ إِلَى سَعْدِ ارْتِقَائِكَ جَامِعٌ

كَبْتَ العُداةِ وَخَجْلَةَ الحُسَّاد

A feast uniting the ascent of your happiness,

You subjugated the enemies and the shame of enviers,

نِعْمَ الجَزَاءُ لِمَنْ وَفَى بِعُهُوده

وَرَعَى مَوَاثِقَ أُمةٍ وَبِلاَد

Good is the reward for one who kept his covenants,

And observed the nation’s pacts and countries,

نِعْمَ الْجَّزَاءُ لِمَنْ تَرقَّب رَبَّهُ

فِي صَوْنِ أَعْرَاض وَأَمْنِ عِبَاد

Good is the reward for one who awaited his Lord,

In protecting honors and safety of servants,

نِعْمَ الْجزَاءُ لِمَنْ أَضاءَ بِرَأْيِه

فَجْرُ الصَّلاَحِ عَشِيَّة الإِفْسَاد

Good is the reward for one whose opinion illuminated,

The dawn of reform at the eve of corruption,

نِعَمَ الْجزَاءُ لِجَاعِلٍ تَصْرِيفُهُ

فِي الْحَقِّ فَوْقَ الوَعْدِ وَالإِيعَاد

Good is the reward for one whose regulation,

Is in truth, above promise and appointment,

يَا جَامِعَ الأضْدَادِ أَبْدَعَ مَا الْتَقَتْ

أَكَذَا يَكُونُ الْجَمْعُ لِلأضْدَادِ

O gatherer of opposites, the most wondrous is how,

Can the gathering of opposites be thus?

أَكَذَا يَكُونُ الْحُكمُ فِي سَادَاتِهِ

أَكَذَا يَكُونُ البَأْسُ فِي الآسَادِ

Can the rule in its masters be thus?

Can valor in lions be thus?

أَكَذَا نَدَى الْيَدِ وَهْوَ شَافٍ كَالنَّدَى

أَكَذَا الْعَزِيمَةُ وَهْيَ قَدْحُ زِنَادِ

Can the hand’s help while being curative as the dew,

Can determination while being a flint for kindling be thus?

أَكَذَا القَضَاءُ فَمَا تَكَبُّرُ شَامِخٍ

مُغْنٍ لَدَيْهِ وَلاَ تَطَامُنُ وَادِ

Can the judgment thus, no towering of the proud,

Suffices it, nor reassurance of the submissive,

أَكَذَا الإِدَالَةُ فِي سَبِيلِ العَدْلِ مِنْ

سَيْفِ الأميرِ لِمِنْجَلِ الحصَّادِ

Can the evidence in the path of justice from,

The sword of the prince to the sickle of the harvester be thus?

بَالغْتَ فِي حُبِّ الْفَقِيرِ مَبَرَّةً

بِأَخِي الشَّقاءِ رَقيقِ الاسْتِبْدَادِ

You were extreme in your love of the poor commendably,

With my brother hardship, weak in oppression,

مَا كَانَ أَجْدَرَهُ بِرَاعٍ مُنْصِفٍ

يَرْعَى خُطَاهُ بِرَأْفَةٍ وَسَدَادِ

None deserved more than an equitable carer,

Who guards his steps with kindness and integrity,

رِفْقاً بِهِ وَتَذَكُّراً لِجَمِيلِهِ

أَوْ رَحْمَةً لِشَقَائِهِ المُتمَادِي

Be gentle with him and remembering his favor,

Or mercy for his relentless misery,

وَهْوَ الَّذِي فَتَحَ الْمُلوكُ فُتُوحَهُمْ

بِهَدِيَّتيْهِ أَلْمَالِ وَالأوْلاَدِ

He who opened conquests for kings,

With his gifts of money and children,

وَهْوَ الَّذِي لَمْ تَسْتَقِلَّ أَرِيكَةٌ

إِلاَّ عَلَى حَقْوَيْهِ والاعْضَادِ

He upon whose shoulders no throne stood,

Except by his strength and pillars,

وَهْوَ الَّذِي لَمْ تُبْنَ رِفْعَةُ أُمةٍ

إِلاَّ عَلَى أَيّدٍ لَهُ وَأَيَادِ

He upon whose hands no glory of a nation,

Was built except by his hands and arms,

لَكِنَّه قَلَّ الشَّكورُ وَلَمْ تَزَلْ

لِلْمَرءِ هذِي الدَّارُ دَارَ عِنَاد

But the grateful are few, and for man,

This abode remains the abode of hostility,

مَنْ لَيْسَ يَعْرِفُ مَا عَلَيْهِ وَمَالَهُ

فَصَفِيُّه ظُلْماً لَهْ كَالعادِي

One who knows not what is for him and against him,

His protector wrongs him like a transgressor,

وَالحَقُّ لاَ يَعْلُو بِغَيْرِ خُصُومَةٍ

مَسْمُوعَةِ الإِتْهَامِ وَالإِسْنَادِ

And truth rises not without disputed,

Accusation and attribution,

إِنْ يَرْكَبِ الْبَاغِي هَوَاةُ مَطِيَّةً

فَأْشدُّ بَغْياً خُضَّع الاجْيَادِ

If the unjust rides the steed of desire,

More unjust is the tamed steed,

عَجبٌ لعَمرُكَ أَنْ تُصادفَ رَاجِلاً

يَمْشِي فَيَتْعَبُ وَهْوَ رَبُّ جَوَاد

Wondrous is that you meet a man walking,

Who tires while he is the Lord of steeds,

وَأَشَدُّ بِدْعاً عِزُّ فَرْدٍ جَاهِلٍ

أَوْ مُرْتَقَى جمَع قُوَاهُ بَدَاد

And more wondrous is the claim to the glory of an ignorant individual,

Or one carried by a group whose power combined,

كُلُّ السَّلاَمَة آيةٌ مَأْخوذَةٌ

عَنْ خِبْرَة الآباءِ وَالأجْدَاد

All well-being is a lesson taken,

From the experience of forefathers and ancestors,

أُلْقُوا إلى النُّخَبِ الْكِرامِ قِيَادَكُمْ

لَكِنْ خُذُوا غُلَوَاءَهُمْ بِقِيَاد

Cast your leadership to the honored elite,

But take their extremists with leadership,

يَا خَادماً أَوْطَانَهُ بِحَصَافَةٍ

آثارُهَا تَبْقَى عَلَى الآبَاد

O server of his nations with wisdom,

Whose traces remain on settlements,

كَمْ فِي الجُمُوعِ يُرَى ذَكَاءٌ شَائِ

عٌ لَكِنْ تَرَى الأخْلاقَ فِي أَفْرَاد

How much brilliance in groups appears wandering, but you see morals in individuals,

Judge with your opinion initiating traditions,

أَحْكِمْ بِرَأْيِكَ مُبْديءِ السُّنَنِ الَّتي

هِيَ فِي الخِلاَفِ مَنَائِرُ الرُّوَّاد

Which in disagreement are lighthouses for pioneers,

One who emulates them will say this rule,

سَيَقُولُ مَنْ يَسْتَنُّها فَصْلا بِهَا

هَذَا القَضَاءُ قَضَاهُ عَبْدُ الْهادي

Ruled it the servant of the Guide.