لله مشرق منزلٍ ما زارهْ

من زايرٍ الاّ جلا اكدارَهْ

God has an eastward abode, none visited it

Except a melancholic visitor it cheered.

وارتاض نفساً في مقام ربه

في حسنه الباهي الجمال انارَهْ

With joyful soul standing before his Lord

Dazzled by His beautiful, shining beauty.

فازداد ظرفاً فايقاً ومحاسناً

بالانس أزهت ليلهُ ونهارَهْ

So he became more gentle and beautiful

The night and day smiled at his fellowship.

فحماه برج شاد للأسد الذي

رب الأنام مدى الزمان أجارَهْ

So He protected him with a tower of joy, the lion

Whose times the Lord of mankind lengthened.

كم من شموس مع بدور أشرقت

فيه وكم من انجم نوَّارَهْ

How many suns rose therein with Full Moons

And how many bright stars illuminated it.

ولكم به للعز افلاكٌ تدو

م ثوابتاً وكواكبٌ سياَّرَهْ

And for it how many orbits of honor revolve

Stationary while stars roam around.

بوطيد سودده الرسوخ دلايلٌ

وإلى دوام العز فيه اشارَهْ

With firm pillars, proofs guide

To the permanence of honor within it point.

إذ أن ذاك الخازنّي مشيده

في حسن صنع الخير مدَّ عمارَهْ

Since that Khuzaymi had rebuilt it

In the beauty of doing good extended its buildings.

متهذّبٌ طابت مآثرهُ وقد

أعلى المهيمن في الورى مقدارَهْ

Well-mannered, his achievements wholesome

The All-Powerful lifted his status in the world.

ما امّ ساحة فضلهِ من قاصدٍ

يرجو بان يحظى بنعم بشارَهْ

No field of his overflowing favor but

A seeker hopes to enjoy his glad tidings.

الا انثنى بالمدح ابلغ شاعرٍ

ينشي ويبدع محكماً اشعارَهْ

Except a most eloquent poet bows

Composing and creating well-crafted poetry.

افديه من حُرّ كريمٍ جلّ مَن

في الدهر جمل بالبها اطوارَهْ

I ransom him, a generous, noble man

Who in life adorns himself with manners.

وكساه أثواب الاهابة في الورى

وازاد بين العالمين وقارَهْ

And clothed him in robes of reverence in the world

And increased his dignity between worlds.

شيخ بفطنته الزكّية قد سما

وعَلا على كل الشيوخ صدارَهْ

A sheikh, with his pure wisdom ascended

And rose above all other sheikhs as their chief.

ورقى مقاماً في الكمال مفوّقاً

زاد الاله على الدوام فخارَهْ

And reached a supreme station in perfection

May God ever increase his pride.

مولى لطامي الجود بات مجمّعاً

ومفرقاً من راحيته بحارَهْ

A helper to the thirsty for generosity, he became

A sea that from his winds rain poured forth.

ذاعت مآثر بره مذ كفه

ضاهى السحاب وقد حكى امطارَهْ

The tales of his righteousness spread when his palm

Equaled clouds and told of their rain.

فزكا الثنا عنهُ فكم من نشره

احيى فتّى مستنشقاً معطارَهْ

So pure praise of him - how many times

Revived a lad inhaling its fragrance.

عرب الورى كم أعربت في مدحهِ

قولاً فصيحاً واعتنت اشهارَهْ

You Arabs of the world, how you have declaimed in his praise

Eloquent words and spread his fame.

والترك قد وافى يقر بعجزه

ويذيع ما بين الورى اقدارَهْ

And the Turks concurred, admitting their failing,

Spreading his might in the world.

يرجو السماح عن القصور فان اخ

لاق الكريم صفوحةٌ غفاَّرَهْ

Seeking pardon for falling short, for a generous brother’s

Nature is forgiving and forgiving.

ويفي الدعا ابداً وان يَكُ قاصراً

في كل محكم جملةٍ وعبارَهْ

And may he fulfill supplication forever even if

Falling short in every precise phrase and expression.

ويهيم في مدح البشارة ملهجاً

في كل آنٍ لهجة كرارَهْ

And be transported in praising the good tidings

Every moment repeating, repeating his passion.

يعلى الندا للخازني أبي الندى

يا رب شيّد في المفاخر دارَهْ

Exalting the call for Khuzaymi the caller

O Lord, elevate the glories of his abode.

انعم علينا أن نرى يا رب من

ذا الاصل فرعاً نجتني أثمارَهْ

Bestow upon us, O Lord, that we see from

This origin, branches bearing ripe fruits.

ونرى فروع فروعه مُخضلَّةً

واطِل على طول المدى أعمارَهْ

And we see branches of his branches verdant

And lengthen his life for ages untold.

ما رقّص الغصن النسيم بسريه

سحراً وهّيج للغنا أطيارَهْ

The breeze never fluttered a branch gracefully

Nor the birds roused for singing at dawn,

وتبلّج الصبح المنير وأشرقت

شمسٌ وما أبدى الضحى أنوارَهْ

Nor the bright dawn shone and the sun rose

Nor the morning disclosed its lights,