وَفى لَنا الدَهر إِسعاداً بِما وَعدا

فَلا عدمنا لَهُ في المكرُمات يَدا

Time has fulfilled our happiness with what it promised

So we have never lacked its generous hand

ألقى زِمام العُلى عزّاً لِصاحبها

فَكانَ مِمَّن تَحرّوا لِلهُدى رشدا

It took the reins of glory, honoring its master

Thus it was among those who sought righteousness

وَظَلّ يُبدي التَهاني في مرابعنا

فَعادَ مِن بَعد ضَنكٍ عَيشنا رغدا

It continued to offer congratulations in our dwellings

So our life returned to comfort after hardship

مَن لَم يَعش رَغدا فيما تَعيش بِهِ

كُلّ الأَنام فدعه فَليَمُت كمدا

Whoever does not live in comfort with what

All people live, let him die suppressed

وَافى البَشير فَيا بُشراي إنّ لَنا

بِهِ مِن الخَير ما لَم نحصه عَدَدا

The bringer of good news has arrived, so rejoice

For the good we have through him cannot be counted

فَيا سَعادة ذي حلم أَقرَّ بِما

بِهِ سَعدنا وَيا خسران من جحدا

O happy is he whose patience has affirmed

What made us happy, and loss to him who denied

وَيا سُروراً بِهِ الدُنيا اِكتَسَت حللاً

مِن الهَنا وَبِهِ العليا زَهَت أَبَدا

Joy in it has adorned the present world with fine garments

And with it the exalted realms have been perfumed forever

حيّيت مِن قادم أَحيا القُلوب بِما

حَيّا بِهِ فأَمات الهَمَّ وَالكمَدا

I saluted the coming one who revived hearts with what

He enlivened, and so death and sorrow died

جادَت مَراحم سُلطان الوُجود لَنا

بِعود وامق فعل الخَير مُعتمدا

The mercies of the Sultan of Existence were generous to us

With a return that set good action as its custom

فَعمَّنا فيض إِحساناتها وَلَقَد

كُنّا طَرائق مِن هَذا الوَرى قددا

So we were flooded with the outpouring of his favors, though

We were ways in this world worn threadbare

فَيا لَهُ صالِحاً فازَ الأَنام بِهِ

فَأَصلَح اللَهُ مِنهُم كُلَّ ما فَسَدا

O, may he have wellbeing, for through him people succeeded

And God set right all that was corrupt

كُنّا نجدُّ اِبتِهالا بِالدُعاء لَهُ

وَكُلّ مَن جَدَّ في نَيل المُنى وَجَدا

We would plead in supplication for him

And all who made effort found what they sought

حَتّى بَدا صبحُ أَفراح المَلا فَمَحا

لَيل العَنا فَأرانا لِلهَنا جددا

Until dawn broke, joys for the noble ones, and erased

The night of misery, showing us new gladdening

أَكرم بِهِ مِن مشير لا يشير لَنا

إِلّا بِما هُوَ بِرٌّ فعله حُمدا

Through him, from an advisor who only advises us

With righteous action, for which he is praised

عَهدي بِهِ حَيثما كانَت عِنايته

بعدلهِ ظَلّ يَرعى الشاة وَالأَسَدا

My covenant with him - wherever his concern might be

With his justice he still watches over sheep and lion

فَيا لَهُ سَنَداً تروي مَناقبه

لَنا أَحاديث إِفضال علت سَنَدا

O he is a support whose virtues are narrated to us

In accounts of grace that have a verified chain

إِسكَندر الحَزم مُستَغنٍ بِحكمته

عَن نَيلِهِ مِن أَرسطليسه مددا

Alexander the Resolute, his wisdom makes him needless

Of aid from his Aristotles

يُدبّر الأَمر بِالرَأي السَديد وَبِالب

بأس الشَديد فَلا يَنفكّ مُجتهدا

He manages affairs with sound opinion and fierce valor

So he does not cease to make effort

حازَ النَزاهة في آرائهِ فَسما

وَبِالنهى زَيّن العَلياء فَاِنفَرَدا

He won integrity in his judgments, and soared on high

Adorning the heights, and took the lead

إِذا بَدا مارد الأَحداث أتبعهُ

مِن السَداد شهاباً لَم يَزَل رَصدا

If the furious events appeared, he tracked them

With arrows of integrity that did not stop shooting

هُوَ الخَبير بِأَحوال الأَنام فَلا

يَزال نورُ ذكاه الدَهر مُتَّقِدا

He is the expert in people's affairs, so the light

Of his insight always remains burning

روحُ المَعالي بِها ما زالَ مُتَّحِدا

وَالروح لا رَيبَ في أَن تَألف الجَسَدا

The spirit of noble qualities - it has not ceased to be joined with him

And the soul, doubtless, harmonizes with the body

حَوى الكَمال فَلَو يَمّمتَ ساحته

عاينت بَحر نَدىً مِنهُ وَبرَّ هُدى

He contains perfection - so if you surveyed his domain

You would look upon an ocean of dew from him and clear guidance

محبَّب لِلبَرايا لَم تَزَل أَبَدا

تَرى محبّته ديناً وَمُعتَقدا

Beloved to humankind, their love for him does not fail

You see their love for him as creed and faith

وَهَكَذا مَن أَحَبَّ اللَهُ حَبّبنا

فيهِ فَكُنّا بِهِ مِن جُملة السعدا

And so it is - whoever God loves, He makes beloved to us

So we were among the happy through him

فَهاكَ يا بَدر آفاق العُلى شَرَفا

عَذراء مِن طيب مَعناها حَوَت زبدا

Chaste words that contain purity in their meaning

Cups of congratulations were brought round to the noble ones joyfully

زفّت كُؤوس التَهاني لِلمَلا طَرَبا

فَأرشَفَت وَالداً مِنّا وَما وَلَدا

So they sipped - born from us, though not begotten

And your lofty court turned towards felicitations

وَيَمّمت بابك العالي مُهنّئة

بِيمن تَشريفك السامي كَما عُهدا

As was its custom, with the honor of your noble arrival

Truly, your return was a feast of joy and gladdening

قَد كانَ عَودك عيداً بِالسُرور زَها

وَالعود أَحمَد تَحقيقاً لِما وَردا

And the best return is as reported and foretold

If not for your coming back, O sun of perfection, persistence

لَولا إِيابُك يا شَمس الكَمال لَما

أَبقى بِنا الوَجد لا صَبراً وَلا جلدا

Or patience or composure would not have remained with us

So shine forever, O sun that has no setting

فَدُم مدى الدَهر شَمساً لا مَغيب لَها

وَلتعم عَن نورِها أَبصار مَن حَسَدا

And blindness in whoever envied it