لَولاكَ يا خَيرَ مَن يَمشي عَلى قَدَمِ
خابَ الرَجاءُ وَماتَت سُنَّةُ الكَرَمِ
Without you, O best of those who walk on foot
Hope is lost and the tradition of generosity has died
يا مَن رَأَينا عِياناً مِن مَكارِمِهِ
ما حَدَّثَ الناسُ عَن كَعبٍ وَعَن هَرِمِ
O you whom we saw clearly through his generosity
People did not tell of Kaab or Harim
وَمَن إِذا اِستَصرَخَ العافونَ راحَتَهُ
لَبّاهُمُ جودُها المَأمولُ عَن أَمَمِ
And he who when the helpless call upon him
His generosity satisfies them instead of destinies
إِذا سَمُحتَ لَنا وَالسُحبُ مُخلِفَةٌ
فَجودُ كَفِّكَ يُغنينا عَنِ الدِيَمِ
When you are generous to us though the clouds withhold rain
The palm of your hand suffices us instead of rain
أَعادَ مُلكُكَ لِلدُنيا نَضارَتَها
وَما تَصَرَّمَ مِن أَيّامِها القُدُمِ
Your kingdom restored life to the world
After its days had passed into old age and it had
مِن بَعدِ ما غَبَرَت حيناً وَلَيسَ بِها
كَهفٌ لِراجٍ وَلا طَودٌ لِمُعتَصِمِ
No cave for a seeker of rest or a hill for one seeking refuge
So people are in a paradise of your fair conduct
فَالناسُ في جَنَّةٍ مِن عَدلِ سيرَتِكَ ال
حُسنى وَمِن بَئسِكَ المَرهوبِ في حَرَمِ
And the feared misery of your torment in the sanctuary
O you through whom God spread generosity
يامَن بِهِ نَشَرَ اللَهُ السَماحَ وَمَن
أَحيا بِهِ كَرَمَ الأَخلاقِ وَالشِيَمِ
And through whom he brought life to noble manners and virtues
The best of lands is the place you tread
خَيرُ البِلادِ مَكانٌ أَنتَ واطِئُهُ
وَأُمَّةٌ أَنتَ مِنها أَفضَلُ الأُمَمِ
And a nation you are the best of its people
You built a house its horoscope destined happiness
بَنَيتَ داراً قَضى بِالسَعدِ طالِعُها
قامَت لِهَيبَتِها الدُنيا عَلى قَدَمِ
The world stood on its toes aspiring to its loftiness
It towered over every house in elevation
سَمَت عَلى كُلِّ دارٍ رِفعَةً وَعَلَت
عُلُوَّ هِمَّةِ بانيها عَلى الهِمَمِ
The height of its builder's ambition over aspirations
The stars bow in reverence for its honor
تَعنو الكَواكِبُ إِجلالاً لِعِزَّتِها
وَتَستَكينُ لَها الأَفلاكُ مِن عِظَمِ
And the orbits humble themselves before its greatness
It wishes that it would become a threshold trodden
تَوَدُّ لَو أَنَّها أَمسَت تُداسُ بِأَق
دامِ الوَلائِدِ في ناديكَ وَالخَدَمِ
By the feet of your boon companions and servants
As if it were Iram of the pillars made even more proud
كَأَنَّها إِرَمٌ ذاتُ العِمادِ وَإِن
زادَت بِمالِكِها فَخراً عَلى إِرَمِ
By its owner over Iram
We circumambulated its corners as pilgrims circumambulate
طُفنا بِأَركانِها طَوفَ الحَجيجِ فَمِن
مُسلِمٍ حَولَها مِنّا وَمُستَلِمِ
With some of us around it as Muslims and some as submitters
You made it permitted so by God how did it contain
حَلَلتُموها فَيا لِلَّهِ كَيفَ حَوَت
تَيّارَ بَحرٍ بِمَوجِ الجودِ مُلتَطِمِ
The tide of an ocean with surging waves of generosity
O house you are always filled with joys
يا دارُ لا زِلتِ بِالأَفراحِ آهِلَةَ ال
مَغنى وَمُليتِ ما أُلبِستِ مِن نِعَمِ
Adorned and clothed with blessings
Neither did its teeming quarters lack my praises
وَلا خَلا رَبعُكِ المَأهولُ مِن مَدحي
يَوماً وَلا بابُكِ المَعمورُ مِن خِدمي
Nor its bustling doors lack my poems
The seasons adorned you with necklaces
وَأَلبَسَتكِ التَهاني مِن مَواسِمِها
قَلائِدَ الحَمدِ مِن نَظمي وَمِن كِلَمي
Of praise from my rhymes and words
Praises of you that will remain immortalized
مَدائِحاً فيكَ لي تَبقى مُخَلَّدَةً
بَعدي إِذا بَلِيَت تَحتَ الثَرى رِمَمي
After me when my traces decay beneath the soil
And how can I not fill the world with your praises
وَكَيفَ لا أَملَأُ الدُنيا بِمَدحِكُمُ
وَقَد فَتَقتُم لِساني بِالنَدى وَفَمي
When you've opened my tongue with dew and my mouth with water
My life was a war and turmoil
قَد كانَ دَهري لي حَرباً وَمُنذُدَرى
أَنّي اِنتَصَرتُ بِكُم أَلقى يَدَ السَلَمِ
But through you I gained victory and offered the handshake of peace
If I were silent and did not speak of your gratitude
فَلَو سَكَتُّ وَلَم أَنطِق بِشُكرِكُمُ
أَثنَت عِظامي بِما أَولَيتُمُ وَدَمي
My bones and blood would praise what you have granted me
Today my leaves will not return shredded
فَاليَومَ لا عودُ أَوراقي بِمُختَبَطٍ
مِنَ الخُطوبِ وَلا فَضلي بِمُهتَضَمِ
By tribulations nor will my excellence return diminished
Without you O sons of Al-Abbas the sun of daytime
لَولاكُمُ يابَني العَباسِ ما طَلَعَت
شَمسُ النَهارِ وَلا ضاءَت عَلى الأُمَمِ
Would not have risen nor shone upon the nations
The masters of Mecca and its nobles from Mudar
ساداتُ مَكَّةَ وَالأَشرافُ مِن مُضَرٍ
أَنتُم وَجيرانُ بَيتِ اللَهِ وَالحَرَمِ
You are, and the neighbors of God's house and sanctuary
The protectors of a neighbor's sanctuary if
المانِعونَ حَريمَ الجارِ إِن نَزَلَت
بِهِ الحَوادِثُ وَالوافونَ بِالذِمَمِ
Misfortunes befall him and the fulfillers of covenants
So may a second nobility make you delighted after
فَليَهنِكُم شَرَفٌ ثانٍ إِلى شَرَفٍ
طُلتُم بِهِ الناسَ مِن عُربٍ وَمِن عَجَمِ
A nobility through which you surpassed mankind, Arabs and non-Arabs
By the riser whose light you rise through and are illuminated by
بِالقائِمِ المُستَضيءِ المُستَضاءِ بِهِ
إِذا اِدلَهَمَّت دِياجي الظُلمِ وَالظُلَمِ
When the darkness of my night overwhelms me with gloom and darkness
The caliph of God on earth whom
خَليفَةِ اللَهِ في الدُنيا وَمَن خَضَعَت
لَهُ أَقاليمُها بِالسَيفِ وَالقَلَمِ
Its regions have submitted to by the sword and pen
You remain in eternal bliss never ending
بَقيتُمُ في نَعيمٍ لا اِنقِضاءَ لَهُ
عُمرَ الزَمانِ وَمُلكٍ غَيرَ مُنصَرِمِ
For as long as time and a kingdom that will never pass
Congratulations on an unsevered union
مُهَنَّئينَ بِشَملٍ غَيرِ مُنصَدِعٍ
في خَفضِ عَيشٍ وَحَبلٍ غَيرَ مُنفَصِمِ
In easy living and an unbroken rope
No gleam of lightning smiled in the darkness
ما أَومَضَت بِاِبتِسامِ البَرقِ سارِيَةٌ
تَحتَ الدُجا وَبَدَت نارٌ عَلى عَلَمِ
And showed fire upon a flag
