كَذا كُلَّ يَومٍ دَولَةٌ تَتَجَدَّدُ

وَمُلكٌ عَلى رَغمِ الأَعادي مُخَلَّدُ

Thus every day the vicissitudes are renewed

And a kingdom made immortal despite enemies

وَجَدٌّ عَلى ظَهرِ المَجَرَّةِ صاعِدٌ

وَمَجدٌ عَلى هامِ النُجومِ مُوَطَّدُ

And glory ascending on the back of the galaxy

And might firmly established on the brows of stars

وَلا زالَ لِلعافينَ في كُلِّ مَوسِمِ

وَقوفٌ عَلى أَبوابِكُم وَتَرَدُّدُ

And for the virtuous, in every season

There is, at your gates, a standing and lingering

يَزورُكُمُ فيها التَهاني وَشَملُكُم

جَميعٌ وَشَملُ الحاسِدينِ مُبَدَّدُ

Visits of well wishes and your coming together

And the unity of enviers scattered

يَعودُ إِلَيكُم بِالبَقاءِ وَعَيشُكُم

رَقيقُ الحَواشي وارِفُ الظِلِّ أَغيَدُ

For you returns continuity and ease of living

Of gentle margins and abundant shade the most flourishing

فَلا بَرِحَت تُهدي الثَناءَ إِلَيكُمُ

أَيادٍ لَكُم فينا بَوادٍ وَعُوَّدُ

So it has not ceased bestowing praise upon you

Hands for you, among us, accustomed and trained

أَيادٍ كَأَطواقِ الحَمامِ وَأَنعُمٌ

تَقَرُّ بِها الأَعناقُ طَوعاً وَتَشهَدُ

Hands like rings of pigeons and prosperity

By which necks willingly bow and bear witness

غَدَت بِكُمُ بَغداذُ دارَ كَرامَةٍ

طَريقُ النَدى لِلناسِ فيها مُعَبَّدُ

By you Baghdad has become the abode of prestige

The path of dew for its people smoothed

لَها طَودُ حِلمٍ في الحَوادِثِ مِنكُمُ

مَنيعٌ وَبَحرٌ بِالمَكارِمِ مُزبِدُ

For it you have a towering patience in calamities

Impenetrable and an ocean with generous foam

وَأَنتُم مَلاذٌ لِلعُفاةِ وَمَوئِلٌ

بِها وَمُرادٌ لِلسَماحِ وَمَورِدُ

And you are a refuge for the weak and shelters for them

And a destination for the generous and springs

وَكَم لِلوَزيرِ اِبنِ المُظَفَّرِ مِن يَدٍ

إِلى أَهلِها بَيضاءَ وَالدَهرُ أَسوَدُ

And how many a hand does the minister son of Muzaffar have

To its people, white while fate is black

وَلَولاهُ أَضحَت ما بِها مِن مُلِمَّةٍ

مُجيرٌ وَلا فيها عَلى الخَطبِ مُسعِدُ

And were it not for him whatever disasters in it

Would have no protector or fortunate on hardships

وَزيرٌ أَتى الدُنيا بِعَينِ تَجَرُّبٍ

يَرى أَنَّ كَسبَ الحَمدِ أَجدى وَأَعوَدُ

A minister who came into the world with experienced eyes

Seeing that earning praise is more lasting and beneficial

فَإِنَّ جَميلَ الذِكرى يَبقى مُخَلَّداً

لِكاسِبِهِ وَالمالُ يَفنى وَيَنفَدُ

For the beautiful memory remains immortalized

For its earner while money perishes and runs out

فَأَفنى ثَراءً يُخلِقُ الدَهرُ ثَوبَهُ

وَأَبقى ثَناءً ذِكرُهُ مُتَجَدِّدُ

So he spent wealth whose garb time renews

And left praise whose mention is made new

فَيا عَضُدَ الدينِ الَّذي أَنشَرَ النَدى

وَآوى غَريبَ الفَضلِ وَهوَ مُشَرَّدُ

So O pillar of religion who has spread freshness

And sheltered the stranger of merit while deserted

لَقَد أَصبَحَ الدَهرُ المُذَمَّمُ صَرفُهُ

بِكُلِّ لِسانٍ في زَمانِكَ يُحمَدُ

Time with its reversals has indeed

Through every tongue in your time become praiseworthy

وَعَهدي بِأَحداثِ اللَيالي ضَوارِياً

تَقومُ بِأَهلِ الفَضلِ فيها وَتَقعُدُ

And I swear by the nights' events paying a visit

To the people of merit while they sit and stand

وَهَل لِلخُطوبِ الجائِراتِ مُخَلَّصٌ

إِلى بَلدَةٍ فيها الوَزيرِ مُحَمَّدُ

Is there an escape for the tyrant tribulations

To a country in it the minister Muhammad

يَبيتُ مِنَ الإِحسانِ لِلناسِ كَعبَةً

يُحَجُّ إِلَيها بِالأَماني وَيَقصَدُ

Spends the night like the Kaaba for people's charity

To it yearned and it sought

تُصَلّي لَها الآمالُ مِن كُلِّ وَجهَةٍ

وَيَهدى لَها هَذا المَديحُ الُقَلَّدُ

From every direction hopes pray to it

And this lauded praise is gifted to it

حَلَفتُ بَبيتِ اللَهِ حَلفَةَ صادِقِ ال

أَلِيَّةِ لا يَغلو وَلا يَتَزَيَّدُ

I swore by God's house an oath of the truthful

Sincere without excess or pretense

لَأَنتَ أَبَرُّ الناسِ نَفساً وَراحَةً

وَأَكرَمُهُم بَيتاً جَديداً وَأَمجَدُ

You are the most righteous of people in self and easiness

And the most generous of homes new and glorious

وَعَمَّت يَداكَ الأَرضَ عَدلاً وَنائِلاً

فَلا الظُلم في الدُنيا وَلا العُدمُ يوجَدُ

And your hands have encompassed the land with justice and bliss

So neither injustice or misery in the land is witnessed

سَعِدتَ بِعامٍ أَنتَ كَوكَبُ سَعدِهِ

وَلا زالَتِ الأَيّامُ تَشفي وَتُسعِدُ

You thrilled in a year you are its fortunate star

And the days continue to heal and make joyful