1. الحمد للَه طاب الوقت واصطلحا

    وأقبل الطائر الميمون منشرحا

    Praise be to God: the times have grown fair and harmonious.

    And the auspicious bird has come, full of joy.

  2. وقد شدا بلبل الفوز العظيم على

    دوح السرور وشحرور الصفا صدحا

    And indeed the nightingale of great triumph sang upon

    The spreading trees of joy, and the blackbird of serenity sang out.

  3. وأغدق اللَه من إحسانه نعماً

    أحيت لنا فرحاً واستهلكت ترحا

    And God lavished blessings from His bounty,

    Reviving joy for us and consuming sorrow.

  4. وعاد دفتردار الشام مبتهجاً

    بالنصر مغتبقاً بالفخر مصطبحا

    And the defterdar of al-Sham returned rejoicing,

    Drinking victory at evening and pride at dawn.

  5. فيا لفوز حمىً ردت كرامته

    له وأعرض عنه الضر وانكسحا

    So, what a triumph for a sanctuary whose honor was restored

    To it, while harm turned away from it and withdrew!

  6. عادت بشاشته من بعد ما دنحت

    ورد رونقه من بعد ما كلحا

    Its cheer returned after it had drooped,

    And its luster was restored after it had grown grim.

  7. ويا لبهجة أموال الخزينة بال

    ربح العظيم الذي في لجها سبحا

    And oh, the joy of the treasury's funds at the

    Great profit that swam within its depths!

  8. كادت ودفتردار الشام مغترب

    عنها تذوب أسىً أو تلتظي ردحا

    It nearly—while the defterdar of al-Sham was absent

    From it—melted with grief, or burned for a long while.

  9. وكاد مجلسها العالي يزول وقد

    صارت غداة التنائي روحه شبحا

    And its high council nearly vanished, while

    Its spirit had become a phantom on the morning of separation.

  10. وأصبحت زمر الكتّاب في نصبٍ

    هذا بدفتره ألقى وذا طرحا

    And bands of scribes were left in distress:

    This one cast away his ledger, and that one threw his aside.

  11. لكنهم رجعوا في الحال عن عبسٍ

    لما إناء ألم نشرح لهم رشحا

    But they turned at once from frowning,

    When the vessel of 'Have We not opened?' dripped for them.

  12. وعاد أحمد والسراء تصحبه

    وحول حجرته مدّاحه الفُصَحا

    And Ahmad returned, with good fortune accompanying him,

    And around his chamber were his eloquent panegyrists.

  13. فاليوم يا علم الأعلام كل ذكي

    حي اللثام غدا بالأمن متشحا

    So today, O foremost of the eminent, every keen-witted man,

    Modest beneath his veil, is now cloaked in safety.

  14. وكل فظٍّ رديِّ الخال منقبضاً

    وكل برٍّ حميد الفال منشرحا

    And every boor of vile disposition is downcast,

    And every upright man of good omen is joyful.

  15. ما شاء يبعد عنا الدهر طلعتكم

    لكنه طمعاً في عفوكم قدحا

    Time did not wish to keep your countenance far from us;

    But it cast aspersions, hoping for your pardon.

  16. كأن بُعدك رَقمٌ كلُّه غلطٌ

    مرت عليه يد التحقيق فانمسحا

    As though your absence were an entry, wholly wrong:

    The hand of verification passed over it, and so it was erased.