Sol 6.1

  1. ألا إن خير الناس من هو أنفع

    ومن قدره عند الأفاضل أرفع

    Behold, the best of people is the one most helpful,

    And whose standing among the virtuous is highest.

  2. فيحيا سعيداً في الكرام مكرماً

    ويبقى له شكر مدى الدهر يسمع

    Thus he lives happily, honored among the noble,

    And grateful praise of him endures, heard for all time.

  3. وذلك مثل الحبر احمد فارس

    امام ذوي الفضل الهمام السميدع

    And such a man is the learned Ahmad Faris,

    The magnanimous, noble leader of men of merit.

  4. لقد شاع في كل البرية فضله

    وما زال فيهم دائماً يتوسع

    Indeed, his excellence is renowned throughout all creation,

    And continues ever to grow among them.

  5. له قلمٌ ان شاء انشاء مدحة

    نرى الاري من انبوبه يتنبع

    He has a pen: should he wish to compose a panegyric,

    We see honey welling from its tube.

  6. وان شاء هجواً قلت ارقم لادغ

    وارقامهُ مثل العقارب تلسع

    And should he wish satire, you would say: a speckled, biting serpent!

    And his writings sting like scorpions.

  7. وان شاء تأليفاً يجئ بنافع به

    لذوي التحصيل فضل موسع

    And should he wish to compose a work, he produces something useful, through which

    Seekers of learning gain abundant benefit.

  8. فلا عجب ان قيل في العلم راسخ

    كذلك في فن البلاغة مصقع

    No wonder, then, if he is called firmly grounded in learning,

    Likewise, a masterful speaker in the art of eloquence.

  9. فقد حاز ما قد حاز عن خير أهله

    على أنه حين التعلم لوذع

    For he gained what he gained from the finest of its masters,

    Besides being keen-witted even while still learning.

  10. جوائبه تكفي شهوداً لفضله

    ففيها لارباب الدراية مقنع

    His Jawa'ib is sufficient testimony to his merit,

    For in it, people of discernment find convincing proof.

  11. فقد اصبحت أما لكل جريدة

    ومنشئها ذاك الامام المروع

    For it has become a mother to every newspaper,

    And its founder is that inspired master.

  12. وقد جابت الدنيا فلم يخل مغرب

    ولا مشرق منها فكالشمس تطلع

    It has traveled the world; no western land is without it,

    Nor any eastern land; for it rises like the sun.

  13. مطالعها يصبو لها كخريدة

    وعاشقها من وصلها ليس يشبع

    Its reader yearns for it as for a maiden,

    And its lover never has his fill of union with it.

  14. فلله من انشا كهذي جريدة

    فريدة حسن بالبيان ترصع

    God bless him who founded a newspaper like this,

    A peerless gem of beauty, studded with eloquence.

  15. هو العلم المشهور في كل موطن

    على انه عار من العار اروع

    He is the eminent figure renowned in every land,

    Moreover, he is free of disgrace and noble in bearing.

  16. ولكن ذا الفضل الجزيل محسد

    وان كان محض الخير للناس يصنع

    Yet a man of abundant merit is much envied,

    Even though he does nothing but good for people,

  17. وان لم يكن فيه لذي الطعن مطعن

    ولا لذوي الجرح المكذب مطمع

    And though he offers detractors no ground for attack,

    Nor those who falsely disparage him any hope.

  18. ومن رام اخفاء لباهر فضله

    كمن رام اخفاء الضحى حين تسطع

    And whoever seeks to conceal his resplendent merit

    Is like one who seeks to hide the morning light as it blazes.

  19. فلا زال منصور الجناب مكرماً

    وحاسده المشنؤ يقلى ويقلع

    So may his honor ever be upheld, and may he be revered,

    And may his detested envier be hated and uprooted.

  20. يا حبذا هم اصول عنهم اشتهرت

    به يقتدى في كل فضل ويتبع

    O how admirable they are—roots through whom it became renowned!

    He is emulated in every virtue and followed.

  21. يسر صديقاً ثم يكبت حاسداً

    ويحيا سعيداً للمكارم يجمع

    He gladdens a friend, then confounds an envier,

    And lives happily, gathering noble virtues.