1. تَبَارَكَ من بَراكَ ابنَ المُبارَكْ

    وَزادَك من مواهبه وبارَكْ

    Blessed is He who fashioned you, son of al-Mubarak,

    and gave you more of His gifts and blessed you

  2. مكانةَ رفعةٍ وعلوَّ قدرٍ

    يزيد به علاءك واقتدارك

    with lofty standing and exalted rank,

    thereby increasing your eminence and power.

  3. وأبقاك الإِله غمام جودٍ

    لمن يظما فيستسقي قطارك

    And may God preserve you as a cloud of bounty

    for whoever thirsts and seeks your rain.

  4. رأيتك مورد الآمال طرًّا

    فها أنا لم أرِدْ إلاَّ بحارك

    I found you the watering place of all hopes,

    so here I am: I have sought water nowhere but in your seas.

  5. تُهينُ نفائسَ الأَموال بذلاً

    ولم تعبأ بها وتعزُّ جارك

    You make light of precious wealth by giving it away,

    and pay it no heed, while honoring your neighbor.

  6. حماك هو الحمى ممَّا يحاشى

    تجير من الخطوب مَن استجارك

    Your sanctuary is a refuge from all that is dreaded;

    you shelter from calamities whoever seeks your protection.

  7. وإنَّك صفوة النجباء فينا

    وإنَّك خيرة لمن استخارك

    You are the choicest of the noble among us,

    and the finest choice for whoever chooses you.

  8. نشأت بطاعة المولى منيباً

    وتقوى الله ما برحت شعارك

    You grew up obedient to the Lord, turning to Him,

    and reverence for God has never ceased to be your emblem.

  9. تجنّبك الَّتي تأبى تقاة

    عَقَدْتَ على العفاف بها إزارك

    Piety keeps you from what you abhor;

    you have bound your waistcloth with it in chastity.

  10. تعير البدرَ من محياك حُسناً

    كأَنَّ البدر طلعتَه استعارك

    You lend the full moon beauty from your face,

    as though the full moon had borrowed its countenance from you.

  11. أَخَذْتَ بصالح الأَعمال تقضي

    بأمر الله ليلَك أو نهارك

    You have taken up righteous deeds, spending

    your night or day in obedience to God's command,

  12. مجيباً من دَعاكَ ولا أناة

    أثارك للمكارم مَن أثارك

    answering whoever calls you, without delay.

    Whoever roused you roused you to noble deeds.

  13. ولا لحقتك يوم سبقتَ نجبٌ

    بمكرمةٍ ولا شقَّتْ غبارك

    Nor did noble-bred camels catch you on the day you took the lead

    in a noble deed, nor did they break through your dust.

  14. أَغَرْتَ على الثناء من البرايا

    وقد أبْعَدْتَ يومئذٍ منارك

    You seized the praise of humankind,

    and that day you set your beacon far away.

  15. لقد طابت بفضلك واستقرَّت

    بك الأرض الَّتي كانت قرارك

    Truly, through your excellence it grew fair and became secure,

    through you—the land that was your home.

  16. وحقَّ لها إذا فخرت وباهت

    ديارٌ رُحْتَ توليها افتخارك

    And they have every right when they boast and vaunt themselves—

    the lands upon which you have come to bestow your pride.

  17. سماحك لا يزالُ لمستميح

    من العافين جاهك واعتبارك

    Your generosity ever remains, to a petitioner

    among those seeking bounty, your prestige and esteem.

  18. وإنَّك دوحة بسقت وطالت

    جنى الجانون يانعة ثمارك

    You are a spreading tree, grown high and tall;

    the gatherers have plucked your ripened fruits.

  19. يُشاركُ كلّ ذي مجد بمجد

    ومجدك في الحقيقة لا يُشارك

    Every possessor of glory is rivaled in glory,

    but your glory, in truth, is without rival.

  20. ودهرٌ قد جنى ذنباً عظيماً

    فلما قيل هل تلقي اعتذارك

    And Time had committed a grievous sin;

    then, when it was asked, 'Will you offer your apology?'

  21. تدارك ذنبَه بعلاك حتَّى

    غفرنا ذنْبَه فيما تدارك

    it made amends for its sin through your eminence, until

    we forgave its sin for the amends it made.

  22. وإنَّ أبا الخصيب يروق عندي

    لأنك فيه قد شيَّدْتَ دارك

    And Abu al-Khasib delights me,

    because you have built your house there.

  23. أزورك سيِّدي في كلّ عام

    فلا أنأى عن الدَّاعي مزارك

    I visit you, my lord, every year,

    so I do not stay far from your beckoning abode.

  24. وإنِّي قد ترقَّبت الغوادي

    ووابلها ترقَّبت ازديارك

    And I have awaited the morning rainclouds,

    and their downpour—I have awaited visiting you.

  25. شَهِدْتُ مشاهد النعماء فيها

    فلا شاهدت في الدُّنيا بوارك

    In them I witnessed scenes of blessing;

    so may I never witness your ruin in this world.