1. عِشْتَ الزمان بخفض العيش منْتَصِباً

    لا علَّةً تشتكي فيه ولا وَصَبا

    May you live all your days in ease, standing upright,

    with no illness to complain of, nor any lasting pain.

  2. والحمد لله شكراناً لنعمته

    أقْضي به من حقوق الشكر ما وجبا

    And praise be to God, in gratitude for His blessing;

    through it I fulfill the duties of gratitude that are due.

  3. فاليوم ألبَسَك الرحمن عافيةً

    تبقى ورَدَّ عليك الله ما سلبا

    So today the All-Merciful has clothed you in health

    that endures, and God has restored to you what He took away.

  4. من بعد ما مرض برحٍ أصبتَ به

    وكنتَ لاقيتَ مما تشتكي نصبا

    After you had been stricken with a grievous illness,

    and had endured weariness from what you complained of.

  5. وكم شربتَ دواءً كنتَ تكرَهُهُ

    فكان عافيةً فيه لمن شربا

    And how often you drank medicine you detested!

    And in it lay healing for whoever drank it.

  6. وقد ظهرتَ ظهورَ الصُّبح منبلجاً

    فطالما كنتَ قبل اليوم محتجبا

    And you have appeared as dawn appears, shining forth,

    for so long before today you had remained hidden.

  7. تَفديك روحي وأمِّي في الورى وأبي

    فإنَّما أنت خيرُ المنجيين أبا

    May my soul, my mother, and my father ransom you among humankind.

    For, as a father, you are the best of rescuers.

  8. لي فيك مولاي عن بدر الدجى عِوَضٌ

    إن لاح بدر الدجى عني وإن غربا

    In you, my lord, I have a substitute for night's full moon,

    whether night's full moon shines far from me or sets.

  9. يا بَدْرَ تِمٍّ بأٌفق المجد مطلعه

    من قال إنَّك بَدْرُ التِمِّ ما كذبا

    O full moon, whose rising is on the horizon of glory:

    whoever says you are the full moon has not lied.

  10. إن رُمْتُ منك مراماً نلت غايته

    وإن طلبتُ منىً أدرَكْتُها طلبا

    If I seek a goal from you, I attain its fulfillment,

    and if I seek what I wish for, I attain it by asking.

  11. وإن هَزَزْتُك للجدوى هززتُ فتًى

    أجني به الفضَّةَ البيضاء والذهبا

    And if I shake you for bounty, I shake a young man

    through whom I reap white silver and gold.

  12. يا أكرمَ النَّاس في فضلٍ وفي كرمٍ

    ومن رآك رأى من فضلك العجبا

    O most generous of people in excellence and bounty,

    and whoever sees you sees marvels of your bounty.

  13. لم يَدَّخِرْ في النَّدى مالاً ولا نشباً

    إنَّ المكارم لا تُبقي له نشبا

    He has held back neither money nor property in his generosity;

    indeed, noble deeds leave him no property.

  14. هب لي رضاك وأتْحِفْني به كرماً

    فأنت أكرمُ من أعطى ومن وهبا

    Grant me your favor, and generously honor me with it,

    for you are the most generous of those who have given and bestowed.

  15. ما زلتُ إن لم أجِدْ لي للغنى سبباً

    وجدتَ لي أَنْتَ في نيل الغنى شببا

    Always, when I found no means to wealth for myself,

    you yourself found me fuel for attaining wealth.

  16. يَرِقُّ فيك ثنائي بالقريض كما

    تنفَّسَتْ في رياض الحُزن ريحُ صَبا

    My praise of you in verse grows tender, as

    an east breeze breathed through the gardens of sorrow.

  17. والشعر يرتاح أن يُثنى عليك به

    وإن دعاه سواكم للثناء أبى

    And poetry delights in having you praised through it,

    and if anyone but you calls it to praise, it refuses.

  18. فخراً أبا مصطفى في العيش صفوته

    فقد تكدَّرَ عيشي فيك واضطربا

    Take pride, Abu Mustafa, in life's serenity,

    for my life had become clouded and unsettled on your account.

  19. لما انقلبتَ كما نبغي بعافية

    بنعمةِ الله قد أصْبَحَت منقلبا

    When you returned in health, just as we wished,

    by God's grace, you had now returned,

  20. وقلتُ يوم سروري يا مؤرِّخَه

    يومٌ به البؤسُ عن سلمان قد ذهبا

    and on my day of joy I said: O its chronicler,

    A day on which misery has departed from Salman.