مُحَمَّدُ بنُ حامدٍ إذا ارتَجَلْ

مُحَمَّدُ بنُ حامدٍ إذا ارتَجَلْ

ومرَّ في كَلامِهِ على عَجَلْ

ومرَّ في كَلامِهِ على عَجَلْ

When Muhammad ibn Hamid improvises

Muhammad bin Hamid when he improvised

And moves swiftly through his speech,

And passed in his speech hastily

نقَّبَ خَدَّ كُلِّ نَدْبٍ سابقٍ

نقَّبَ خَدَّ كُلِّ نَدْبٍ سابقٍ

بنَشْرِهِ ونَظمِهِ ثَوْبَ الخَجَلْ

بنَشْرِهِ ونَظمِهِ ثَوْبَ الخَجَلْ

He veils the cheek of every eminent forerunner

He probed the cheek of every previous cicatrix

With the robe of shame, through his prose and verse.

With his publishing and composing the garb of modesty

أقلامُهُ يَسقيِنَ كُلَّ ناصحٍ

أقلامُهُ يَسقيِنَ كُلَّ ناصحٍ

وكاشحٍ كأسَيْ حَيَاةٍ وأجَلْ

وكاشحٍ كأسَيْ حَيَاةٍ وأجَلْ

His pens give every well-wisher

His pens water every advisor

And foe the two cups of life and death.

And fault-finder the cups of life and death

فَناصِحوهُ مُشرِقونَ بالأمل

فَناصِحوهُ مُشرِقونَ بالأمل

وكاشِحوهُ بالوَجَلْ

وكاشِحوهُ بالوَجَلْ

So his well-wishers are radiant with hope,

So his advisors are shining with hope

And his foes are filled with dread.

And his fault-finders with anguish

أبقاهُ لِلدِّين والدُّنْيا معاً

أبقاهُ لِلدِّين والدُّنْيا معاً

ولِلَمعالي رَبُّنا عَزَّ وجَلْ

ولِلَمعالي رَبُّنا عَزَّ وجَلْ

May he be preserved for faith and worldly life alike,

He kept him for the religion and the world together

And for noble pursuits, by our Lord, mighty and majestic.

And for the sublime goals our Lord, Honored and Exalted