1. لك الطّائِر الميمُونُ بالسعد طائرُ

    وكوكبك السَّعديّ بالسّعد ظافرُ

    For you the auspicious bird flies with good fortune,

    and your lucky star triumphs in good fortune.

  2. وأَنت سعيدُ الجَدِّ أَكرم قادم

    بيوم حبته بالسّعُود المقادِرُ

    And you, blessed in fortune, are the noblest to arrive

    on a day fate's decrees endowed with blessings.

  3. دنا لك بالإقبال قبل دلائل

    الينا وجاءت بالسّعود البشائِرُ

    Already, signs of your prosperity drew near

    to us, and glad tidings came bearing good fortune.

  4. ومذغبتَ فالأيام سودٌ عوابسٌ

    على النّاس والدَّهر المعاندُ باسِرُ

    Since you went away, the days were black and frowning

    upon the people, and hostile Time scowled,

  5. إلى أَن بدا منك الصّباحُ وأشرقت

    لك الأرض والأيام فهي زواهرُ

    until dawn arose from you, and there shone

    for you the earth and the days, now radiant.

  6. فحيئذٍ جاء اليسارُ مساعداً

    وفُلت نيوبُ الَّدهر إذ هو كاسرُ

    Then prosperity came to lend its aid,

    and Time's fangs were blunted even as it ravaged.

  7. وما زلت حصناً لا يرام حريمهُ

    مَلاذاً لمن دارت عليه الدَّوائرُ

    You have remained a fortress whose sanctuary none assail,

    a refuge for those on whom misfortune turns.

  8. وربعكَ ذو عزّ خصيب جناُبهُ

    إليك أخو الّلآواءِ والبؤسِ صائرُ

    Your abode is mighty, its precincts fertile;

    to you comes the man beset by hardship and misery.

  9. تظلَّ عليه من نداك سحائِبٌ

    لها رائح في كل يوم وباكرُ

    Clouds of your bounty hover over him,

    arriving each day, some at evening and some at dawn.

  10. وبحركَ فيّاض الجداول طافحٌ

    من الجواد تبرٌ شطُّه وجواهرُ

    Your sea brims over, overflowing its channels,

    fed by the generous giver; its shore is gold dust and jewels.

  11. يلوذُ به مستجديَ الفضل مَن مَضت

    عليه من الأَيام يوماً مَفاقرُ

    To it, seeking bounty, turns anyone who has endured

    poverty at some time in the course of days.

  12. فلا كفَّ إلا فيه منك مواهب

    ولا قلبَ إِلا وهو إيّاك ذاكرُ

    No palm is without gifts from you,

    and no heart fails to remember you.

  13. أبا عمرٍ عُمرت للحقّ عصمةً

    يعزّ بها في الناس بادٍ وحاضرُ

    Abu Umar, may you long live as truth's safeguard,

    through which desert-dweller and townsman alike find strength.

  14. سعيت بسعي الدين سعياً ولم تزل

    له قائماً مذ كنتَ واللهُ ناصرُ

    You have striven earnestly in religion's cause, and never ceased

    upholding it since you first lived, with God as helper.

  15. فكنتَ لأجرٍ من الهلك حائزاً

    وللحمد إذ كل الورى لكَ شاكرُ

    Thus you won a reward out of destruction,

    and praise, since all mankind is grateful to you.

  16. رست بك للحق العزيز دعائمٌ

    وثُبِّتن أركان وشدَّت مرائرُ

    Through you the pillars of mighty truth stood firm,

    its foundations were secured and its ropes drawn taut.

  17. بيمنكَ ردَّ اللهُ عز أَهل دينه

    مُناوئهم إذ حاول الظلم جائرُ

    Through your auspicious presence God restored His faithful's might,

    when their adversary, a tyrant, attempted oppression.

  18. أُعاجمُ جاءت في لفيف من العِدى

    جموعُهمُ في شدة والعساكرُ

    Foreigners came in a motley host of enemies,

    their multitudes and armies in full strength.

  19. أرادوا اضطهادَ الحق بَغيا وحاولوا

    إزالته والحقُّ مذ كان ظافرُ

    In aggression they sought to oppress truth, and tried

    to remove it; yet truth has triumphed since it first existed.

  20. فقطَّع من أقرانهم وأبادهم

    وكلهمُ في صفقة البيع خاسرُ

    He cut down some of their champions and destroyed them,

    every one of them a loser in the bargain.

  21. ورُدُّوا على أدبارهم فتبدَّدوا

    عباديدَ طراًّ جمعهم متطائرُ

    They were driven back on their heels and scattered,

    all in scattered bands, their host flying apart.

  22. أجارَ بك الرحمن أهلَ بلاده

    فعاش أخو البؤسَى وعزَّ المجاورُ

    Through you the All-Merciful protected the people of His lands,

    so the wretched lived, and the protected neighbor gained honor.

  23. لك النعم الحسنى عليهم جزيلة

    ونيلك فيهم زائرٌ مُتواترُ

    Your gracious favors upon them are abundant,

    and your bounty visits them in unbroken succession.

  24. إذا نزلت بالمرء يوما غضاضة

    وقد نشبت للدهر فيه أظافر

    When humiliation befalls a man one day,

    and Time has sunk its claws into him,

  25. فلا أمنَ إلا في انتجاع الفتى الذي

    به يَبلغ الرَّاجي ويُكفَى المحاذرُ

    there is no safety but in seeking the bounty of that noble man

    through whom the hopeful attain their wish and the fearful are protected:

  26. أبى عمر الغَمر الرّداء الذي به

    وأفعاله ربع المكارم عامرُ

    Abu Umar of the ample cloak, through whom

    and through whose deeds the abode of noble virtues thrives.

  27. حليف النّدى طلق اليدين بماله

    على كل قطر صوبُ كفيه قاطرُ

    An ally of generosity, open-handed with his wealth,

    the downpour of his palms falls on every land.

  28. له بحر جودٍ بالمكارم مفَعمُ

    موارده للمعتفين غزائرُ

    He has a sea of generosity brimming with noble deeds,

    its watering places abundant for seekers of bounty.

  29. فكم واردٍ قد صادف الخصب والنّدى

    وآخر عنه بالرّفاهة صادر

    How many a visitor to its waters has found plenty and bounty,

    and another has departed from it in ease.

  30. ترى فيه يوم السّلم حسن طلاقةٍ

    ويبدي عبوسُ الوجه والنفعُ ثائر

    In times of peace you see in him a gracious cheerfulness,

    and he shows a stern face while 'benefit' rises [wording unclear].

  31. جزيل اللُّهى للآئذين بربعهِ

    وفي حومة الهيجاء ليث مُغاورُ

    Lavish in gifts to those who seek refuge at his abode,

    and in the thick of battle a raiding lion.

  32. منيع أبيّ الضيم يحمي ذماره

    ويأنفُ من أن تُستباح العشائرُ

    Unassailable, scorning humiliation, he guards his honor,

    and will not suffer the clans to be violated.

  33. حمى حوزةَ الأسلام فاشتدّ ركنه

    وصان حريم الحق والحق ظاهرُ

    He defended Islam's domain, so its pillar grew strong,

    and guarded truth's sanctuary, while truth prevailed.

  34. لبيب سديد الراي ماضي عزيمةٍ

    إذا عميت عند الأمور البصائرُ

    Discerning, sound in judgment, unwavering in resolve

    when insight is blinded in the face of events.

  35. يُكلُّ ذوي الأبصار عن مكرماته

    وتقصر عنه في المديح الخواطِرُ

    He leaves men of vision unable to fathom his noble deeds,

    and thoughts fall short of him in praise.

  36. إلى أَبعد الغايات حاز بمجده

    وكلّ مجاز دونه مُتقاصِرُ

    Through his glory he has attained the farthest goals,

    and every path falls short of him.

  37. إذا رامَ قومٌ أَن يساموه جهرةً

    أبت لهم إلا الخضوعَ الضمائرُ

    When men openly seek to rival his eminence,

    their inner selves allow them nothing but submission,

  38. لأنَّ له العليا عليهم مُبينّة

    فإِن يجحدوها صحّحتها السّرائرُ

    for his supremacy over them is plain;

    if they deny it, their secret hearts affirm it.

  39. أبى الله أن تكون أجلَّهم

    وأكونهم في المجد حين يُفاخَرُ

    God refused that you should be their greatest [as written],

    and their [unclear epithet] in glory when boasts are exchanged.

  40. رآه لما أولاهُ أهلاً فخاره

    وليس له في العالمين مناظِرُ

    He deemed him worthy of the glory He bestowed upon him,

    and among all people he has no equal.

  41. هو القَيْلُ من آل العتيك أولى العُلى

    خلائقُه مشهورةٌ والمآثرُ

    He is the chieftain of the house of al-Atik, worthiest of high rank;

    his qualities and noble deeds are renowned.

  42. أبو عمر الفعمُ النّوال معمّر

    كريم المساعي أنجبته الأخائِرُ

    Abu Umar, Muammar, lavish in bounty,

    noble in endeavor, born of the finest people.

  43. سليل المعالي من أَعزّ أُرومة

    وأكبر بيت شيّدّته الأَكابرُ

    A scion of high honors, from the noblest stock,

    and the greatest house the great have raised.

  44. بنت مجدَه أبناءُ قحطان ذا العُلى

    قبائل تسمو رفعةً وتفاخُرِ

    The sons of Qahtan built his lofty glory,

    tribes rising in eminence and pride.

  45. أعزّاء يأبون الدّناءة في الذي

    يُصيبهمُ منه الخنا والمعائِرُ

    Proud men, they reject baseness in anything

    that would bring them shame and reproach.

  46. فهم كأسود الغاب في رَهَج الوَغى

    أَشداءُ أَنجاد ليوثٌ مَساعرُ

    For they are like lions of the thickets amid battle's dust,

    fierce and valiant, lions who kindle war.

  47. يذودون عن أحسابهم بسيوفهم

    وأقوالهم فهي الصّحاح الطواهِرُ

    They defend their ancestral honor with their swords,

    and with their words, which are sound and pure.

  48. أبا عمر لازلت في شرف العلى

    مَنيعاً سعيدَ الجَدّ ما ناح طائرُ

    Abu Umar, may you remain in lofty eminence,

    unassailable and fortunate, as long as any bird laments.

  49. فعشْ أبداً واهْنَ القدوم الذي بهِ

    بلغتَ رجاءَ الأمن ممّن تحاذِرُ

    Live forever, and rejoice in the arrival through which

    you attained your hoped-for safety from those you fear.