1. ولا زلْت حلف الصحَّتين كليهما

    مُطاعاً حميد المبتغى والعواقبِ

    And may you ever remain an ally of both kinds of health,

    obeyed, praiseworthy in your aim and its outcomes.

  2. فحاسد فضليك الشهيرين في الورى

    ثقالُ الغوادي أو خِفافُ القواضبِ

    For the enviers of your two virtues, renowned among mankind,

    are laden morning rainclouds or light, keen-edged swords.

  3. فلا سيف اِلا وهو للعزم مُذْعنٌ

    ولا غيث الا شاهدٌ للرغائبِ

    For no sword fails to submit to your resolve,

    and no rain fails to attest to your lavish gifts.

  4. سهرتُ حِذاراً اذ سهرتم وربما

    يبرُّ على الأوصابِ سوءُ المحاسبِ

    I lay awake in fear when you lay awake, and sometimes

    grim forebodings are worse than ailments.

  5. وبدَّلتُ بأسي من حذاري ضَراعةً

    يُظاهرها فيض الدموع السواكبِ

    And out of fear, I exchanged my courage for supplication,

    sustained by a flood of streaming tears.

  6. اذا ساورتني فِكرةٌ بعد فِكرةٍ

    تقلَّبت كرْباً جانباً بعد جانبِ

    Whenever thought after thought assailed me,

    I tossed in anguish from side to side,

  7. كأمِّ الوحيد الفرد من بعد كَبْرة

    تُصدِّق من اِشفاقها كلَّ كاذبِ

    like the mother of her one and only child, born in her old age,

    who, in her anxious concern, believes every liar,

  8. إِلى أن تجلَّتْ عن مُشارٍ مُؤمَّل

    رفيعِ عمادِ البيتِ جَمِّ المناقبِ

    until the affliction lifted from a renowned man, in whom hopes rest,

    whose house's pillar stands high, whose virtues are many,

  9. صبورٍ على الجُلَّى أبيٍّ عن الدَّنا

    حليمٍ عن العُظمى هَنيِّ المواهبِ

    steadfast in great calamity, too proud for baseness,

    forbearing toward the gravest wrong, with gifts that bring delight:

  10. أَبي جعفرٍ تاج المُلوكِ الذي به

    تبلَّج أفْقُ المجد بعد الغياهِبِ

    Abu Jaʿfar, Crown of Kings, through whom

    the horizon of glory brightened after deep darkness.

  11. فشكراً لمنْ أحيا بطوْلِ حِياتهِ

    نفوس الأماني من قريبٍ وعازبِ

    So thanks to him who, through his long life, has revived

    the souls of hopes, both near and far.