1. هنيئاً لأيامِ المَواسمِ والتُّقى

    اذا عُدِّدتْ أيامها وشُهورها

    Joy to the days of festivals and piety,

    When their days and months are counted,

  2. عُلاكَ التي أربتْ على النجم رفعةً

    وفاقَ ضياءَ النَّيِّرَيْنِ شهيرُها

    In your eminence, which surpassed the stars in height,

    And whose renown outshone the two luminaries.

  3. تأرَّج منها الدهرُ حتى كأنها

    خمائلُ حَزْنٍ نَشْرُها ونضيرها

    Time grew fragrant from it, until it seemed

    Like upland thickets in fragrance and fresh bloom.

  4. فنعم مُناخُ الطارقينَ عَشيَّةً

    اذا الليلةُ الورهاءُ خَبَّ سَفيرها

    What a fine resting-place for evening callers,

    When the wild night's messenger speeds along!

  5. ونعم الكميُّ الذِّمْرِ رأياً ونجدةً

    اذا السمر خامت وارجحنت صدورها

    And what a fine armored champion in judgment and valor,

    When the tawny spears bend and their points sag!

  6. اذا ما انتضاها عَزْمةً عَضْديَّةً

    بَجُذُّ ِرقابَ الحادثاتِ طَريرها

    When he unsheathes it—an Adudi resolve—

    Its keen edge severs the necks of calamities.

  7. تجلَّت غَياباتُ الخطوب وأسفرت

    ليالي الرَّزايا واسْتُهينَ خَطيرُها

    The dark depths of calamity cleared, and brightened

    The nights of disaster; their gravest peril was held in scorn,

  8. لأبْلَج من آل المُظفَّرِ يوسعُ ال

    عُفاةَ نوالاً والجُناةَ يُجيرُها

    Through a radiant man of the house of al-Muzaffar, who showers the

    Petitioners with gifts and grants offenders refuge.

  9. تداركَ موتى المجدباتٍ طُهاتهُ

    فينْشُرُها مَشْويُّها وقَديرُها

    His cooks rescued the dead of famine-stricken lands;

    Their roasted meat and stew bring them back to life.

  10. وتحسد سُحْبُ الجو فيض بنانه

    كنَهْوَرُها أما هَمَتْ وصَبيرُها

    The clouds of the sky envy the overflow of his fingertips,

    Their towering masses, when they pour, and their heaped banks.

  11. خِضمُّ الذي في انديات سَلامهِ

    وفي الحلْم رضْوى حَبْوةً وثبيرها

    A boundless sea is he, in the gatherings of his peace,

    And in forbearance, seated with knees clasped, he is Radwa and its Thabir.

  12. أبو الفرج الحامي حمى كل مفخرٍ

    اذا ذَلَّ عن نصْر المَعالي نصيرُها

    Abu al-Faraj, guardian of every sanctuary of pride,

    When the defender of lofty honors proves too weak to uphold them.

  13. اذا دُعْدعت بالتَّامك الجونِ جفْنةٌ

    تكَفَّلَ بالصِّيدِ الّرَِّزانِ نَحورًها

    When a bowl is heaped with the tall-humped dark camel,

    Its slaughterer provides for the proud, dignified chiefs.

  14. وان جدَّ تلْقاماتُها في سَديفِها

    أضَبَّ بأحْداقِ الرجالِ نسورها

    And if its great gulpers grow intent on its hump-fat,

    Its vultures fasten upon men's eyes.

  15. شكرتُ نداك الغمْر شكر هوامدٍ

    سقاها الحيا حتى اشْرأبَّ غميرها

    I thanked your boundless bounty as barren lands give thanks,

    When rain waters them until their fresh shoots stretch upward.

  16. وما زادني ادْ مانُ جودكَ خِبْرةً

    بفضلكَ اِني بالجيادِ خَبيرُها

    And your unceasing generosity did not increase my knowledge

    Of your excellence: I am well versed in noble steeds.

  17. ولكنَّ شكري كّلَّ عن غاية المدى

    وكيف يُجاري العارماتِ حسيرها

    But my gratitude fell exhausted short of the course's end;

    And how can their weary companion keep pace with spirited mares?

  18. فعش يا ابن عز الدين للبأس والندى

    مُشارَ العُلى ما صاحب النفس خيرها

    So live, son of Izz al-Din, for valor and bounty,

    The beacon of high glory, so long as the soul's goodness stays with it.