1. لئن غِبتُ عن نادي عُلاكَ فانني

    بقلبي ومدحي حاضرُ النفس ماثلُ

    Though I have been absent from the assembly of your eminence, I am

    With my heart and praise, present in spirit and standing before you.

  2. تُعطِّر أفواه الرواة قلائدي

    وتُزهى بما اُثْني عليكَ المحافلُ

    My necklaces of verse perfume the reciters’ mouths,

    And gatherings are made proud by the praise I give you.

  3. وأعلمُ مهما نِلتهُ من بلاغةٍ

    بأنَّ مديحي دون مجدكَ نازلُ

    And I know, whatever eloquence I have attained,

    That my praise falls short of your glory.

  4. تودُّ سُطاكَ المشرفيَّةُ والقَنا

    وتحسدُ جدْوى راحتيك الحوافل

    The Mashrafi swords and spears yearn for your onslaught,

    And milk-laden camels envy the bounty of your palms.

  5. وتُسفرُ للخطب البهيمِ وللدُّجى

    فينجابُ مكروهٌ وتسْجو زلازلُ

    And you shine forth before pitch-black calamity and darkness,

    So misfortune is dispelled, and earthquakes grow still.

  6. حوى شرف الدين العلى وهو يافع

    فلا الوعر مرهوبٌ ولا الذعر شاغلُ

    Sharaf al-Din attained the heights while still a youth,

    Thus no rugged path daunts him, and no terror distracts him.

  7. يهونُ عليه كل صعبٍ ورائعٍ

    وفي الدَّست منه العبقريُّ الحلاحلُ

    Every difficult and fearsome thing is easy for him,

    And in the seat of honor he is the peerless, mighty chief.

  8. جوادٌ ببذل المال في كل أزْمَةٍ

    ولكنه بالجار والعِرضِ باخِلُ

    Generous in bestowing wealth in every crisis,

    Yet unwilling to surrender his neighbor or his honor.

  9. اذا مالكُ العلياء عدَّتْ فخارها

    وسعْدٌ فبالصدر الوزير تُساجلُ

    When Mālik of high renown recounts its glories,

    And Saʿd as well, they vie in glory through the chief vizier—

  10. بمن يلثمُ الصِّيدُ الملوكُ بساطهُ

    وتنقادُ للأمرِ المُطاعِ الجحافلُ

    Through him whose carpet proud kings kiss,

    And mighty armies submit to his obeyed command.