أَيُّها الفائِقُ أَهلَ ال

أَيُّها الفائِقُ أَهلَ ال

عَصرِ في مَرأى وَمَخَبرْ

عَصرِ في مَرأى وَمَخَبرْ

O you who surpass the people of the

O supreme of the age in insight and experience

age in outward appearance and inward character,

Your views, when inclined towards the enemies, prevail

لَكَ آراءٌ مَتى تَن

لَكَ آراءٌ مَتى تَن

هَدْ إِلى الأَعداء تَظفَرْ

هَدْ إِلى الأَعداء تَظفَرْ

you have counsels: whenever you set

The eloquence of your speech accorded with

out against the enemies, you triumph.

The passion burning within my mind

وافَقَ العَنبَرُ مِن لَف

وافَقَ العَنبَرُ مِن لَف

ظِكَ مِن ذهنيَ مِجمَرْ

ظِكَ مِن ذهنيَ مِجمَرْ

The ambergris of your speech found

Thus we knew, with your keen intellect

a censer in my mind;

What you had kept hidden

فَعَرَفنا بِذَكيّ ال

فَعَرَفنا بِذَكيّ ال

عَرف ماقَد كانَ مُضمَر

عَرف ماقَد كانَ مُضمَر

so we learned, through the potent

And the word's gentle reproof is sweeter

fragrance, what had been concealed.

Than amber's fragrance

وَلَعَرفُ الكَلِم العَذ

وَلَعَرفُ الكَلِم العَذ

ب مِنَ العَنبَر أَعطَرْ

ب مِنَ العَنبَر أَعطَرْ

And indeed the fragrance of sweet words

We asked your falcon, well-versed in secrets, and he told us

is more fragrant than ambergris.

The eagle became an orator when paper was his pulpit

وَسألنا صَقر أَطيا

وَسألنا صَقر أَطيا

رِك بِالسِرِّ فَأخبَرْ

رِك بِالسِرِّ فَأخبَرْ

And we asked the falcon among your birds

What was hidden became exposed

about the secret, and it told us.

And what was covered spread

وَغَدا النَسرُ خَطِيباً

وَغَدا النَسرُ خَطِيباً

إِذ غَدا القِرطاس مِنبَرْ

إِذ غَدا القِرطاس مِنبَرْ

And the vulture became an orator,

A necklace of pearls, illuminating hearts

when the paper became a pulpit.

When threaded and scattered

وَبَدا ما كانَ يخفى

وَبَدا ما كانَ يخفى

وَفَشا ما كانَ يُستَرْ

وَفَشا ما كانَ يُستَرْ

And what had lain hidden came to light,

You indicated that in seclusion, you are tied

and what had been concealed spread abroad.

By your pledge, like a bracelet around your wrist

نَظمُ دُرٍّ يَستَبي القَل

نَظمُ دُرٍّ يَستَبي القَل

بَ مَتى يُنظَم وَيُنثَرْ

بَ مَتى يُنظَم وَيُنثَرْ

A string of pearls that captivates the

May you remain in pleasant living

heart, whenever strung or scattered,

Undimmed by bitterness

دَلَّني أَنَّكَ في الخُل

دَلَّني أَنَّكَ في الخُل

صان مَعقودٌ بِخِنصَرْ

صان مَعقودٌ بِخِنصَرْ

has shown me that among close

friends, you are counted on the little finger.

دُمتَ في عَيش هِنيٍّ

دُمتَ في عَيش هِنيٍّ

صَفوُهُ غَيرُ مُكَدّرْ

صَفوُهُ غَيرُ مُكَدّرْ

Long may you enjoy a pleasant life,

its serenity unclouded.