1. أَتاكَ اللَه بِالفَرج الجلي

    وَحفك مِنهُ بِالنور المضي

    May God bring you manifest relief,

    and surround you with His radiant light.

  2. نَجَوت وَلا تَزال الدَهر ناج

    فَصرت كَصاحب الطور النجي

    You have escaped and shall remain safe for all time,

    so you have become like the confidant at Mount Tur.

  3. وَأَبقى اللَهُ عُمرك في سُرور

    بِعَيش مخصب رَغد نَقي

    May God preserve your life in joy,

    with a life abundant, comfortable, and pure.

  4. أَمثلك مَن تَميل بِهِ اللَيالي

    وَتَرفع كُل ذي فعل رَدي

    Can the nights bring low someone like you,

    while raising everyone whose deeds are base?

  5. لَقَد أَرضيت كُل الناس طراً

    وَليسَ سِواكَ يُدعى بِالرَضي

    Indeed, you have pleased all people without exception,

    and none but you is called al-Radi.

  6. وَهَل يَغشاك مِن حَي غبار

    وَأَنتَ صَفينا مِن كل حَي

    And can dust from any clan envelop you,

    when you are our chosen friend among all clans?

  7. سَأَلحق مَن يَسؤوك كُل نصب

    لأَني في العَوارض لام كي

    I shall inflict every hardship on whoever hurts you,

    for amid adversities I am the lām of kay.

  8. وَأقلع كُل ناب فيهِ سُم

    يَصول بِهِ عَلى شَهم زَكي

    And I shall pull out every fang that holds venom,

    with which he assails a gallant, pure-hearted man.

  9. وَلا مَن عَليك بِكُل حال

    فَإنك صاحب الفَضل العلي

    Nor will I hold any favor over you, in any circumstance,

    for you possess lofty bounty.

  10. أَأَنسى وَدكم في كُل آن

    وَأَني لَستُ أدعى بِالنَسي

    Shall I forget your affection at any moment,

    when I am not called forgetful?

  11. جَزاكَ اللَهُ خَيراً عَن نِظام

    يزان بِلفظك الغَض الطَري

    May God reward you well for a poem

    adorned with your fresh, tender wording.

  12. لَقَد أَزرت فَصاحته بقس

    وَأَزرى فَضله بالبُحتري

    Indeed, its eloquence has put Quss to shame,

    and its excellence has put al-Buhturi to shame.

  13. وَأرضى كُل ذي سَمع وَعَقل

    فَما يَدري الذَكي مِن الغَبي

    And it has pleased everyone endowed with hearing and reason,

    so one cannot tell the clever from the foolish.

  14. تدار كُؤوسه في كُل وَقت

    فَيعبق عَنكَ بِالعطر الذكي

    Its cups are passed around at every moment,

    so it wafts from you with a heady perfume.

  15. رَوى عَنكُم أَحاديثاً صحاحاً

    مُسلسلة بِإسناد قَوي

    It transmitted sound reports from you,

    linked in succession by a strong chain of transmission,

  16. عَن الخل الحَبيب وَإِن تَنائى

    عَن الزاكي المكرم عَن سمي

    from the beloved friend, though he has grown distant,

    from the pure, honored one, from a namesake,

  17. كَريم الأَصل مِن قَومٍ كِرام

    حَماه اللَه عَن أَصل دَني

    noble in ancestry, from a noble people.

    God protected him from lowly origins.

  18. أَنافَ عَلى الوَرى بِجَميل فعل

    وَأفضال وَكف حاتِمي

    He rose above humankind through fine deeds,

    and bounties, and a hand like Hatim's.

  19. إِذا ذكرت مَناقبهم فَعجل

    بِعَبد اللَه ذي القَلب التَقي

    When you recount their virtues, hasten

    to mention Abd Allah, whose heart is devout.

  20. وَحَدث ما تَشاء فَذاكَ بَحر

    بِهِ مِن كُل مَطعوم شَهي

    And relate whatever you wish, for that man is a sea,

    with every kind of delicious fare within it.

  21. أَيُحصى فَضله في الكَون مثن

    بِإنشاء القَوافي وَالرَوي

    Can his excellence be counted by any praiser in the world

    by composing rhymes and their rhyme-letter?

  22. لعمرك أَو يَفي في الناس تال

    بِمَدح الفاضل المَولى الوَفي

    By your life—or can any reciter among people do justice

    to praising the virtuous, faithful patron?

  23. فَهُناك الإِله بِكُل لُطف

    بسيدنا النَبي الهاشمي

    So may God gladden you with every kindness,

    through our master, the Hashimite Prophet.

  24. وَصانَك مِنهُ في حصن حَصين

    وَحفك مِنهُ بِالنور المُضي

    And may He keep you safe in an impregnable fortress of His,

    and surround you with His radiant light.