1. أَبشر ببشرى بابَها قد فتحا

    سَعدك والمقدورُ فيها اصطلحا

    Rejoice in glad news whose gate has opened;

    your good fortune and fate have come to terms over it.

  2. جاء بها يسعى لترضى قدرٌ

    يكتب ما شئت وما شئتَ محا

    Destiny came hastening with it to please you;

    it writes whatever you wish and erases whatever you wish.

  3. وعبدك الدهر فلا تنسَ له

    صنيعة فانه قد نصحا

    And Time is your servant; do not forget its

    kindness, for it has proved faithful.

  4. اشهد بالله لقد أطربني

    سعدكم حتى رقصتُ فرحا

    I swear by God, I was so delighted

    by your good fortune that I danced for joy.

  5. من ذا يعاديك يرى من بعدها

    خاب امرؤ عاديته وافتضحا

    Who would oppose you after this, seeing

    that anyone you oppose has failed and been disgraced?

  6. قد عاينوا طوراً وليس ناطحاً

    لكنه يوهي رؤوس النطحا

    They have beheld a mountain that does not butt,

    yet it batters the heads of those who butt it.

  7. وأَيقنوا بأنهم إِن حاربوا

    بجدهم فحسبهم ان يمزحا

    And they became certain that, should they fight

    in earnest, his mere jesting would suffice against them.

  8. يا ويحَ من لم يتخذك ملجئاً

    ماذا جنى لنفسه واجترحا

    Alas for anyone who has not taken you as his refuge!

    What harm he has brought upon himself, what wrong he has committed!

  9. والله ما تاجر في خدمتكم

    فتى يريك الربحَ إلا ربحا

    By God, never has there traded in your service

    a youth showing you profit without himself profiting.

  10. ولا دعاك معشرٌ في حاجةٍ

    إلا حملت عنهم ما قدحا

    Nor has a group called upon you in need

    without your lifting from them whatever hurt them.

  11. ولا أتاك يا عليّ وجلٌ

    ضاق عليه الأمر إلا انفسحا

    Nor has a frightened man come to you, O Ali,

    hemmed in by hardship, without its opening into ease.

  12. يفدي الوزيرَ ابن الوزير معشرٌ

    ظنوا المعالي بالتعاطي منحا

    A band would ransom the vizier, the vizier's son—

    those who thought high honors were gifts for the taking.

  13. لم ألق في الجند منهم مشربا

    ومنه في الشط لقيت مسبحا

    Among the troops I found no drinking place from them;

    yet from him, on the riverbank, I found a place to swim.

  14. فقل لمن يحسده ماذا على

    البدرِ من الكلبِ إذا ما نبحا

    So tell whoever envies him: what harm comes to

    the full moon from a dog when it barks?

  15. أردت أن تخفي الصباح جاهلاً

    والصبحُ لا يخفي إذا ما اتضحا

    You sought, in ignorance, to conceal the morning,

    but dawn cannot be hidden once it shines clear.

  16. ما كان بعض الناس لما شاهدوا

    ما شاهدوا إِلا على سكر صحا

    Some people, when they witnessed

    what they witnessed, were merely drunkards sobering up.

  17. قاسوا الذي بين الثريا والثرى

    وميزوا بين العشاء والضحى

    They measured what lies between the Pleiades and the dust,

    and distinguished nightfall from the bright forenoon.

  18. لاقوا وراء الحلم ينثر عزمهُ

    يبني المذاكي منهم والفرحا

    Behind forbearance they found his resolve scattering [wording unclear];

    it builds the mature steeds among them, and joy [wording unclear].

  19. أصغوا إِلى عاذلهم وقتلها

    كم في التراب عفّروها من لحا

    They listened to their reprover, and he killed it [wording unclear].

    How many beards they rubbed into the dust!

  20. ذروا وما كانوا ذوي جهالةٍ

    بانه قطب الرجاء والرجا

    Leave them be; they were not ignorant

    that he is the axis of hope and hope [wording unclear].

  21. فنكسوا رؤسهم واستحسنوا

    ما قد رواه قبلها مستقبحا

    So they bowed their heads and approved

    what he had formerly related with disapproval.

  22. قد جرّبوا أنفسهم فما رأوا

    أن امرءاً خالفه فأفلِحا

    They have tested themselves and never seen

    any man oppose him and then prosper.

  23. مدحتهُ حبّاً له ومثله

    ماذا ترى يريده من مدحا

    I praised him out of love for him; as for one like him,

    what do you think a praiser seeks from him?

  24. لكنَّه كالمسك طابَ عينه

    وطيبه يزاد مهما جدحا

    But he is like musk, fragrant in its very essence,

    and its fragrance grows whenever it is stirred.

  25. لا سلبَ الرحمن منه نعمةً

    لم يمش فوقَ الأرض منها مرحا

    May the All-Merciful never strip him of a blessing

    that never made him walk the earth in arrogance.