فطن الزمان لغدره فوفى

وتدارك النوروز ما سلفا

Time recognized its treachery and so kept faith.

And Nowruz made amends for what had passed.

خلع الربيع على الربا حللا

حاكت لها أيدي الحيا سجفا

Spring bestowed robes upon the hills,

For which the hands of rain had woven curtains,

وكسا الرياض مطارفاً نقشت

بالنور مؤتلفا ومختلفا

And clothed the gardens in bordered mantles embroidered

With blossoms, harmonious and varied.

فترنحت أغصانها جذلا

وتغامزت أزهارها صلفا

So their branches swayed in delight,

And their flowers winked at one another haughtily.

فالجو رق نسيمه وصفا

والروض رف ظلاله وضفا

So the air grew clear, its breeze gentle,

And the garden's shadows fluttered and spread.

كم للربيع يداً تطوَّقها

جيد الربا وبفضلها اعترفا

How many a bounty of spring was worn as a necklace

By the hills' neck, which acknowledged its grace!

كيد النقابة عم رونقها

بالمصطفى في السادة الشرفا

Like the bounty of the naqib's office, whose splendor spread

Through al-Mustafa among the noble sayyids.

وافته معطية مقادتها

لم ترض إلا ظله كنفا

It came to him, surrendering its reins;

It accepted no shelter but his shade.

مولى سحائب لطفه هملت

سحا وغيث كماله وكفا

A lord whose clouds of kindness poured

In torrents, and whose rain of perfection streamed.

ما زال مذ نيطت تمائمه

لهجا بأعباء العلى كلفا

He has remained, ever since his amulets were tied on,

Intent on the burdens of greatness, enamored of them,

حتى تسنم متن ذروتها

وعلى مفلوق هامها شرفا

Until he mounted the ridge of its summit

And rose high upon its cleft crowns.

مر القراع مضاء عزمته

لو عارضت سيل الربى وقفا

The keen edge of his resolve is bitter in combat;

Were it to oppose the hills' torrent, that torrent would halt.

من منبت كرمت أرومته

وزكا معين أصوله وصفا

From a stock whose root was noble,

And the wellspring of its roots was pure and clear.

نسب أعار الشمس بهجتها

والصبح فاضل ذيله التحفا

A lineage that lent the sun its splendor,

And dawn wrapped itself in the spare length of its robe's train.

لا زال في دعة ولا برح ال

اقبال في ناديه معتكفا

May he ever remain at ease, and may

Good fortune ever abide in his assembly.