1. الحمد للَه رد الروح للبدنِ

    بعودة الكوكب المحمود للوطنِ

    Praise be to God, who restored the soul to the body

    with the return of the praised star to his homeland:

  2. عزيز مصر الذي ثنَّت فروق به ال

    شهم ابن ذي يزن المنصور في اليمن

    Egypt’s ruler, in whom Furuq recreated the

    valiant Ibn Dhi Yazan, victorious in Yemen.

  3. فما ثناه الذي ناواه عن ملكٍ

    لما رآه رأى بدراً على غصن

    His adversary did not turn him away from a king;

    when he beheld him, he saw a full moon upon a bough,

  4. يفتر في جنة خضراء يسكنها

    خليفة اللَه واقيها من المحن

    smiling in a green garden, where dwells

    God’s caliph, its guardian against afflictions.

  5. أسخى الملوك الذي ما زاره ملكٌ

    ظامٍ وعاد بلا ريٍّ من المنن

    The most generous of kings—no king ever visited him

    thirsty and returned unquenched by his favors.

  6. فيا سمير العلى ته فالثناء ثنى

    عنك الملام وأخزي كلَّ ذي ضغن

    So, O night-companion of glory, be proud: praise has turned

    reproach away from you and disgraced every bearer of rancor.

  7. واختارك العاهل القمقام ليث وغى

    يُبكي الحسود وينكي ثعلب الفتن

    And the mighty sovereign, a lion of battle, chose you;

    he makes the envious weep and wounds the fox of strife.

  8. وجاءك الحمد يسعى سعي مقتدر

    من كل ذي لَسَنٍ خالٍ من اللكن

    And praise came hastening to you with a mighty stride,

    from every eloquent speaker, free of halting speech.

  9. وافخر فلو لم تزر مولاك زارك يا

    عماد دولته الناجي من الوهن

    And take pride: had you not visited your lord, he would have visited you, O

    pillar of his state, untouched by weakness.

  10. فقد حباك وسام المجد مبتسماً

    وقد دعاك ابنَه في السر والعلن

    For, smiling, he bestowed on you the medal of glory,

    and called you his son in private and in public.

  11. مكارماً عظمت لما سمعت بها

    وشنفت بيواقيت الصفا أذني

    Noble favors—how great they were when I heard of them!

    And they adorned my ear with rubies of purity.

  12. وأقبل الفوز بالإقبال يهتف قل

    قول الإمام له إن شئت تطربني

    And triumph came with good fortune, crying, “Say

    the Imam’s words to him, if you wish to delight me.”

  13. أرخت إن أمين اللَه قال له

    عباس زه واسم أنت ابني مدى زمني

    I marked the date: “Indeed, God’s trusted one said to him:

    ‘Abbas, bravo! Rise high: you are my son for all my days.’”