1. Our mothers directed us towards Al-‘Aqeeq, and prodded,
They stopped at those meadows and wandered,

2. And turned the she-camels towards the dwellers of the valleys,
And bent the necks of the rides and swerved.

3. So when the features become visible to you, then withhold
Your livers until your hands ripen.

4. For here is an abode of delight for the eyes,
A place of joy for the aching heart.

5. An abode over the valley, as if its domes
Are hillocks diversified by snakes and lizards.

6. A sanctuary you see, without the egg of its wall,
So many eggs of snakes in it rolling.

7. The springs are sweet but its roses
Are fires of sorrows burning within.

8. In the evening, a delegation comes to it from the fires of the villages
And a surge of thin visitors flows.

9. For the planets of youths therein are veils
And for the stars of girls adornments.

10. Its leaves whisper and the return of its reeds
Most melodious and impactful to the souls.

11. How many gazelles in it wear silk robes
And brave warriors in it don iron armor.

12. The noble glory in it wears white blood
And the fervent love wears tears.

13. How many suns wear its mane as meteors
And how many moons wear the crescent as jewelry.

14. By its ground the eyes recover and sights clear
As if each pebble on it were oil.

15. Days Allah provided us in it
And nights of union whose elite cannot be blended.

16. Times of intimacy like happy brides
If only they would not marry separation!

17. Their order was like a necklace but it scattered
So the caves of distance narrated and ruptured.

18. Greet the fine life of the eminent Arabs for their guests
They wove for them silk carpets and embroidered.

19. And for my beloved ones among them, who were dearest to me,
They entered my heart and extracted my patience.

20. You see the dawn of faces glow on their foreheads
Like lamps of beauty ignited and illuminated.

21. They took their thoroughbred steeds, marked with glory,
And crowned them with the iron stars of white weapons.

22. I cannot forget their stand when the shelters were packed
And the wind challenged departure and darkness.

23. How many moons on horses appeared among them
And how many suns crowned with tent covers!

24. And on the morrow of their departure, how many does
Became confused and startled by the disturbing separation.

25. She cries and sheds her kohl in tears
So the roses of her cheeks return as violets.

26. I had not seen tears in her eyes before
As if the thin crescents were being woven.

27. I seek the stars in the dark night and ascend
And I worry about joining the stars and swerve.

28. I go astray in the night of temptation and passion
While the dawn of my white hair gleams.

29. I was not the first lovelorn with a heart
Played with by a glance and deceived by a gaze.

30. Why does she give me hope of union
While their vows are a matter concluded?

31. And I say that time makes lawful meeting
But the intent of loved ones is unsolvable anguish.

32. Misery to the times that hold no charming scene
Good when tested that does not turn hostile.

33. Is there in it a lover for beautiful supposition
Or open roads for traveling rhymes?

34. Its pastures have calmed so there remains
Only the singing of Aali, a garden that flourishes.

35. A rain, when vegetation cheers and the land,
Becomes ugly and its face does not cloak.

36. How did you come upon their meadows, so its greenery
Is verdant and the leaves of generosity overflow?

37. People compared it to the clouds, but they did not see
That the clouds by its generosity dress.

38. If its palm were to rain gems on the earth
It would illuminate carnelian in it and make it flow.

39. The dew was created to belong to it, so if
Another claims it, he is most unjust and petty.

40. I would sacrifice the pretenders for him, for they
Are water with algae floating over it.

41. O you whom sustenance has shaded with its building,
To it, incline with every share of determination.

42. In it the letters M and K of generosity are joined
So it became a gulf with its building gushing forth.

43. It is easy when the times become harsh
By it the face lightens when gloomy.

44. It is power for the highs and for the lows of life
A cheek that smiles when days turn ashen.

45. Leave aside the news of the generous for it
Is sufficient essence and an exemplar.

46. Its springs are sweet and its mouth wholesome
With bounty at watering, it does not boil.

47. Many minds have gone astray by its traits
And by its light are guided at night traveling.

48. A spark that shakes the gulf of steel
Drowning the insidious souls and troubling.

49. The wind of anger passes by it and freezes
And the cold of pardon passes and snows.

50. It suckled malice until its body oozed
Milk, so over it dashes and bubbles.

51. The black falls dead on the ground when
Witnessing its death struggles marching.

52. A hero whose grinders crunch with the arrows
From which the grinders of evil stammer and tremble.

53. In it the spears are sharpened so they nearly
Leak from its hand and convulse.

54. And the swords are honed with its determination
So they depart, and their edges nearly ignite.

55. Its wonders meet the throngs when it attacks
As if they are cords of union unraveling.

56. Its forefathers are proofs of God and its Hajj
A duty upon one in need bumbling.

57. From a lineage by whose generosity and existence
The people became safe from the woes of time, and they straightened.

58. A folk by whom Yathrib gained goodness
And its Aus increased in nobility and its Khazraj.

59. If on a day the supplicant swore by them to
The deaf mountains, they would lean and shake.

60. They mounted adversities and defeated them with the lions
So their courage for them accepts and mobilizes.

61. They combined generosity with bravery just as
With chastity they mixed propriety and consolidated.

62. And singled out praise, except that they
Paired each of the virtues and coupled.

63. O you, if I say he is an ocean, I do not fear
Or hesitate to exaggerate and breach.

64. If it is said a lantern, your view is brilliant,
Or if a mirror, your mind is most capacious.

65. How can you compete in perfection when
Luqman in your track is the lame and limping?

66. You relieved the narrowness of problems with a thought
Through which agreement finds a way to penetrate.

67. You remain the best father to the children of goodwill
And path of sustenance whose gate does not shut.

68. So enjoy the reward of fasting, and remain in bounty
That boils the chests of enviers and ignites.

69. And delight in an Eid whose eldest branch you are
The most beautiful in hearts and dazzling.

70. And stroll the expanse of days wearing garments of intimacy
For your activity to drape them and your mind to weave.