1. The sky blessed you with its rains
How can it be stingy with its neighbor?
١. حَبَتكَ السَّماء بِأَمطارِها
وَكَيفَ تَضِنُّ عَلَى جارِها
2. The gardens did not cease blossoming in your land
Pouring the radiance of their lights
٢. وَلا بَرِحَت في ثَراكَ الرِّياضُ
تَفُضُّ لَطائِمَ نُوّارِها
3. And the beautiful gazelles have turned away from it
So your memory is the most fragrant of its flowers
٣. وَقَد نابَ عَنها جَميلُ الثَّنا
فَذِكرُكَ أَعبَقُ أَزهارِها
4. The nights were so long that we thought
You sprouted in the pre-dawn hours
٤. أَطَلتَ لَيالِيَّ حَتّى ظَنَن
تُ أَنَّكَ نُبتَ بِأَسحارِها
5. And I let my tears go, unrestrained
So I distanced what was between their lids
٥. وَغادَرتُ دَمعي رَقيبَ الجُفونِ
فَباعَدتُ ما بَينَ أَشفارِها
6. And I have a burning anguish from you that does not subside
So I complain to you according to its extent
٦. وَبي لَوعَةٌ مِنكَ ما تَطمَئِنُّ
فَأَشكو إِلَيكَ بِمِقدارِها
7. My craving for you in the disheveled hair of the spring storms
Throwing its rains towards you
٧. فَلَهفي عَلَيكَ لَشَعثِ العُفا
ةِ تَرمي إِلَيكَ بِأمطارِها
8. Roaming the expanses until it rests
At the ruins of the old dwelling place
٨. تَجوبُ المَهامِهَ حَتّى تُنيخَ
بِقاري العَشيرَةِ عَفّارِها
9. Like a she-camel who has lost her baby in the darkness
Mourning its distance from her abode
٩. وَساغِبَةٍ عَلَّلَت في الظَّلامِ
بَنيها بِقُربِكَ مِن دارِها
10. So you were quicker to grant what I wished for
Than the fancy of my thoughts
١٠. فَكُنتَ إِلى بَذلِ ما أَمَّلَت
هُ أَسرَعُ مِن وَهمِ أَفكارِها
11. And a starry night in which the stars are visible
Dotted between its horizons
١١. وَبَهماء تَلمَحُ فيها النُّجومَ
مُصَيَّفَةً بَينَ أَقطارِها
12. You have wronged it, travelling at night
Taking the wild beasts away from the path of their lairs
١٢. تَعَسَّفتَها سارِياً وَالقَطا
جَوائِرَ عَن نَهجِ أَوكارِها
13. And a companion in misfortune whom worries would visit
Circling around him with their hooks
١٣. وَعانَ دَعاكَ وَصَحبُ الهُمومِ
تَروحُ عَلَيهِ بِسُمّارِها
14. So you saved him from the hands of calamities
When they had clung to him with their claws
١٤. فَأَنفَذتَهُ مِن يَدِ الحادِثاتِ
وَقَد عَلِقَتهُ بِأَظفارِها
15. And bright dawn whose corners
Are ridiculed by the hands of misery and its nails
١٥. وَنَجلاء تَهزَأ أَرجاؤُها
بِأَيدي الأساةِ وَمِسمارِها
16. So suspicions slipped between the hearts and their depths
And my craving for you, as the spring winds pull
١٦. فَضَلَّت بِها خَطراتُ الظُّنو
نِ بَينَ القُلوبِ وَأَغمارِها
17. The trains of their storms
With a dusty she-camel who sweats the fur of mounts
١٧. وَلَهفي عَلَيكَ وَهوجُ الرِّيا
حِ تَسحَبُ أَذيالَ أَعصارِها
18. Until she groans under their burdens
You have uncovered its darkness, and the generosity
١٨. بِغَبراء تَعرِقُ كُومَ المطي
يِ حَتّى تَنوءُ بِأَوبارِها
19. That would host guests with excuses
And your sword argued with the brave heroes
١٩. جَلَوتَ غَياهِبَها وَالكِرا
مُ تُقري الضُّيوفَ بِأَعذارِها
20. When they had armored themselves with their dust
And the drinking cups you have shared
٢٠. وَجَدَّلَ سَيفُكَ شَول اللِّقاح
وَقَد كَسَّعوها بِأَغبارِها
21. Useless beside their hands
And my craving for the brothers of true loyalty whose lives
٢١. تَقَسَّمَها وَرَبابُ القِداح
مُعَطَّلَةٌ عِندَ ايسارِها
22. You have prolonged for the rest of their lifespans
You have ruled their consciences and your generosity
٢٢. وَلَهفِي لأخوانِ صِدق أَطَلتَ
عَلَيها بَقِيَّةَ أَعمارِها
23. Has stolen the freedom of the noble ones
So if they have shed for you the water of their eyes
٢٣. مَلَكتَ ضَمائِرَها وَاِستَرَق
قَ جودُكَ رِبقَةَ أَحرارِها
24. You are the human of their sights
And if they have severed for you the love of hearts
٢٤. فَإِن نَزَحوا فيكَ ماء الجُفونِ
فَإِنَّكَ إِنسانُ أَبصارِها
25. You were the place of their secrets
In spite of me, I came to a house whose people
٢٥. وَإِن عَقَروا لَكَ حَبَّ القُلوبِ
فَقَد كُنتَ مَوضِعَ أَسرارِها
26. Have pawned its wealth and stones
It turns, and has none of your sheltering
٢٦. بِرَغمي نَزَلتُ بِدارٍ تُقي
مُ رَهنَ ثَراها وَأَحجارِها
27. Except the passion for its visitors
And you were its lofty pillars
٢٧. تُدارُ وَلَيسَ بِها مِن قِرا
كَ إِلّا الغَرامَ لِزُوَّارِها
28. That illuminate the stars, year after year
Whenever riders pitch their tents in its lands
٢٨. وَكُنتَ بِعَلياء مَطروقَةٍ
يُضيءُ النُّجومَ سَنا نارِها
29. They are safe from the severity of its calamities
And if the rebels descend upon it
٢٩. إِذا عَرَّسَت في ذُراها الرِّكابُ
فَقَد آمَنَت شَدَّ أَكوارِها
30. You will carry the pages of their burdens
Abu Hassan, it is a life whose destinies
٣٠. وَلَو نَزَلَت بِكَ فيها العُصاةُ
حَمَلتَ صَحائِفَ أَوزارِها
31. Transcend its destinies
It flowed against your father according to its habit
٣١. أَبا حَسَنٍ هِيَ دُنيا تُنا
لُ أَقدارُها فَوقَ أَقدارِها
32. Where the generous die by its strings
And after him, it has overlooked you
٣٢. جَرَت في أَبيكَ عَلَى عادَةٍ
تَموتُ الكِرامُ بِأَوتارِها
33. So its darkness is like its dawns
You have followed his path in leadership
٣٣. وَقَد صَفَحَت عَنكَ مِن بَعدِهِ
فَإِظلامُها مِثلُ إِسفارِها
34. So he was aware of its defects
And he has graced us with you after the generous ones
٣٤. جَرَيتَ عَلى نَهجِهِ في العُلا
فَكانَ خَبيراً بِأَوعارِها
35. So the liar of its news has proven true
٣٥. وَجادَ لَنا بِكَ بَعدَ الكِرام
فَصَدَّقَ كاذِبُ أَخبارِها