1. لَستُ بِالجاحِدِ آلاءَ العِلَل

    كَم لَها مِن أَلَمٍ يُدني الأَمَل

    I do not deny the blessings of ailments.

    How many of their pains bring hope near!

  2. أَجتَلي مِن أَجلِها بَدرَ العُلا

    مُشرِقاً في مَنزِلي حينَ كَمَل

    Thanks to them, I behold the full moon of glory,

    Shining in my home when it grew full.

  3. حُلَّةٌ أَلبَسَ عَيني فَخرَها

    فَاِغتَدَت تَرفُلُ في أَبهى الحُلَل

    A robe whose splendor clothed my eye,

    So it walked proudly in the most splendid robes.

  4. رَفَّ بِشرُ الأُفقِ في عَيني لَها

    لا لِأَنَّ الشَمسَ حَلَّت في الحَمَل

    The horizon's gladness gleamed in my eye because of it,

    Not because the sun had entered Aries.

  5. ما أُبالي مِن زَماني بَعدَها

    إِذ أَصَحَّ النَفسَ إِن جِسمي أَعَلّ

    I care nothing for my fate after this,

    Since it healed my soul, even if it sickened my body.

  6. أَيُّها المَولى لَقَد حُمِّلتُ ما

    لَم يَدَع في وُسعِ عَبدٍ مُحتَمَل

    O my lord, I have indeed been laden with what

    Has left a servant no strength to bear anything more.

  7. وَضَحَ الطَوقُ الَّذي حَلَّيتَني

    فَتَراءَتهُ نُفوسٌ لا مُقَل

    The collar with which you adorned me shone bright,

    So souls, not eyes, beheld it.

  8. أَنا لَو طُوِّقتُ مِنهُ بَدَلاً

    أَنجُمَ الجَوزاءَ لَم أَرضَ البَدَل

    If I were given in its stead a necklace of

    The stars of Orion, I would not accept the exchange.

  9. كَم مَرادٍ لِيَ مِن نَعمائِكُم

    وارِفِ الظِلِّ وَكَم وِردٍ عَلَل

    How many a retreat is mine in your bounties,

    With spreading shade, and how many a draught renewed!

  10. لا تَزَل دَولَتُكُم مَبسوطَةً

    بَسطَةً في طَيِّها قَبضُ الدُوَل

    May your dominion ever remain outspread,

    An expansion enfolding the contraction of other realms.

  11. وَرَأى المُعتَضِدُ المَنصورُ ما

    أَنبَأَتهُ فيكَ لَيتَ أَو لَعَل

    And may al-Mu'tadid, the victorious, see what

    'If only' or 'perhaps' foretold him of you.

  12. فَسَتَلقاهُ اللَيالي طَلقَةً

    بِتَفاريقِ أَمانيهِ جُمَل

    So the nights will greet him smiling,

    With his scattered wishes gathered into wholes.