حديثُكِ من مقامات البديعِ

حديثُكِ من مقامات البديعِ

ومن شِعرِ ابن زيدونَ الرفيعِ

ومن شِعرِ ابن زيدونَ الرفيعِ

Your speech is from al-Badiʿ’s Maqamat,

Your words are from the eloquent compositions,

And from Ibn Zaydun’s lofty poetry.

And from the refined poetry of Ibn Zaidun.

أيا ولادةَ الشامِ اذكُريني

أيا ولادةَ الشامِ اذكُريني

بما قدَّمتُ من حسنِ الصنيع

بما قدَّمتُ من حسنِ الصنيع

O Wallada of Syria, remember me

O one born in Damascus, remember me

For the kindness I have shown.

For what I have offered of good deeds.

قوامكِ نخلةٌ وهوايَ فيها

قوامكِ نخلةٌ وهوايَ فيها

هوى ابنِ إياسٍ العاصي مطيع

هوى ابنِ إياسٍ العاصي مطيع

Your figure is a palm tree, and my love for it

Your stature is a palm tree and my love for it

Is the love of Ibn Iyas—the rebellious Mutiʿ.

Is like Ibn Iyas, disobedient yet compliant.

له في نخلتي حلوانُ شعرٌ

له في نخلتي حلوانُ شعرٌ

غدا منه كزهرٍ من ربيع

غدا منه كزهرٍ من ربيع

He has verse on the two palm trees of Hulwan,

For it I have in my palm tree sweet poetry

Which came from him like blossoms from spring.

That became like flowers in spring.