وَجَدَ الحبُّ لي فُؤاداً عَلُوقا

فأَفيقا فلستُ منه مُفيقا

Love has found for me an ardent heart,

So awake, for I cannot awaken from it,

وَقَفَتْنا النَّوى على الكُرْهِ منَّا

مَوقِفاً ضَمَّ شائقاً ومَشُوقا

Destiny has stopped us from mutual dislike,

In a stand that combines a passionate and a desirous.

حالَ وَرْدُ الخُدودِ فيه فأَضحى النْ

رجِسُ الغَضُّ في الدُّموعِ غَريقا

The roses of the cheeks therein have become acceptable, so the redness of bashfulness in the tears has drowned,

A grief that went too far and turned into conflagration,

لَوعَةٌ أفرَطَتْ فعادَتْ حَريقاً

وحَنينٌ أربَى فعادَ شَهيقا

And a yearning that grew and turned into sighs,

And worthy of the agony of love is sorrow,

وخَليقٍ بلَوْعَةِ الحبِّ صَبٍّ

لم يكنْ بالعَزاء فيه خَليقا

That cannot be comforted,

So I see it in the path of love spacious,

فأراه في مَسلَكِ الحبِّ رَحْباً

وأراه في مَسلَكِ الصَّبرِ ضِيقا

And I see it in the path of patience narrow,

By my father you didn’t lack passion in you,

بأبي أنتَ لا عَدِمْتُ الهَوى في

كَ عَنيفاً في بَطْشِه أو رَفيقا

Be it intense in his tyranny or gentle,

I cannot forget the shaking of your kindness when

لستُ أنسى اهتِزازَ عِطْفِكَ لمَّا

هَزَّ منك العِناقُ غُصْناً رَشيقا

The embrace shook from you a supple branch,

And the eyes of the envious when they brought back

وعيون الوشاة حين أعادت

ورد خديك للحياء شقيقا

The roses of your cheek to bashfulness like a twin,

How many kind ones have I disobeyed in you, and even if

كم شفيق عصيت فيك ولو لم

يعصني القلب ما عصيت شفيقا

My heart didn't disobey me, I wouldn't have disobeyed a kind one,

Every kindness intermingled with the bitterness of request is rightful to be ungratefulness,

كلُّ بِرٍّ يَشوبُه كَدَرُ المَطْ

لِ حَقيقٌ بأن يكونَ عُقُوقا

And if favor comes with favor, then the well-mannered one is he who was not well-favored,

If the passages of nights shed my blood,

وإذا المَنُّ جاءَ بالمَنِّ فالمَر

زوقُ منه مَنْ لم يكنْ مَرزُوقا

You wouldn't have found me shedding tears,

We found in Ahmed ibn Suleiman,

لو أراقَت دمي صُروفُ اللَّيالي

لم تَجدْني لماء وَجْهي مُريقا

A generous hand and a cheerful face,

And qualities that softened into a gentle breeze, so they went

قَد وَجَدْنا لأحمدَ بنِ سُليما

نَ يداً ثَرَّةً ووجهاً طَليقا

Embarrassing the wind and the gentle breeze.

He is singular in generosity and has become a group

وسجايا رَقَّتْ نَسيماً فراحَت

تُخْجِلُ الرَّاحَ والنَّسيمَ الرَّقيقا

In his glories while people are groups,

Every day he shows you a momentous deed

مُفردٌ في السَّماحِ أضحى فَريقاً

في معاليهِ والأنامُ فَريقا

In the deprecation of wishes and a subtle meaning,

His will has flowed so it became clouds,

كلَّ يَومٍ يُريكَ فِعْلاً جَليلاً

في ابتذالِ اللُّهى ومَعنىً دَقيقا

And his determination passed so it became blaze,

And there appeared in him the imaginations of good tidings,

قد جَرى نَيْلُه فكانَ غَماماً

ومَضى عَزمُه فكانَ حَريقا

That were to the rain from his activity, lightning,

Breezes gathered the unity of his glory,

وأضاءَتْ فيه مَخايلُ بِشْرٍ

كُنَّ للغَيْثِ من نَداه بُروقا

And dispersed the unity of his money's scattering,

So they made the flowers of requests sweet

جَمَعَتْ شَمْلَ مَجدِه نَفَحاتٌ

فَرَّقَتْ شَملَ مالِه تَفريقا

And made the meadow of gifts elegant,

So when the late night visitor saw him, he saw towards

فأعادَت وِرْدَ المَطالبِ عَذْباً

وأعادَتْ رَوْضَ العَطايا أنيقا

His munificence from every perspective a way,

Disability to attain your pace disappointed whoever aspires to catch up with you,

فإذا الطَّارِقُ انتحَاه رأى من

كلِّ وَجْهٍ إلى نَداه طَريقا

From glories that transcend the hampered,

And the envious recoiled from an outstripping one from you

عاقَ مَنْ يَرتَجي لَحاقَكَ عَجْزٌ

عن معالٍ تُجاوِزُ العَيُّوقا

To glory, so that he is not seen outstripped,

And the heedless recovered from a comfort

وانثَنى الحَاسِدونَ عن سابقٍ من

كَ إلى المَجدِ أن يُرى مَسبوقا

That has no intoxication of meadow's freshness,

A mannerism that purified in sights until

وأفاقَ العَذولُ عن أَرْيَحيٍّ

ليسَ من نَشوةِ النَّدى مُستَفيقا

Its diffusion disabled the musk and the images,

With a top person in Asad, good roots purified

خُلُقٌ طابَ في المَشاهدِ حتّى

عَطَّلَ المِسك َنَشرُه والخَلوقا

In the plateau of highness, and moods purified,

And the old Al-Najjar passes by, and does the youth

بِعَريقٍ في الأزدِ طابَ أُصولاً

في صَعيدِ العُلى وطابَ طُروقا

Of a sword pass by or become old?

A lineage the sun was clad with light by it

وعَتيقِ النَّجارِ ماضٍ وهل يَم

ضي شَبا السَّيفِ أو يكونَ عَتيقا

Or the dawn was lent its sunrises from it,

So we stringed from praise necklaces

نَسَبٌ أُلبِسَتْ بهِ الشَّمسُ نُوراً

أو أُعِيرَ الصَّباحُ منه شُروقا

That shame coral in its stringing and carnelian

In between them the wonders of the meadow narrate

فنَظَمْنا منَ الثَّناءِ عُقوداً

يُخْجِلُ الدُّرَّ نَظمُها والعَقيقا

Refined, decked out elegantly,

And meanings that if deposited in the ear of a lover,

بينَ أَثنائِها بَدائعُ تَحكي

بِدَعَ الرَّوْضِ نُمِّقَتْ تَنْميقا

Its beauty would enchant the beloved,

So construct yourself a praiser that actualizes in your praise

ومَعانٍ لو جُلْنَ في أُذُنِ العا

شقِ أنشاه حُسنُها المَعشُوقا

Since you were truthful in praise,

And remain in favor that aggravates an enemy;

فاصطِنعْ مادِحاً يُحَقِّقُ في مد

حِكَ إذ كنتَ بالمديحِ حَقيقا

The latent spiteful, or pleases a friend.

وَابْقَ في نَعمَةٍ تَسوءُ عَدُوّاً

كامنَ الحِقْدِ أو تَسُرُّ صَديقا