1. قلب أَلمَّ به الأَلم

    ومدامع دمها ديم

    A heart that pain has stricken,

    And tearful eyes whose blood is steady rain;

  2. وهوى تأجّج وقَدُه

    بين الجوانح فاضطرم

    And passion whose blaze has flared

    Between the ribs and burst into flame.

  3. أمسى يعذبني به به

    جذلان عذب المبتسم

    He has come to torment me with it—with it—

    A joyful one, sweet of smile.

  4. جسمي ودقة خصره

    متحالفان على السقم

    My body and the slenderness of his waist

    Are allies in wasting sickness.

  5. لهفي على ظلم بفي

    ه أعانه حتى ظلم

    Ah, my yearning for the gleam in his mouth—

    It helped him until he did me wrong.

  6. يا هاجرا لي دهره

    من غير جرم لا جرم

    O you who forsake me all your life,

    For no offense—surely

  7. أني أبيت مسهدا

    بجفون صب لم تنم

    I pass the night kept awake,

    With a lover's eyelids that have not slept.

  8. ولقد سكنت إلى الهوى

    ورضيت منه بما حكم

    And indeed, I have found repose in love,

    And accepted from it whatever it decreed.

  9. ووقفت في تلك الرسو

    م مع الغرام كما رسم

    And stood amid those traces

    With passionate love, just as it prescribed.

  10. قل للصبا سلم على

    بانات سلع والسلم

    Tell the east wind to greet

    The ban trees of Salʿ and the acacias,

  11. وأعلم بفرط صبابتي

    والوجد مكان العلم

    And make known my overwhelming yearning

    And passion, at the landmark's place.

  12. ولقد أقول لمعتفيه

    ن تدرّعوا جنح الظلم

    And indeed I say to those seeking his bounty,

    Who armored themselves in the wing of darkness:

  13. درعوا الفلا بعرامس

    لا تشتكي مس السام السام

    Cross the wastes on sturdy she-camels,

    That do not complain of weariness's touch—weariness.

  14. طي الأكام أعادها

    شبحا وكانت كالأكم

    Traversing the hills has reduced them

    To shadows, though once they were like hills.

  15. أمواندي ابن محمد

    وخذوا المواهب عن أممِ

    Seek the bounty of Ibn Muhammad,

    And take the gifts from close at hand.

  16. شيموا سحابة كفِّهِ

    واستمطروا تلك الشِيَم

    Watch the cloud of his palm for rain,

    And seek rain from those virtues.

  17. تجدوه أضيع لهى

    خلقاً طاح الهمم

    You will find him most lavish with gifts

    By nature, far-reaching in ambition;

  18. ملك بعيد مدى العلى

    والمجد طاح الهمم

    A king of far-reaching eminence

    And glory, whose aspirations reach afar.

  19. أمواله نعم العفا

    ة وقوله أبدا نعم

    His wealth is the bounty of those seeking favor,

    And his answer is always 'Yes.'

  20. وصال بذل المكرما

    ت إذا البخيل لها صرم

    He maintains the giving of noble gifts

    When the miser severs his ties with them.

  21. فلكم بنى مجدا وكم

    لبناء جبار هدم

    For how often he has built glory, and how often

    Demolished a tyrant's edifice.

  22. ولكم عفا عن جارم

    كرما ولو شاء انتقم

    And how often he has pardoned an offender

    Out of generosity—had he wished, he could have taken revenge.

  23. ذو نائل متمزق

    رخص المديح وأنه

    A man of bounty scattered far and wide;

    Praise has grown cheap, yet it

  24. بجنابه غالي القيم

    وإذا طمى يوم الوغى

    Is dearly valued in his presence.

    And when, on the day of battle, overflows

  25. بحر المنية والتطمُ

    ورأيت بيض سبوفه

    The sea of death, clashing wave on wave,

    And you see his white swords

  26. محمرة بدم القسم

    وسمعت قول كماتها

    Reddened with the blood of [unclear],

    And hear the words of its champions

  27. في شدها اشتدّي زيمُ

    كالأسد تحمل حين ت

    In its charge: 'Grow fiercer, Zīm!'

    Like lions they charge, when

  28. مل من عواليها أجَم

    ألفيت في هيجائها

    Thickets of their spearheads [connecting verb unclear].

    You find amid its battle-fury

  29. متقدَّما ثبت القَدَمُ

    بك يا بهاء الدين ال

    Him in the forefront, firm of foot.

    Through you, O Baha al-Din,

  30. لف شمل حظي وانتظم

    بأبي خلائقك التي

    My scattered fortunes were gathered and put in order.

    May my father be the ransom for those virtues of yours

  31. كالروض راضتها الرهم

    وشمائل لك كالشمو

    Which gentle rains have tended like a garden,

    And your qualities, like wine

  32. ل إذا الشمال بها نسم

    يا من وجدت به الغنى

    When the north wind gently breathes over it.

    O you through whom I have found prosperity,

  33. يا من عدمت به العدم

    خلق الورى من طينة

    O you through whom I have lost poverty!

    Humankind was created from clay,

  34. وخلقت وحدك من كرم

    طوبى لجارك فهو من

    But you alone were created from generosity.

    Blessed is your neighbor, for against

  35. جور الليالي في حرم

    أسعد بعيدك وابق لي

    The injustice of nights he has sanctuary.

    Be happy in your festival, and live on for me

  36. ما غاب نجم أو نجم

    وانحر عداك فإنهم

    As long as a star sets or rises.

    And slaughter your enemies, for they

  37. أولى بذاك من النَّعم

    Are more deserving of that than livestock.