1. هاكَ إبلى فيكَ المَطي حَثيثاً

    يَقطَع البيد حُزنَها وَالوعوثا

    Here are my camels, the mounts hastening for your sake,

    crossing the wastes, their rugged ground and soft sands.

  2. مُستَغيثاً مِن الصَبابة وَالوُج

    د وَما حال مِن غَدا مُستَغيثا

    Crying for rescue from yearning and passionate anguish—

    —and what is the plight of one who has become a seeker of rescue?

  3. كادَ يَهوى لَيل التَفَرُّق لَما

    أَن حَكى فرعك الطَويل الأَثيثا

    He almost loved the night of separation, since—

    —it resembled your long, luxuriant hair.

  4. بِأَبي طَرفك الَّذي فتن الظَ

    بي وَفاقَ الظِبا وَصادَ الليوثا

    May my father ransom your gaze, which bewitched the gazelle—

    —surpassed the gazelles, and hunted lions.

  5. فَتك البُعد عَنكِ بي فَتكات

    تَرَكت صارم اِصطِباري أَثيثا

    Distance from you dealt me murderous blows

    that left the keen sword of my endurance thick [as written].

  6. فَخَفى اللَهُ في شَبابي ما آ

    ن مَع الشَيب إِن أَراهُ مُلَوَثا

    So [fear] God concerning my youth; the time has not—

    —come, with gray hair upon me, for me to see it sullied.

  7. وَدَعي هَذِهِ الصُدود وَهاتي

    مِن قَديم الطَلا وَهاتي الحَديثا

    And abandon this aloofness, and bring—

    —some aged wine, and offer me conversation.

  8. وَاِستَميلي مَديح مِن تَخذ المَج

    دُ لِأَسماعِهِ ثَناهُ رَعوثا

    And draw forth praise of him whose praise Glory—

    —has taken as earrings for its ears:

  9. الأَمير الَّذي نَراهُ رَبيعاً

    لِأَماني الوَرى وَغَيثاً مُغيثا

    the prince whom we see as springtime

    for humanity’s hopes, and as rain that brings relief.

  10. هَذب الفَضل وَالمَكارم مِنهُ

    خُلُقاً يُبهر الرِياض دَميثا

    Excellence and noble virtues have refined in him

    a gentle character that outshines the gardens.

  11. ما اِستَلَذَ الرِضاع في المَهد حَتّى

    قَبل المَعلوات فيهِ رَغوثا

    He did not savor suckling in the cradle until

    he accepted lofty deeds there as his nursing ewe.

  12. أَيُّها الماجد الَّذي غَمَرَ النا

    س بِفَضل مِنهُ الان الغُيوثا

    O noble one who flooded the people—

    —with bounty of his own that made the rains yield:

  13. فاِبق عمر النُسور مِن لَجة المَج

    د لِدُر مِن العُلا مُستَبيثا

    so live the lifespan of vultures, from glory’s deep sea—

    —drawing forth pearls of exalted honor,

  14. صائِناً في حِماكَ عَذراءَ أَخجل

    ت جَريراً بِحُسنِها وَالبَعيثا

    keeping safe within your sanctuary a virgin who has shamed—

    —Jarir and al-Ba'ith with her beauty.