1. كَأَنَّكَ السَيفُ حَدّاهُ وَرَونَقُهُ

    وَالغَيثُ وابِلُهُ الداني وَرَيِّقُهُ

    You are like the sword—its two edges and its sheen,

    And rain—its downpour close at hand and its first showers.

  2. هَلِ المَكارِمُ إِلّا ما تُجَمِّعُهُ

    أَوِ المَواهِبُ إِلّا ما تُفَرِّقُهُ

    Are noble deeds anything but what you gather,

    Or gifts anything but what you scatter?

  3. مَجداً أَبا مُسلِمٍ أَصبَحتَ مِن كَرَمٍ

    تُجِدُّهُ وَتِلاداً ظَلتَ تُخلِقُهُ

    Glory, Abu Muslim, you have begun, through generosity,

    To renew, and inherited wealth you keep wearing out.

  4. يَفديكَ مِن كُلِّ سوءٍ وامِقٌ لَكَ قَد

    باتَت إِلَيكَ دَواعي الشَوقِ تُقلِقُهُ

    May one who loves you ransom you from every harm; already

    The urgings of longing for you have kept him restless all night.

  5. حَرّانَ يَخلِطُ مِن وَجدٍ يُتَيِّمُهُ

    حَتّى يَصَبَّ وَمِن بَثٍّ يُؤَرِّقُهُ

    Burning, he raves from a passion that enslaves him,

    Until he is lovesick, and from anguish that keeps him awake.

  6. إِذا تَيَمَّمَ قَصدَ الغَربِ مالَ بِهِ

    تِلقاءَ قَصدِكَ في شَرقٍ تَشَوُّقُهُ

    When he heads toward the west, he is drawn

    Toward you in the east by his longing.

  7. لا تَنسَ لِلأَبلَقِ المَحبوكِ رَوحَتُهُ

    بِمَن أَظُنُّكَ تَهواهُ وَتَعشَقُهُ

    Do not forget the well-knit piebald's evening journey

    With one whom I think you love and adore:

  8. بِفاتِرِ اللَحظِ وَالأَلفاظِ جاءَ عَلى

    تَخَوُّفٍ وَعُيونُ الناسِ تَرمُقُهُ

    With one of languid glance and speech, who came in

    Fear, while the eyes of the people watched him.

  9. كَأَنَّما راحَ في أَثناءِ يُمنَتِها

    قَضيبُ إِسحِلَةٍ يَهتَزُّ مورِقُهُ

    As though within the folds of her Yemeni cloak there moved

    An ishil-tree bough, its leafy growth swaying.

  10. زُرَيقَةٌ أُمُّها وَالفالُ يُخبِرُني

    عَن نائِلٍ مِن هَواها سَوفَ تُرزَقَهُ

    Zurayqa is her mother, and the omen tells me

    Of a favor from her love that will be granted you.