1. لا والمحيا وصباح الجبين

    وسحر عينيك الصريح المبين

    No—by your face and the dawn of your brow,

    And by the clear, manifest magic of your eyes,

  2. وقامةٍ تخجل غصن النقا

    مياسةٍ ما بين عطفٍ ولين

    And by a figure that shames the dune's bough,

    Swaying between graceful bending and suppleness,

  3. وطرةٍ كالليل من تحتها

    غرة صبحٍ قبلة العاشقين

    And by a forelock like night, beneath which

    Is a dawn-bright brow, the lovers' qibla,

  4. ومبسم يفترّ عن لؤلوءٍ

    منتظمٍ قد حيّر الناظمين

    And by a smiling mouth that parts to reveal pearls

    Strung in order, bewildering the poets—

  5. لم يخطر السلوان في خاطري

    ولم أزل صبّاً كما تعلمين

    Forgetfulness has never crossed my mind,

    And I remain lovesick, as you know.

  6. أبيت ما بين الهوى والنوى

    متيماً أني من الصابرين

    I pass the night between love and separation,

    Love-enslaved—how could I be among the patient?

  7. ولي فؤادٌ لم يكن غادراً

    والغدر لا يحسن في كل دين

    And I have a heart that has never been treacherous;

    And treachery is fitting in no faith.

  8. وسنتي بالحب أن لم يزل

    قلبي لدى من بتّ أهوى رهين

    And my way in love is that, forever,

    My heart is hostage to the one I have come to love.

  9. إن الهوى العذري لي مذهبٌ

    تبًا لقلبٍ بالهوى لا يدين

    Indeed, chaste love is my creed;

    Woe to a heart that does not profess love!

  10. وشادنٍ صحت بأجفانه ال

    مرضى لدينا حجة الساحرين

    And a young gazelle, whose eyelids have proved—

    Ailing though they are—the sorcerers' claim true before us.

  11. ما برحت عيناه سكرانةً

    فتاكةً في مهج الناظرين

    His eyes have never ceased to be drunken,

    Deadly to the hearts of those who gaze.

  12. أمسى على عشاقه جائراً

    وقدّه من أعدل العادلين

    He has grown unjust toward his lovers,

    Yet his stature is the most upright of the upright.

  13. فلا تمل يوماً إلى غيرهِ

    يا قلب إن كنت من الصادقين

    So never incline toward anyone else,

    O heart, if you are among the true.

  14. بدر على قلبي غدا طالعاً

    كأنهُ موسى على طور سين

    A full moon has risen over my heart,

    As though he were Moses upon Mount Sinai.

  15. أنست في خديه ناراً بها

    خلعت عني عذل العاذلين

    I spied a fire upon his cheeks, and by it

    I cast off the reproaches of reproachers.

  16. بذلتُ يوم اللقا مهجةً

    كنت بها من قبل هذا ضنين

    On the day we met, I gave my very soul,

    Which before this I had jealously guarded.

  17. ساد بنو الحسن جميعاً كما

    ساد شريفٌ حلبة الأكرمين

    All the sons of beauty held sway, just as

    Sharif led the field of the most generous.

  18. مولىً من الأتراك قد فاخرت

    كفاه بذل العرب الأقدمين

    A lord among the Turks, whose two hands have rivaled

    The generosity of the Arabs of old.

  19. أضحى على در الثنا خازناً

    وكفه يبذل دراً ثمين

    He has become the treasurer of praise's pearls,

    And his hand bestows precious pearls.

  20. دع عنك ذكرى من مضى قبله

    كم ترك الأول للآخرين

    Set aside the memory of those who came before him:

    How much the first has left for those who follow!

  21. يبدي لمن جالسه شيمةً

    راقت ورقت وهو ليث العرين

    He shows those who sit with him a disposition

    Pleasing and gentle, though he is the lion of the lair.

  22. سهلٌ على أصحابه لينٌ

    صعب على أعدائه لا يلين

    Easygoing and gentle with his companions,

    Stern toward his enemies, never yielding.

  23. يداه في يسراهما يسرةٌ

    وقد غدا نيل المنى في اليمين

    Of his two hands, the left holds abundance,

    And in the right now lies the fulfillment of wishes.

  24. فيالهُ من ماجدٍ أصبحت

    صفاته الغرا هدى الماجدين

    What a noble man he is, whose

    Radiant qualities have become a guide to noble men!

  25. يراعه أفتك من سفيه

    وسيفه الفصال حق يقين

    His reed pen is deadlier than a fool [as written];

    And his decisive sword is truth beyond doubt.

  26. بدر جمال في سما دولةٍ

    مشرقة الأقمار في كل حين

    A full moon of beauty in the sky of a realm

    Whose moons shine brightly at every hour.

  27. شعارها العدل وأمن الورى

    دع عنك ذكرى دول الأولين

    Its watchword is justice and the safety of all;

    Set aside the memory of the realms of old.

  28. يا حبذا دولة عدلٍ أتى

    خازنها هذا الشريف الأمين

    How fine a realm of justice, to which has come

    This trustworthy Sharif as its treasurer!

  29. لقب بالخيريّ لما غدا

    طالعه عن كل خيرٍ يبين

    He was styled al-Khayri when

    His rising star came to proclaim all that is good.

  30. يا أيها المولى الذي مجده

    فوق الثريا مستقرٌ مكين

    O lord, whose glory

    Is firmly established above the Pleiades,

  31. وخير مفضال بهِ انجبت

    أُمُّ العلى فكان خير البنين

    And finest of generous men, whom

    The mother of glory bore, and who was the best of sons—

  32. خذ بنت فكر أقبلت تبتغي

    عفواً فلا زلت من المحسنين

    Accept a daughter of thought, come seeking

    Pardon; may you ever remain among the beneficent.

  33. درية الألفاظ تياهةٌ

    بمدحك الزاهي على المادحين

    Pearly in diction, vaunting itself

    Above the panegyrists through its radiant praise of you.

  34. واسلم ودم يا ذا العلى نائلاً

    عزاً ومجداً أبدا الأبدين

    And stay safe and endure, O lord of eminence, attaining

    Honor and glory for ever and ever.