حيَّتك من وَجَناتها بشقيقها

حيَّتك من وَجَناتها بشقيقها

وجلت عليكَ مُدامةً من رِيقها

وجلت عليكَ مُدامةً من رِيقها

She greeted you with the crimson anemones of her cheeks,

Her greetings reached you from her branches with her anemone,

And revealed to you wine from her saliva.

And she knelt to you offering a deep draft from her saliva,

وتبسَّمت لكَ عن ثناياً لم تَشِم

وتبسَّمت لكَ عن ثناياً لم تَشِم

عينٌ كبارقها ولا كَعقيقها

عينٌ كبارقها ولا كَعقيقها

And smiled at you, baring front teeth—never has

And she smiled at you from between lips that did not scent,

An eye glimpsed lightning like hers, or carnelian like hers.

An eye like her lightning nor her ruby.

وحبتكَ من رشفاتها بسلافةً

وحبتكَ من رشفاتها بسلافةً

ما فضَّ مُرتَشِفٌ خِتامَ رحيقها

ما فضَّ مُرتَشِفٌ خِتامَ رحيقها

And gifted you choice wine from her kisses,

And she loved you from her balconies with intimacy,

Whose nectar's seal no sipper had ever broken.

That no one has broken the seal of her nectar.

وتعطَّفت لك بانةً غيرُ الصبا

وتعطَّفت لك بانةً غيرُ الصبا

لم يحضَ قبلك بانعطافِ رشيقها

لم يحضَ قبلك بانعطافِ رشيقها

And bent toward you like a moringa tree; none but the east wind

And she bent to you coquettishly unlike the dawn,

Had, before you, enjoyed the sway of her graceful form.

None before you enjoyed the bending of her slender figure.

ورنت بأجفانٍ إليك فَواترٍ

ورنت بأجفانٍ إليك فَواترٍ

بأخي الهوى الدنيا تضيقُ لضيقها

بأخي الهوى الدنيا تضيقُ لضيقها

And gazed toward you with languid eyelids,

And she called to you with languorous eyelids,

For the lover, the world closes in as they narrow.

My brother passion, the world is too narrow for her confines.

يا أهلَ رامةَ ما الجمالُ وما الهوى

يا أهلَ رامةَ ما الجمالُ وما الهوى

إلاَّ لشائقٍ ريمكم ومَشوقها

إلاَّ لشائقٍ ريمكم ومَشوقها

O people of Ramah, beauty and love belong

O people of Ramah, what is beauty and what is passion,

Only to your enchanting gazelle and the one she makes yearn.

But for one who desires you and whom you inflame?

نفحتكم بعبيرها ريحُ الصَبا

نفحتكم بعبيرها ريحُ الصَبا

ونحتكم ديمُ الحيا ببرُوقها

ونحتكم ديمُ الحيا ببرُوقها

May the east wind breathe its fragrance upon you,

The morning breeze breathed its perfume upon you,

And may steady rains come toward you with their lightning,

And the course of life eternally sculpted you with its lightning.

فسقت ملاعبَكم بأوطفَ تزدهي

فسقت ملاعبَكم بأوطفَ تزدهي

منه بزهرِ رياضها وأنيقها

منه بزهرِ رياضها وأنيقها

Then water your haunts with a dense cloud, so they shine

It irrigated your playgrounds with the gentlest rain,

Through it, with the flowers and beauty of their gardens.

With the blossoms of its meadows and the most delicate plants.

غيثٌ بسيب نَدى محمدِ صالحٍ

غيثٌ بسيب نَدى محمدِ صالحٍ

تشبيهُ واكفِ سحبهِ ودفوقها

تشبيهُ واكفِ سحبهِ ودفوقها

Rain—to Muhammad Salih's outpouring of bounty

A rain whose exhalation of Muhammad Salih,

Its clouds' dripping and their torrents are likened.

Resembling lowering clouds and their outpouring.

هو خير من رضعَ المكارمَ درَّها

هو خير من رضعَ المكارمَ درَّها

ورعى بها مُذ كان فرضَ حقوقها

ورعى بها مُذ كان فرضَ حقوقها

He is the best to have suckled noble virtues' milk,

He is better than one who suckled generosity, her breasts,

And since his beginning has upheld the duties owed them.

And shepherded her rights since she was obligatory.

مَن مثلهُ وهو ابنُها البرُّ الذي

مَن مثلهُ وهو ابنُها البرُّ الذي

ما همَّ لمحةَ ناظرٍ بعقوقها

ما همَّ لمحةَ ناظرٍ بعقوقها

Who is like him, their dutiful son, who

Who is like him? He is her righteous son, who

Never, for an eye's blink, thought of disobeying them?

Never thought of rebelling against her authority.

ملكٌ تجلَّى للبريَّة فخرهُ ال

ملكٌ تجلَّى للبريَّة فخرهُ ال

سامي تجلِّي الشمس عند شروقها

سامي تجلِّي الشمس عند شروقها

A king whose glory shone forth before humankind,

A king who appeared to mankind in his pride

Lofty, like the sun's radiance at its rising.

Sublime like the rising sun at daybreak.

فإذا تكرَّم كانَ فارجَ ضيقها

فإذا تكرَّم كانَ فارجَ ضيقها

وإذا تكلَّم كانَ ضيقَ حلوقها

وإذا تكلَّم كانَ ضيقَ حلوقها

When he is generous, he relieves their distress;

So if he is generous, he relieves her distress,

And when he speaks, he constricts their throats.

And if he speaks, her throats are too narrow for her breath.

تفدي أناملَه العريقةَ في الندى

تفدي أناملَه العريقةَ في الندى

أيدٍ من اللؤمِ انتساجُ عُروقها

أيدٍ من اللؤمِ انتساجُ عُروقها

May his fingertips, deep-rooted in generosity, be ransomed

His noble fingers redeem her in the dew,

By hands whose veins are woven from baseness.

From the hands of villains weaving her veins.

ورثَ العُلى من سابقينَ لغايةٍ

ورثَ العُلى من سابقينَ لغايةٍ

ما للبريَّة مطمعٌ للحوقها

ما للبريَّة مطمعٌ للحوقها

He inherited eminence from forerunners toward a goal

He inherited the heights from predecessors, to a limit

That humankind has no hope of reaching.

That mankind has no hope of reaching.

خُلقت كِراماً فهي تقتسم الثنا

خُلقت كِراماً فهي تقتسم الثنا

والحمدَ بين جديرِها وخليقها

والحمدَ بين جديرِها وخليقها

They were created noble, and they apportion praise

She created him generous, so he shares glory,

And acclaim among their worthy and deserving members.

And praise between the deserving and the able.

شرَعت طريقَ الجودِ وهو مشى به

شرَعت طريقَ الجودِ وهو مشى به

فمشى المرامُ وراءه بطريقها

فمشى المرامُ وراءه بطريقها

They opened generosity's road, and he walked it;

He took the path of generosity and walked it,

So the sought-for goal followed behind him along their path.

So desire followed behind him on its path.

ولدتهُ ثُمَّ أبا الأمين فأحرزت

ولدتهُ ثُمَّ أبا الأمين فأحرزت

بها ثناء عدوّها وصديقها

بها ثناء عدوّها وصديقها

They bore him, then Abu al-Amin, and thus won

She bore him, then Abu Al-Ameen, thus winning

Through this, the praise of their enemy and their friend.

The praise of her enemy and her friend.

بلغا السماءَ عُلاً وزادَ محمدٌ

بلغا السماءَ عُلاً وزادَ محمدٌ

شرفاً سما فيه على عيّوقها

شرفاً سما فيه على عيّوقها

Both reached the sky in eminence, and Muhammad went further

They both reached the heavens in nobility, and Muhammad

In honor, rising above its Ayyuq star.

Ascended in it, surpassing her peaks.

أحيت أناملهُ العفاةَ ومن رأى

أحيت أناملهُ العفاةَ ومن رأى

لُججاً يكون بها نجاة غريقها

لُججاً يكون بها نجاة غريقها

His fingertips revived those seeking bounty—and who has seen

His talented fingers revived the prostrate, and whoever

Deep waters in which their drowning victim finds deliverance?

Sees ways of salvation in them, is saved from drowning.

كرمٌ كغادية السحاب تُزينهُ

كرمٌ كغادية السحاب تُزينهُ

لمعاتُ بشرٍ كالتماع بُروقها

لمعاتُ بشرٍ كالتماع بُروقها

Generosity like the clouds' morning rain, adorned

A generosity like pouring rainclouds, adorned

By gleams of cheer like flashes of their lightning.

By flashes of good news, like its flashing.

يا من تفرَّعَ في الذُرى من دوحةٍ

يا من تفرَّعَ في الذُرى من دوحةٍ

تُجنى المكارمُ من ثمارِ وَريقها

تُجنى المكارمُ من ثمارِ وَريقها

O you who branched among the heights from a great tree,

O you from whom generosity branched out in the lands, from a palm tree

From the fruits of whose foliage noble virtues are plucked,

That reaps generosity from the fruits of its seedlings.

من دوحة الشرفِ الذي بثرى العُلى

من دوحة الشرفِ الذي بثرى العُلى

وَشَجَت قديماً سارياتُ عروقها

وَشَجَت قديماً سارياتُ عروقها

From the tree of honor, in the soil of eminence,

From the palm tree of honor that the ground of heights

Its far-reaching roots entwined long ago.

Nurtured long ago, its roots sprawling.

أهدى لك الفرحَ الإِلهُ مخلّداً

أهدى لك الفرحَ الإِلهُ مخلّداً

وكساكَ من حُلل الثنا برقيقها

وكساكَ من حُلل الثنا برقيقها

May God bestow everlasting joy upon you,

God granted you lasting joy,

And clothe you in the delicate robes of praise.

And clothed you in the gowns of glory with its finery.

هذي المسرَّةُ كم أقرَّت أعيناً

هذي المسرَّةُ كم أقرَّت أعيناً

ولأعينٍ كانت قذًى في مُوقها

ولأعينٍ كانت قذًى في مُوقها

This happiness—how many eyes it has cooled!

This joy, how it delighted eyes,

And for other eyes it was a mote in their corners.

And eyes that were sore with pain in their sockets.

وعد الزمانُ بأن يزيلَ بها جوى

وعد الزمانُ بأن يزيلَ بها جوى

الأحشاء فاشتاقت إلى تحقيقها

الأحشاء فاشتاقت إلى تحقيقها

Time promised through it to dispel the burning grief

Time promised to dispel with it the burning thirst in breasts,

Of hearts, and they yearned for its fulfillment.

So they longed for its fulfillment.

خَفقَت بها شَوقاً وحينَ وَفى بها

خَفقَت بها شَوقاً وحينَ وَفى بها

سكنت وقرَّت بعد طول خُفوقها

سكنت وقرَّت بعد طول خُفوقها

They throbbed with longing for it; when Time made good on it,

They fluttered with yearning for it, and when it was fulfilled,

They grew still and settled after their long throbbing.

They settled and rested after prolonged twitching.

وغدا الزمانُ وقد ترشَّف راحها

وغدا الزمانُ وقد ترشَّف راحها

نشوانَ بين صَبوحِها وغَبوقِها

نشوانَ بين صَبوحِها وغَبوقِها

And Time, having sipped its wine, became

And time passed as it was honored tranquilly

Intoxicated between its morning and evening draughts.

Between its dawn and the darkening of its evenings.

فليُهنينكَ سائغُ الطرب الذي

فليُهنينكَ سائغُ الطرب الذي

لك قد أغصَّ الحاسدينَ بريقها

لك قد أغصَّ الحاسدينَ بريقها

May you enjoy the smooth draught of delight that

So may the pleasing rapture that

For you has made the envious choke on its saliva.

Flooded the envious with its spit make you happy.

واسعد بعرس محمدٍ حسن العُلى

واسعد بعرس محمدٍ حسن العُلى

وأخي النُهى عبد الحسين شقيقها

وأخي النُهى عبد الحسين شقيقها

And rejoice in the wedding of Muhammad Hasan of exalted rank,

And may the wedding of the eminent Muhammad

And Abd al-Husayn, wisdom's brother and kindred soul.

And my brother, the guardian Abdul Hussein, his sibling, delight you.

داما بظلّكَ رافهينِ ولم تزل

داما بظلّكَ رافهينِ ولم تزل

تَغلي حُشاشة منأبى بحريقها

تَغلي حُشاشة منأبى بحريقها

May both dwell at ease beneath your shade, and may

May they remain in your shade, well off, and may

The life-breath of whoever refuses never cease boiling in its blaze.

The spark of enmity not be kindled against them.

فبنوك ثمَّ بنو أخيك جميعُهم

فبنوك ثمَّ بنو أخيك جميعُهم

تأوي الورَى منهم لِفارج ضيقها

تأوي الورَى منهم لِفارج ضيقها

For your sons, then your brother's sons—all of them—

For your sons and the sons of your brother - all of them -

Humankind seeks refuge among them with a reliever of its distress.

The people seek refuge in them from distress.

فإذا الخطوبُ تراكمت فالمصطفى

فإذا الخطوبُ تراكمت فالمصطفى

يُرجى لدفعِ جَليلها ودقيقها

يُرجى لدفعِ جَليلها ودقيقها

When calamities pile up, al-Mustafa

And when engagements abound, Al-Mustafa

Is looked to for repelling them, great and small.

Is hoped for to dispel major and minor [troubles].

وإذا لياليها دَجَت فمحمدُ ال

وإذا لياليها دَجَت فمحمدُ ال

هادي بِطلعتهِ انجلاءُ غسوقها

هادي بِطلعتهِ انجلاءُ غسوقها

And when their nights grow dark, Muhammad al-

And when her nights darken, Muhammad lights them up,

Hadi, by his countenance, dispels their gloom.

The guide, with his rising dispelling the darkness of her dawn.

ولدى أمينِ المجدِ حفظُ عهودِها

ولدى أمينِ المجدِ حفظُ عهودِها

إن خانَها دهرٌ بحلّ وثيقها

إن خانَها دهرٌ بحلّ وثيقها

And with Amin, glory's trustee, its covenants are safeguarded,

And the trustworthy defender of glory preserves her covenants,

Should Time betray it by loosening its firm bond.

If time violates the tying of her knot.

أبني العُلى ارتشفوا سُلافةَ فرحةٍ

أبني العُلى ارتشفوا سُلافةَ فرحةٍ

أحلى من الصهباءِ في راووقها

أحلى من الصهباءِ في راووقها

O sons of eminence, sip the choice wine of a joy

Sons of eminence, savor the intimacy of joy

Sweeter than tawny wine within its strainer.

Sweeter than sap in the drinking vessels of her clouds.

طاب السرور بها فقلت مؤرّخاً

طاب السرور بها فقلت مؤرّخاً

وصل الأحبةَ عرسُكم برحِيقها

وصل الأحبةَ عرسُكم برحِيقها

The joy it brought was sweet, so I said in a chronogram:

Joy prospered through it, so I said, recording it,

Your wedding united the loved ones with its nectar.

May your wedding join you with its spittle.