هُنّيتِ رُوزي فَذاكَ صَومُكِ وال

هُنّيتِ رُوزي فَذاكَ صَومُكِ وال

مِيلادُ جاءَ والعيدُ في نَسقِ

مِيلادُ جاءَ والعيدُ في نَسقِ

Felicitations, Ruzi: that is your fast, and the

Your rose-like face, that is your fast while

Nativity has come, and the feast follows in succession.

Birth and feast came in procession

فَذاكَ اِنحَلَّت فيهِ كُلَّ يَد

فَذاكَ اِنحَلَّت فيهِ كُلَّ يَد

وَذاكَ أخملت فيهِ كلّ نَقي

وَذاكَ أخملت فيهِ كلّ نَقي

So, on that occasion every hand was unbound,

That is where every hand relaxed

and on that occasion you eclipsed every pure one.

And where every purity was defiled

وَجهٌ كَصدرِ الحُسامِ تَصبو لَهُ ال

وَجهٌ كَصدرِ الحُسامِ تَصبو لَهُ ال

عينُ وَيَنقد القَلبُ من فَرَقِ

عينُ وَيَنقد القَلبُ من فَرَقِ

A face like a sword's forepart, yearned for by the

A face like the chest of polished swords from which

eye, while the heart breaks with dread.

Eyes pour and hearts bleed from yearning

وَمُقْلَةٌ شَوقها لِيَقْظَتِها

وَمُقْلَةٌ شَوقها لِيَقْظَتِها

شَوقٌ لِحسّادها إِلى الأَرقِ

شَوقٌ لِحسّادها إِلى الأَرقِ

And an eye whose longing for its wakefulness

And eyelids whose longing in their waking

is, for its enviers, a longing for sleeplessness.

Is longing that keeps rivals sleepless

ومُرْتَقىً تَعْجَبُ السّماءُ لَهُ

ومُرْتَقىً تَعْجَبُ السّماءُ لَهُ

إِذا اِستَطالَت إِليهِ كَيفَ رُقي

إِذا اِستَطالَت إِليهِ كَيفَ رُقي

And a height at which heaven marvels,

And a figure that heaven is amazed by

when it stretches toward it: how was it climbed?

When it rises high, wondering how it ascended

تَوّجتَ شَهباءَها بِمُشْرِقَةً

تَوّجتَ شَهباءَها بِمُشْرِقَةً

مُشرِفة شُهْبُها عَلى الأُفُقِ

مُشرِفة شُهْبُها عَلى الأُفُقِ

You crowned its gray expanse with a radiant one,

You crowned its moonlike beauty with a rising

towering, with its meteors above the horizon.

Star, its trailing locks above the horizon

جَوٌّ تَهاوى مِنهُ كَوكَبُهُ

جَوٌّ تَهاوى مِنهُ كَوكَبُهُ

طَرفُهُ طَرفُ رُجُوم مُسْتَرِقِ

طَرفُهُ طَرفُ رُجُوم مُسْتَرِقِ

A sky from which its star came tumbling down;

A visage from which a planet swoons

its glance is that of missiles aimed at an eavesdropper.

A glance that steals glances furtively

فَوارِسُ تُذهل الفَوارِس أَن

فَوارِسُ تُذهل الفَوارِس أَن

تَهافَتَت مِن أَرشاقِها الرشِقِ

تَهافَتَت مِن أَرشاقِها الرشِقِ

Horsemen astound horsemen, as

Horsemen who daze horsemen, stunned

shots come tumbling from their volleys.

That its lightning bolts scattered the dawn

مِن راكضٍ في الهَواءِ أَهوَ منَ ال

مِن راكضٍ في الهَواءِ أَهوَ منَ ال

فَتحِ مجرّ مِن تَحتِهِ لَبقِ

فَتحِ مجرّ مِن تَحتِهِ لَبقِ

Among them, one racing in the air, swooping down [reading uncertain] from the

Galloping in air, swifter than the

opening; a deft dragger from beneath him.

Rupture of a starry womb’s water breaking

شَاوٍ مِنَ الخصرِ لَو تحاوِلُهُ ال

شَاوٍ مِنَ الخصرِ لَو تحاوِلُهُ ال

خُضرُ لَزَلَّت عَن مَوطِئ زُلَقِ

خُضرُ لَزَلَّت عَن مَوطِئ زُلَقِ

A roaster [sense unclear] from the waist—were the

A waist, if the tender green were to try it

green ones to attempt it, they would surely slip from a slippery foothold.

It would slip from its firm foothold

يَقولُ مَن دينُهُ الفروسَة ما

يَقولُ مَن دينُهُ الفروسَة ما

لاقَكَ إِلّا ضَربٌ مِنَ الإِلقِ

لاقَكَ إِلّا ضَربٌ مِنَ الإِلقِ

He whose creed is horsemanship says: nothing

He whose faith is horsemanship says you met me

has met you but a kind of deception.

With nothing but a manner of casting

بَدائِعٌ تغبطُ السماءُ بِها ال

بَدائِعٌ تغبطُ السماءُ بِها ال

أَرضَ وتُذكي الإِشفاقَ في الشَفَقِ

أَرضَ وتُذكي الإِشفاقَ في الشَفَقِ

Marvels for which heaven envies the

Wonders that make the sky envy

earth, and kindles apprehension in the twilight.

Earth, and kindle passion in the sunset

في دَولَةٍ جَمَعتْ إيالَتُها

في دَولَةٍ جَمَعتْ إيالَتُها

مِن بَدَد الحُسْنِ كلَّ مفترقِ

مِن بَدَد الحُسْنِ كلَّ مفترقِ

In a realm whose governance has gathered

In a state whose domains gathered up

all the scattered fragments of beauty.

All beauty’s diversity from its dispersion

تَزرُّ أطواقُهَا على ملكٍ

تَزرُّ أطواقُهَا على ملكٍ

مكتفلٍ رزقَ كلّ مرتزقِ

مكتفلٍ رزقَ كلّ مرتزقِ

Its collars fasten about a king

Its provinces burden a king

who guarantees a livelihood to every seeker of sustenance.

Who feeds each mercenary

مَحمودٌ اِسماً وَمَيسَماً وندىً

مَحمودٌ اِسماً وَمَيسَماً وندىً

وَاِعتَصب الدم كلّ مرنققِ

وَاِعتَصب الدم كلّ مرنققِ

Mahmud—praiseworthy in name, appearance, and bounty—

Praiseworthy in name and fame and dew

and blood bound itself about every [unclear word].

And the blood of each suckled knight

طبَّق طوفانُه فَلَسْت ترى

طبَّق طوفانُه فَلَسْت ترى

إلّا مُغيثاً مُشفٍ على غرقِ

إلّا مُغيثاً مُشفٍ على غرقِ

His deluge covered all, so you see nothing

His flood layered until you see

but a rescuer on the brink of drowning.

Only a saving rain on the drowned

يا بحرُ لا خلق تدّعي شبَهاً

يا بحرُ لا خلق تدّعي شبَهاً

فات المدى ما حَوَيْتَ من خُلُقِ

فات المدى ما حَوَيْتَ من خُلُقِ

O sea, you claim likeness to no creature;

O sea, claim no likeness to his humanity

the character you possess has surpassed all bounds.

What virtues you contain are boundless

مُلْكُكَ هَذا الَّذي تَملأه

مُلْكُكَ هَذا الَّذي تَملأه

صِباهُ يَجري وَالدهر في طلقِ

صِباهُ يَجري وَالدهر في طلقِ

This realm of yours, which you fill—

This realm of yours which fills

its youth runs on, while Time gallops freely.

His youth flows, time in release