جَنَت مَقلُ الغُزلانِ

جَنايا الشُمول

The gardens of gentle gazelles,

My paradise of inclusion,

عَلى عالَمِ الإِنسانِ

جيلاً بَعدَ جيل

Upon the world of mankind,

Generation after generation.

أَهيمُ بِمَن يطغيهِ

عَلى الجَمال

I obsess over he who would overpower me,

Over beauty,

أُداريهِ أَستَرضيه

فَيَأبى الدَلال

I cajole him, try to please him,

But desire refuses compliance.

لَقَد عَذَلوني فيهِ

وَقالوا وَقالوا

They have certainly blamed me for it,

And said, and said,

عَلى حينِ قَد أَلهاني

عَن قالَ وَقيل

While it has distracted me

From saying and hearing.

لَيلُ الصَدِّ وَالهِجران

وَيَومُ الرَحيل

The night of aloofness and estrangement,

And the day of departure,

إِلى كَم أُداري اللُوّام

مَثنى وَفُرادى

To how much longer will I appease the blamers,

In pairs and individually?

وَتَاللَهِ أخرى الأَيّام

لا أُعطي قِيادا

By God, the days to come,

I will not give any lead.

لَهفي صِرت بَينَ الأَقوام

حَديثاً مُعادا

My longing, I have become, among the people,

A repeated topic of condemnation,

وَقَد قَعَدت أَشجاني

بِكُلِّ سَبيل

And my sorrows have settled

In every path.

وَلا عَهدَ بِالسلوان

وَلا يَنبَغي لي

I am unaccustomed to comfort,

Nor is it fitting for me.

هُوَ الحُسنُ لا أَختارُ

مَطلوباً عَلَيهِ

It is beauty, I do not choose

A desired one over it,

وَجهٌ تُشرِقُ الأَنوارُ

عَلى صَفحَتَيهِ

A face from which lights shine,

Upon its cheeks,

وَتَستَبِقُ الأَبصار

إِلَيهِ إِلَيهِ

And eyes compete

Towards it, towards it.

وَقَد كَغُصنِ البانِ

في حقفٍ مَهيل

It is like a moist branch

In an inclined meadow.

فَذاكَ الَّذي يَلحاني

عَلَيهِ عَذولي

That is what obsesses me,

My crazed passion for it.

يَا اِبنَ الناصِرِ المَنصور

بِا اِبنِ المَجدِ أَجمَع

Oh son of Al-Nasir Al-Mansur,

The son of all glory combined,

أَنتَ الأَمنُ لِلمَذعور

مِمّا يتَوَقَّع

You are safety for the terrified,

From what is feared.

فَكَم جَذلٌ مَسرور

يَقولُ وَيَسمَع

So many gallant, delighted ones

Say and hear:

أَبو حَفص هُ سُلطاني

اللَهُ يَحرزولي

"Abu Hafs, he is my sultan,

God protect me for him."

هُ آمنّي هُ أَغناني

هُ بَلَغن سولي

"He secured me, he enriched me,

He fulfilled my wishes."