1. ريحَ الصَبا هِجتِ أَشواقاً الى الحِلَلِ

    وزدتِ جمرا الفؤاد الدائِم الشُعَلِ

    East wind, you stirred longings for the encampments,

    And added embers to the heart whose flames never cease.

  2. أَنّى أَمَلتُ لِسُقمي البرءَ منكِ فقد

    رجوتُ منكِ شفاءَ الداءِ بالعللِ

    How could I hope that you would cure my sickness? For

    I hoped you would heal the ailment with ailments.

  3. قد نابَ قَلبي جوىً حتىّ طمعتُ لَدى

    هياج وجدي من الرمضاءِ بالبللِ

    Love's anguish struck my heart, until, amid

    The surge of my yearning, I hoped for moisture from burning sands.

  4. تاللَهِ ما هَزَّ دَوحاً رَودُ ناسمةٍ

    هَزَّ الهوى وَالنوى المعاشقِ الثِملِ

    By God, no gentle breeze has swayed a mighty tree

    As love and separation sway the intoxicated lover.

  5. بِهِ ضِرامُ هوى لو هَلَّ مدمعهُ

    فيهِ لجفَّ وَبَعضٌ منهُ لَم يَحُلِ

    In him burns a blaze of passion: were his tears to pour

    Into it, they would dry while some of its fire still remained.

  6. تشبهُ صبوةٌ بالوَجدِ طالَ بِها

    شَجوٌ لها لِأَليفٍ عنهُ مرتحلِ

    A yearning kindles it, a passion long afflicted

    With grief for a dear companion who has left him.

  7. وَرُبَّ طيرٍ شدا في لحنِهِ فشجا

    قَلبي المشوقَ بِصَوتٍ في الهوى زَجِلِ

    Many a bird has sung its melody and saddened

    My yearning heart with a voice ringing with love.

  8. فَهاجَ مني اذكارَ البُعدِ حين حدا

    عندَ اِفتراقٍ بِقَومي سائقُ الإِبل

    It stirred within me memories of separation, when

    At parting, the camel-driver urged my people onward.

  9. يحدو بهم والهَوى بالقَلب ظلَّ أَسىً

    يَحدو مَليّا وَراءَ الأَينُقِ الذُلُلِ

    He drove them on, while love remained a sorrow in my heart,

    Driving me on and on behind the docile she-camels.

  10. قُلتُ اتَّئِد لِوَداعٍ قبل طول نوىً

    قال الهوى خُلقَ الانسان من عَجلِ

    I said, 'Slow down for a farewell before long separation.'

    Love said, 'Man was created of haste.'

  11. ما أَقتلَ الحبَّ للعشّاق يصحَبهم

    في قلبهم كاصطحاب السيفِ للخللِ

    How deadly love is to lovers! It accompanies them

    Within their hearts, like a sword lodged in a cleft.

  12. صبابةٌ وهوىً شوقٌ وشؤم جوىً

    يَشجو لهم ونوىً عنجيرةِ الطللِ

    Ardor and passion, longing and baleful love-anguish

    Grieve them, with separation from the people of the ruined dwelling.

  13. راعوا عهودَ ملاحٍ ما لَها ذِممٌ

    وَقلبهم ثابِتٌ عهداً بِلا مللِ

    They honored the pledges of beauties who have no fidelity,

    While their own hearts kept faith without weariness.

  14. عليَّ للحبّ عهدٌ ويلَ حافظهِ

    يُفضي بِهِ عَن أَسىً فيهِ الى الأَجلِ

    A pledge to love binds me—woe to its keeper!

    Through its sorrow, it leads him to his death.

  15. زلَّت الى العُدم بي في تيههِ قدمي

    فَلا سَبيلَ الى الانهاضِ من زللِ

    My foot slipped with me toward oblivion in its maze,

    And there is no way to rise again from that fall.

  16. تيهٌ عميقٌ بِهِ اهل الهوى سقطت

    طُرّا وما برحت من عابر الأَزلِ

    A deep, trackless maze into which love's people have fallen,

    All of them, never leaving it since eternity's bygone ages.

  17. فَلَستُ أَوَّلَ صابٍ قد تملكهُ

    لما صبا شجوُ صبٍّ زادَ في خَبل

    I am not the first lover to have been possessed,

    When he fell in love, by a lover's sorrow deepening his madness.

  18. زانَ الهوى لي جَمالٌ زاهياً نَضِراً

    وَلَم تَشنِهُ الرزايا وَالنَمائِمُ لي

    Radiant, fresh beauty adorned love for me,

    And neither calamities nor malicious gossip marred it for me.

  19. هويتُ والحسنُ يُهوى والهوى جَرَت ال

    دِما بِهِ هطلُها كالعارضِ الهَطلِ

    I loved—for beauty is loved—and through passion flowed

    Blood in torrents, like a cloud pouring rain.

  20. تامَ الفؤادَ بِهِ حسنآءُ قد وَلِعث

    لَهواً بظلمِ نحيلٍ بالولوع بلي

    A beautiful woman enslaved my heart through it, taking delight

    In cruel sport with a slender man worn down by devotion.

  21. فتاكةُ الحسنِ بالاكبادِ يُعقبها

    سَهماً يُعيدُ شجيّا فيهِ كلَّ خلي

    Her beauty slays hearts, sending in its wake

    An arrow that turns every carefree man into a mourner.

  22. يهيم فيها فؤادٌ لي بِهِ رشقت

    زَرقآءَ أَسهمِ جفنٍ من بَني ثُعل

    A heart of mine wanders lovesick for her; into it she shot

    Blue arrows from an eyelid of Banu Thu'al.

  23. نادَت على كل قَلبٍ وهيَ صائلةٌ

    اياك من فتَكاتِ الاعين النجل

    She cried to every heart as she charged:

    'Beware the deadly assaults of wide eyes!'

  24. فَكَم اخي سقَمٍ في الحُبِّ راحِ بها

    يُشجى بطرفٍ لها بالحسن مكتحل

    How many a sufferer in love has gone, because of them,

    Grieving beneath her glance, kohled with beauty.

  25. سودآءُ تُزري سناناً ازرقاً ولقد

    سطت علي رمح عِطفٍ فائق الاسل

    Her black eye puts a blue spearhead to shame; indeed,

    She struck me with the spear of her supple figure, finer than lances.

  26. هيَ الصَبابةُ نيطت بالعيون لِمن

    يُهوى جَمالاً ومَن يَهواهُ بالغَزَل

    Such is love's yearning, bound to the eyes of one

    Loved for beauty, and whoever loves that beauty in verse.

  27. اذا عيونُ الدُمى لاقينَ أَجفُننا

    صارَعنَ ارواحنا في معركِ المقل

    When the eyes of beautiful figures meet our eyelids,

    They wrestle with our souls on the battlefield of eyes.

  28. بهنَّ اسيافُ أَجفانٍ قد اِمتزجت

    مياهها بمياهِ الغنج والكَحل

    Within them are eyelid-swords whose waters have mingled

    With the waters of coquetry and kohl.

  29. أَنّى يعنفُ فيها العاذِلونَ لدى

    هوايَ وَالسَيفُ منها سابق العَذل

    How can the reprovers rebuke me over her amid

    My love, when her sword precedes their reproach?

  30. رَيّا من الدمِ ما زالَت تُهالُ بِها

    دِماً لكلّ مَهيج الوجد مختبل

    Blood-sated, through them blood is continually poured out—

    The blood of every maddened man whose yearning surges.

  31. يا للهوى مَن لمضنىً هائِمٍ كلفاً

    بادي بكاءٍ خفيِّ الحبّ منتحل

    Ah, love! Who will help a wasted man wandering in passion,

    Openly weeping, secretly in love, wasting away?

  32. ضَنَّ الحَبيبُ عليهِ بالوصال فما

    يُضحي جَزاهُ سوى بِرٍّ على البَدَل

    The beloved withheld union from him, so

    His only recompense is kindness given in return.

  33. أَضحى يجودُ بنفسٍ منهُ عن وَمَدٍ

    بِهِ وَوَهنٍ مجازاةً على النجل

    He began to give his life freely, from the inward heat

    And weakness within him, in recompense for those wide eyes.

  34. لَم يَدرِ فيهِ الهوى من لا يذلُّ بِهِ

    وان تُحاوِل علآءَ العزّ فاِعتزل

    Whoever is not humbled by love has never known it;

    If you seek the heights of dignity, then withdraw.

  35. فَللهوى سُنَنٌ وَيلاهُ قد كتبت

    لنا الهوانَ بوجدٍ هائج الغُللِ

    For love has laws—alas!—that have prescribed

    Humiliation for us through yearning that inflames our thirst.

  36. خبنا بِهِ أَملاً والحُبُّ ما عُهدت

    نَفسٌ بِهِ حصلت يواً سوى الفشلي

    Our hopes failed through it, and never has love known

    A soul that gained from it, on any day, anything but failure.

  37. راقَت لنا بمجاريهِ مواردهُ

    من حَيثُ لم نَدرِ مزجَ الصاب بالعسلِ

    Its watering places pleased us along its streams,

    Where, unknown to us, it mixed bitter sap with honey.

  38. وَهَكَذا كل امرٍ لَيسَ فيهِ لنا

    رأَيٌ سَديدٌ فَلَن يَنجو من الخَللِ

    Likewise, every affair in which we lack

    Sound judgment will never escape flaws.

  39. أَرى مِلاك الامور الرأيَ تأَمُلُها

    بِهِ وَيَغدو اليها اسهل السُبلِ

    I see judgment as the governing principle of affairs: reflecting upon them

    Through it becomes the easiest path toward them.

  40. لكنَّ بين الوَرى قام الخلاف بِهِ

    فَلاحَ عنهُ خلافُ القول والعَمَلِ

    But disagreement over it arose among mankind,

    And thus appeared discord between speech and action.

  41. شتّانَ بين امرىٍ مُحصي مطالبهِ

    حِرصاً ووانٍ على الاقدار متكلِ

    Far apart are the man who counts his aims

    Eagerly, and the negligent man who relies on fate.

  42. انَّ الأَمانيَّ ناجتني الحوادثُ أَن

    نِيطَ البُلوغُ لها بالجَدِّ والحيلِ

    As for wishes, events whispered to me that

    Their attainment is bound to diligence and ingenuity.

  43. نَعَم ولكنَّ مِصراً في ادارتها

    نالَت بتوفيقها ما طابَ من أَملِ

    Yes; but Egypt, in her governance,

    Has gained through her Tawfiq the choicest hopes.

  44. رَفيعُ شأنٍ تولاها ولاقَ بها

    عدلاً ولاقَت بِهِ كالشمس في الحَمَلِ

    A man of lofty standing governs her and suits her

    In justice; and she suits him like the sun in Aries.

  45. أَخو العلا وابو المجد ابنُ بجدتِهِ

    ذو اللطفِ والنَسبِ الباهي السنى الجَلَلِ

    Brother of eminence, father of glory, its true master,

    Gracious, of a lineage splendid, radiant, and august.

  46. قَيلٌ تسَلسَلَ من أَقيالِ مصرويا

    لَهُ تَسَلسُلَ مجدٍ يَعتزي لِعلي

    A prince descended from the princes of Egypt—oh,

    What a chain of glory is his, tracing its descent to Ali!

  47. يراعهُ كظُباهُ ما لها ابداً

    اذ نبا السَيفُ من نبوٍ لدى الفَللِ

    His reed-pen is like his blade-edges: never do they recoil,

    Though a sword may recoil when its edge is notched.

  48. ذو الجَدّ والمَجدِ والسامي المقام سناً

    بِالفَضلِ والحَزمِ والإِقدامِ والحِوَلِ

    Possessed of diligence and glory, lofty in station and radiance,

    Through excellence, resolve, boldness, and resourcefulness.

  49. ربُّ الكمال بأَوجِ الفخر دامَ بِهِ

    يَرقى كبدرٍ بافقِ الجاهِ مكتَملِ

    Master of perfection, at the zenith of pride he continues

    To rise like a full moon on the horizon of prestige.

  50. يَرقى منازل سعدٍ بالعُلى عُقِدت

    وَالنصرِ والسَعدُ للتوفيقِ دام بَلي

    He climbs the stations of good fortune, bound to eminence

    And victory; may fortune endure for Tawfiq [ending unclear].

  51. اهدى ثناءً لَهُ المجدُ الأَثيلُ بِما

    أَنالهُ من بهيّ القدر والجَذَلِ

    Ancient glory offered him praise for

    The splendor of rank and joy he bestowed upon it.

  52. لِلمَجدِ دامَ بِه اذ راحَ يُحرزهُ

    مجدٌ بكنهِ العلى وَالفخر لم يزلِ

    For glory itself, through him, as he wins it, there endures

    A glory at the heart of eminence and pride that never fades.

  53. محمديٌّ حميدٌ ذكرهُ يَققٌ

    بَهي السَنا عَلويٌّ بالفخار علي

    Of Muhammad's line, praiseworthy, with a spotless name,

    Of splendid radiance; of Ali's line, exalted in glory.

  54. جَليل شأنٍ رَفيع الشأوِ مُقبلهُ

    راقٍ من الشَرَف السامي على زُحل

    August in standing, lofty in attainment, his future

    Rises through high nobility above Saturn.

  55. دَنَت اقاصي المُنى منهُ فراق لها

    بالاً فما يقترح من امرهِ يَنَلِ

    The farthest reaches of desire drew near him, delighting

    His heart; whatever he proposes in his affairs, he gains.

  56. فاقَت بِهِ مصرُ أَمصاراً وأَهلها

    لكلِّ سَعدٍ على الإِقبال مشتملِ

    Through him Egypt surpassed other cities, and her people

    Embrace every good fortune amid prosperity.

  57. يا مصرُ قاهرةَ الدنيا ليَهِنكِ ما

    وجدتِ من شَرَفٍ سامٍ لدى الدوَلِ

    O Egypt, conqueress of the world, rejoice in what

    You have gained of lofty honor among the states.

  58. أَولاكِ مَولاكِ من نحج المفاخر ما

    بِهِ حكيتِ عروساً زُيّنت بحلي

    Your lord bestowed on you such triumphs of glory

    That you resembled a bride adorned with jewels.

  59. لكِ الهناءُ بِتَوفيقٍ لَقَد حُبِكَت

    برود عِزٍّ لَهُ قد فاقَ عن مِثلِ

    Congratulations to you on Tawfiq! Indeed, woven

    For him are mantles of honor surpassing any equal.

  60. الناسُ تطلبُ بالتَوفيق مطلبها

    فاِستبشري انهُ جوداً عليكِ وَلي

    People seek their aims through success;

    So rejoice: he has generously become your ruler.

  61. سما بِهِ لكِ عِزّا طيبُ مرتبةٍ

    جَليلةٍ بثناً باهي المقام جَلي

    Through him, the excellence of his rank has raised your honor,

    A lofty rank, radiant in praise, distinguished and clear.

  62. عزّا عليك العَزيزُ المجدِ فاض بِهِ

    نَداهُ من بعض ما اولاكِ من نَحِلِ

    In honor upon you, the man of mighty glory poured forth

    His bounty, part of the gifts he bestowed upon you.

  63. احييتِ للعُربِ مجداً جلَّ محتِدُهُ

    وَرُمتِ ما لَم يكن بالأَعصُر الاول

    You revived for the Arabs a glory noble in its roots,

    And sought what had not existed in the earliest ages.

  64. دَينٌ على ناطق الضادِ المَديحُ لها

    من دولةٍ عن أَدآء العدل لم تحلِ

    Every speaker of Arabic owes her praise,

    A state that has never swerved from dispensing justice.

  65. مَصرٌ وسَل في المَعالي عن سيادتها

    وعَن مطالعَ حازتها فَلا تَسلِ

    Egypt! Ask, among lofty achievements, about her sovereignty;

    But of the heights she has attained, do not ask!

  66. رَبَت بمهدِ سنا الإِعزاز باهيةً

    وقد زهت دولةً من سالف الطِوَلِ

    She grew radiant in the cradle of honor's splendor,

    And flourished as a realm of ancient might.

  67. تَليدُ شأوٍ عنا لكن نَراهُ الى

    طَريفِ ما أَمعنت في العزّ لم يَصِلِ

    Her ancient eminence has yielded; yet we see it cannot

    Reach the new heights to which she has pressed in honor.

  68. بظلِّ مولىً حميدٍ عادِلٍ نَدُسٍ

    بَرٍّ خَطيرٍ سَعيدٍ باسلٍ بطلِ

    Under the shelter of a praiseworthy, just, discerning lord,

    Benevolent, distinguished, fortunate, fearless—a hero.

  69. تَوفيقِ سعدٍ واقبالٍ يبيتُ بِهِ

    بالشؤم حُسَّدُهُ والذُلّ والوَجلِ

    Tawfiq, of good fortune and prosperity, through whom

    His enviers pass the night in misfortune, humiliation, and fear.

  70. غنىّ بِهِ بلبلُ الآمال وهيَ لدى

    مَجدٍ كروضٍ يواليهِ نَدى الطِلَلِ

    Through him the nightingale of hopes sang, while those hopes dwelt amid

    Glory like a garden continually visited by the dew of light rain.

  71. داعٍ بنصرٍ بِهِ الفتحُ القَريبُ زَها

    واصبح الفضل نحجاً حاليَ العطَلِ

    Calling for victory, through him imminent triumph blossomed,

    And excellence grew fruitful, its bareness now adorned.

  72. اثيلُ مجدٍ تَبدّىفائقاً بِسَها

    لطفِ البها مَلكاً في صورة الرَجُلِ

    Deep-rooted in glory, he appeared surpassing all through the radiance

    Of gracious splendor—an angel in the form of a man.

  73. في قَلبِهِ لاحَ نور الحقّ حيثُ سَنى

    نور الرشاد سما في الرأي والجَدَلِ

    Within his heart the light of truth shone, where the radiance

    Of guidance rose high in judgment and debate.

  74. رَيّان من مورد الانصاف دولتهُ

    بِهِ كَرَوضٍ نما بالزهو وَالنَزَلِ

    Sated from the wellspring of fairness; his realm

    Through him is a garden flourishing in blossom and bounty.

  75. يَرعى الوَرى منهُ لَيثٌ لا نَزال بها

    تَراهُ يَجمع بين الذئبِ والحَملِ

    In him a lion guards mankind; with no combat in the realm,

    You see him bringing wolf and lamb together.

  76. دالَت لَهُ دولةٌ فيها الصفاءُ نما

    لمثلهِ شبهها في القوم لم يَدُلِ

    A realm fell to him in which serenity increased;

    No like realm has fallen to his equal among mankind.

  77. خدَيو مصرَ العزيزُ السيد النَبِهُ ال

    فردُ الزكيّ الصفاتِ الطاهرُ الحُلَلِ

    Egypt's mighty Khedive, the vigilant lord, the

    Peerless one, pure in his attributes, unstained in his robes.

  78. لَهُ وَقَد أُيّدت في حكمهِ وَصفت

    قِسطٌ يثقّف ما في الحق من مَيَلِ

    His, with the realm strengthened and made pure beneath his rule,

    Is justice that straightens every deviation from right.

  79. اضآءَ للعدل انوارٌ زَهَونَ بِهِ

    فيها وَمدَّ بهيج الأَمن كالظُللِ

    He kindled radiant lights for justice

    Within it, and spread delightful safety like sheltering canopies.

  80. لَم يبدُ غَيمٌ بِها كي لا يَكون بِها

    بالكٍ يَفيض بدمعٍ منهُ منهملِ

    No cloud appeared there, so that there would be

    No weeper overflowing with streaming tears.

  81. مَقامها فوق أَطباق السحائب اذ

    تجاوزت فيهِ مجداً موقعَ السَبَلِ

    Her station is above the layers of clouds, for

    In glory she has risen beyond where rain falls.

  82. امست لدى عزّها الأَزمانُ قائلةً

    اعلى الممالكِ ما نبني على الذُبُلِ

    Amid her honor, the ages have come to say:

    'The highest kingdoms are those we build upon spears.'

  83. لبيك يا مَن بِهِ في العزّ ما فتئت

    تجلُّ مَجداً عن الأَندادِ والمُثُلِ

    At your service, you through whom she has never ceased, in honor,

    To rise in glory above rivals and peers.

  84. هَذا زَمانك فُه فيهِ وَمُرهُ لَدى

    حكمٍ أَوِ انهَ تُطَع قُدِّستَ من جبلِ

    This is your age: speak in it, and command it by

    Decree, or forbid and be obeyed—hallowed mountain that you are!

  85. اليكها خودَ حسنٍ بالدلال بدت

    في بُردِ جاهٍ موشى منك منتحَلِ

    Take her—a lovely maiden appearing in graceful coquetry,

    In an embroidered mantle of rank borrowed from you.

  86. ثَوبٌ بِهِ برزت بالعزّ وهي لدى

    قصورها بمديحٍ فيك في خجلِ

    A robe in which she emerged with honor, though,

    For her shortcomings in praising you, she blushes.

  87. ادركتَ ما يبهَرُ السبعَ الطباقَ وقد

    فاقَت بأَوجك مجد السبعَةِ الطوَلِ

    You attained what dazzles the seven layered heavens, and she

    Through your loftiness surpassed the glory of the seven long odes.

  88. نادَت بما حزتَ من عزِّ الجَلال فَدُم

    بكلِّ قَدرٍ نَبيلٍ مَورِدَ المثلِ

    She proclaimed the majestic honor you gained: so endure

    In every noble degree of worth, a source of examples.

  89. ى يَدعو لك السَعدُ بالتَوفيقَ يَقرنهُ

    حسن الثنالكَ في الاسحارِ والأَصلِ

    Good fortune prays for your success, joining it

    To lovely praise of you at dawn and eventide.