سَأذكرُ ما أنا فيه وما

لقيتُ وأشرَحه ذاكِرا

I will recount what state I'm in and what

I have encountered, remembering,

ولو لَم أكُن شاعراً لاستَعَن

تُ عَلى وَصفِ ما حلَّ بي شاعِرا

And had I not been a poet, a poet

would have aided describing what befell me,

وقد كنتُ أسبَلتُ من قبلِ ذا

كَ دَمعي علَى عَدَمي سايِرا

Previously, I let my tears flow over

my nothingness ceaselessly,

إلى أن أتى الشهرُ شَهرُ الصِّيا

مِ فأبرزَه وابتَدا ناشِرا

Until the month came, the month of fasting,

so it manifested and began to spread,

وصارَت لَياليهِ أيامُه

أبيتُ به صائِماً ساهِرا

And its nights became its days

I spent awake, fasting, sleepless,

وأُنسيتُ أهلَ الندى والعُلى

ومَن يذكرُ الزمنَ الغابِرا

And forgot the people of affection and sublimeness,

and who recalls the bygone times,

وقلتُ نسيتُم بَقاياهُم

فأذكرَني منهم جابِرا

And I said: you forgot their remnants

so remember me amongst them, mending,

فتىً ورَّثَ المجدَ آباءهُ

وقد يَرثُ الأوَّلُ الآخِرا

A youth who inherited glory from his fathers

and the latter may inherit the former,

وكم سَحبوا من ثيابِ العُلى

ومن طَرزِها الفاخِر الفاخِرا

And how they donned the garments of eminence

and its splendid embroideries, splendid,

وقد نَزلوا في محلِّ السِّماكِ

علواً حَكوا نَوأهُ الماطِرا

And they descended to the abode of power

and ascended; its downpour related its path,

ودلَّت ولايَتُه الطاهِري

نَ أنَّ له مَولِداً طاهِرا

And his pure governance indicated

that he has a pure birth,