هذي المكَارِمُ والعَليَاءُ تَفتَخِرُ
بيَومِ مأثرةٍ ساعاتُه غُرَرُ
These noble traits and sublimities take pride
In a day whose hours are full of wonders
يومٌ تَبَسَّمَ عنه الدَّهرُ واجتَمَعَت
له السُّعودُ أغضتُ دونه الغِر
A day the ages smiled upon and fortune
Converged around, beside it my pride seems dim
حتَّى كأنا نَرَى في كلِّ مُلتَفَتٍ
رَوضاً تَفَتَّحَ في أثنائِه الزَّهَرُ
It's as if we see in every glance
A garden blooming with flowers within
لَمَّا تجلىَّ عن الآمالُ مُشرقةً
قال العلا بك أستَعِلى وأقتدرُ
When hopes shone radiant and sublime
The high said, with you I ascend and excel
وافَى على غيرِ ميعادٍ يُبَشِّرُنَا
بأن سَتَتبعَهُ أمثالُه الأُخَرُ
Fulfilling without appointment, bringing us the good news
That the like of it will follow in succession
أهنا الَمسَرَّةَ ما جاءت مُفَاجَأَة
وما تَنَاجَت بها الألفاظُ والفِكَرُ
What a delight that came unanticipated
That words and thoughts whispered among themselves
ولو أن بُشرَى تَلَقَّتنا بمورِدِها
لأَقبَلت نحوها الأفراحُ تَبتَدِرُ
If the gladdening news had come to meet us
Joys would have rushed to greet it readily
وما يُعَنَّفُ مَن يسخو بُمهجته
فإنَّ يَومَك هذا وحده عُمُرُ
Who would reproach one who lavishes his soul?
For this day of yours alone is life itself
لما غَدَوتَ وماءُ العينِ ملتًفتٌ
إلا إلى منظرٍ يُبهِي ويُحتَبَرُ
Since you came at dawn while eyes were rapt
In nothing but scenes of awe and veneration
ثَنَت مَهَابَتُكَ الأبصارَ حَاسرةً
حتى تبيَّن في ألحاظِها خَزَرُ
Your majesty dazzled sights confounded
Till in their gaze confusion was apparent
إذا تأمَّلتَهم أغضوا وإن نظروا
خلالَ ذاك بأدنى لَفتَةٍ نظروا
When they looked upon you they were abashed
And if they glanced in that interval they glanced
في ملبس ما رأتهُ عينُ معترضٍ
فشكَّ في أَنَّه أخلاقُك الزُّهَرُ
At attire no censor’s eye had seen
Suspecting it was your nature’s blossoming
ألبستهُ منك نوراً يستضيء به
كما أضاءَ نواحي مُزنِهِ القَمَرُ
You wore it as light from you emanating
As the moon lights up the sky surrounding
وقد تقَلَّدتَ عضباً أنت مَضرِبهُ
وعنك يأخذُ ما يأتي وما يَذَرُ
You took up wrath and it is you who wield it
From you comes what is given and denied
ما زال يزدادُ من إشراق شُفرَتِه
زَهواً ويظهرُ فيه التِّيهُ والأشَرُ
The more your blade’s brilliance increased
The more it exuded allure and magic
والشمسُ تَحسُدُ طرفاً أنت راكبُهُ
حتى تكادَ من الأفلاكِ تنحدرُ
The sun envied the steed you were riding
Nearly plummeting from its celestial sphere
حتى لقد خِلتُ أن الشمسَ أزعجها
شوقٌ فظلَّت على عِطفَيه تنتَثرُ
I thought the sun was troubled and annoyed
So fragments of it on your shoulders glittered
دعوتُ فِكري فلم أحمد إجابتَهُ
لكنَّه بَعدَ لأي جَاءَ يَعتذِرُ
I summoned my thoughts but did not approve their response
Yet still for what did it even come to apologize?
لا تُنكرن مع عاينت لي حَصَراً
فَلَيسَ يسكرُ في أمثاله الحَصَرُ
Do not reproach me, for with you insight fails me
The like of you intoxicates all reason
