عُذِلتُ وهَلْ عَذْلُ المُتيَّمِ نافِعُه

وأُسمِعْتُ لو أصغَى إلى اللَّومِ سامِعُه

I was blamed, but does blaming the bereaved benefit him?

And I was made to hear, had the blamer listened to blame, its listener.

تَعَرَّقَه الصَّبرُ الجَميلُوفي الحَشا

رَسيسُ هَوىً تَنْهَلُّ عنه مَدامِعُه

Patience embellished him, and in adversity,

The guide of love whose tears flow from him.

وهَلْ لمُحِبِّ طاوَعَ الشَّوْقَ دَمعُه

على بُعْدِ مَنْ يَهواهُ صَبْرٌ يُطاوِعُه

Can a lover who desire overwhelms restrain his tears

When distant from the one he loves, can patience restrain him?

وَقَفْنا نَذودُ الدَّمْعَ والدَّمْعُ سَافحٌ

وعُجْنا نُحيِّي الرَّبعَ والشَّوْقُ رابِعُه

We stood, blocking tears while tears poured,

And we lived to revive times while longing was ever-present.

فأَلبسَني جِزعاه حُلَّةَ جازِعٍ

وجَرَّعَني ماءَ الغَرامِ أجارِعُه

So his misery clothed me in the garb of one stricken with misery,

And made me drink the water of love in gulps.

أعاتبُ طَرْفي أن يُفيضَ دُموعَه

وإنْ جَرَّ قلبي أن تُذاعَ وَدائِعُه

I blame my eye for shedding its tears

And my heart for broadcasting its secrets.

ولستُ أُضِيعُ الحَزمَ في فَيْضِ عَبرَةٍ

لِفَقْدِ شَبابٍ ليسَ يُوجَدُ ضائِعُه

Nor will I squander my composure in a torrent of tears

For the loss of youth whose loser cannot be found.

وكم في عَدِيٍّ من كُهولٍ وفِتيَةٍ

كِرامٍ لهم كَهْلُ السَّماحِ ويافعُه

And how many honorable young and old men are in the tribe

Whose old age is venerable and its youth commendable.

جَزَيناهُمُ حَمْداً لحُسْنِ صَنيعِهِم

وكلُّ امرئٍ يُجْزَى بما هو صانِعُه

We thanked them for their good treatment,

And each man is rewarded for what he makes.

إذا المجدُ أمسى في المُلوكِ مُفَرَّقاً

فَفِي تَغلبٍ يُمسي ويُصبحُ جامعُه

When glory resides in kings distributed,

In Tughlub it resides and wakes and sleeps collected.

وإن كانَ عبدُ الله شاد لها العُلا

فإنَّ عَليّاً في الذي شادَ تابعُه

And if Abdullah built its elevation,

Then Ali is he who followed in its building.

فتىً شَرَعَ المجدَ المُؤثَّلَ فالعُلا

مآربُه والمكرُماتُ شَرائِعُه

A young man who paved the way to abundant glory,

His goals being noble deeds and generosity his way.

فلا جودَ إلاّ ما تُفيدُ يمينُه

ولا مجدَ إلاّ ما تَشيدُ وقائِعُه

No generosity except what his hand bestows,

No glory save what his feats build.

إذا وَعدَ السَّرَّاءَ أنجَزَ وعدَه

وإن أوعَدَ الضَّرَّاءَ فالعَفوُ مانِعُه

When he promises good fortune he fulfills his promise,

But if he promises harm, forgiveness prevents him.

يَحِنُّ إلى وِرْدِ المَنيَّةِ حاسِراً

إذا حانَ عن وِرْدِ المَنيَّةِ دَارِعُه

He inclines towards the path of death recklessly,

When warding off the path of death opposes him.

هُوَ الدَّهْرُ يِجري في البَرِيَّةِ بأسُه

بُبؤسى وتَجري بالسُّعودِ صَنائِعُه

Such is time, its harm touches the wilderness,

While its good fortunes touch his achievements.

رمَى اللهُ أرضَ الرُّومِ منه بقاسمٍ

يَروعُ العِدا قبلَ الكَريهَةِ رائِعُه

God cast upon Rum's land Qasim from him,

Frightening the enemy before the loathed thing horrifies it.

يَعودُ إلى الرُّمحِ الرُّدَينيِّ ماؤُه

ويُورِقُ إن ضُمَّتْ عليه أصابِعُه

He returns to the reddened spear its water,

And it grows leaves if he wraps his fingers around it.

ولمَّا تراءَى للعدوِّ مُصَمِّماَ

تراءَتْ له تحتَ العَجاجِ مَصارِعُه

And when he appeared determined to the enemy,

Its death throes beneath the armor appeared to them.

فآبَ سًليبَ الغُمْضِ تَحسِبُ أنَّه

من الرُّعْبِ صَبٌّ قد أُقِضَّتْ مَضاجِعُه

Sulayb turns away blinded thinking

That from fear a downpour has flooded his bed.

وإن عَفَتِ الأقدارُ عنه فقَد عَفَتْ

مَصايفُه منه وَأَقْوَتْ مرابِعُه

And if fate relents from him, then it has relented

From shedding his blood and strengthened his rivals.

لِيَهْنِ الأميرَ التَّغلبيَّ قُدومُه

وفَتحٌ تَوالتْ بالسُّعودِ طوالِعُه

So that the amir Tughlubi's arrival disgraces him

And openings come one after another with good fortune.

نَشَرْتُ له في كلِّ شَرْقٍ ومَغْرِبٍ

ثَناءً تُرَوِّي السَّامِعين بَدائِعُه

I have spread in every east and west for him

Praise that entertains listeners with its wonders.

فأيُّ لَبيبٍ ليسَ يَبسِمُ قلبُه

سُروراً إذا أَصغَتْ إليه مَسامِعُه

What sensible person does not smile in his heart

With joy when his ears listen to it?

مَلَكْتَ زِمامَ الدَّهْرِ في كلِّ حالَةٍ

فليسَ يَضُرُّ الدَّهرُ مَنْ أنتَ نافِعُه

You have grasped the reins of fate in every situation,

So fate cannot harm the one whose benefit you are.

وأومَضَ لي من جُودِ كَفِّكَ لامِعٌ

وما الغَيْثُ إلا حيثُ يُومِضُ لامِعُه

And a brilliant flash sparked for me from your palms’ generosity,

And is the rain not where its brilliant flash sparks?

فأغنيتَني بالجُودِ عن كلِّ مُمْسِكٍ

أكافِحُه عن جُودِهِ وأُقارِعُه

So you have made me needless of every stingy one

I struggle against for his generosity and dispute.