قسمتَ قلبيَ بينَ الهمِّ والكَمَدِ

ومُقلتي بين فَيْضِ الدَّمعِ والسَّهَدِ

You divided my heart between worry and sorrow,

And my eyelids between overflowing tears and wakefulness.

ورُحْتَ في الحُسْنِ أشكالاً مُقَسَّمةً

بينَ الهِلالِ وبينَ الغُصنِ والعُقَدِ

And you appeared in beauty forms divided,

Between the crescent, the branch, and the knot.

أرينَني مطَراً يَنهَلُّ ساكبُه

من الجفُونِ وبَرْقاً لاحَ من بَرَدِ

Show me rain pouring down in streams,

From the eyelids, and lightning flashing from the cold.

ووجنةً لا يُروِّي ماؤها ظمأ

بُخلاً وقد لَذَعَتْ نيرانُها كَبِدي

And a cheek not quenched of thirst by its water,

Stingy, though its fires have scorched my liver.

فكيفَ أُبْقي على ماءِ الشُّؤونِ وما

أبقَى الغَرامُ على صبري ولا جَلَدي

How can I remain with the water of preoccupations, and what

Passion left of my patience or composure?

جرَى ابنُ فَهْدٍ فلم يُدْرَكْ له أَمَدٌ

وكلُّ ذي سُؤدُدٍ يجري إلى أَمَدِ

Ibn Fahd flowed and no term was attained for him,

And everyone with flowing generosity flows to the term.

وحَنَّ للجُودِ مُهْتَزَاً ومُنتَصِباً

كالرُّمحِ لم يُؤْتَ من مَيلٍ ولا أَوَدِ

He inclined to generosity shaking and standing upright,

Like a spear not inclined to bending or deviation.

وعلَّمَ الدَّهْرَ من أخلاقِهِ خُلُقاً

أذكى من الوَرْدِ أو أَحْلَى من الشَّهْدِ

And he taught time from his manners a manner,

Livelier than the rose or sweeter than honey.

فالمَجدُ منه عُلىً مقرونةٌ بِعُلىً

والجُودُ منه يدٌ موصولةٌ بيدِ

So glory from him is heights linked to heights,

And generosity from him a hand joined to hands.

فَضلانِ ما زالَ مَحسوداً بنَيْلِهِما

والبأسُ والجودُ مَقرونانِ بالحَسَدِ

The excellences of two never ceasing to be envied for their attainment,

And valor and generosity coupled with envy.

أَغرُّ لا صَلَفٌ يُزري بسُؤدُدِه

بينَ الملوكِ ولا كِبْرٌ على أحدِ

A flirt not stiff wearing his flowing garb,

Among the kings, or haughty towards anyone.

يُريكَ من رِقَّةِ الألفاظِ مَنطِقُه

دُرَّ العُقودِ غدَتْ محلولةَ العُقَدِ

His speech shows you from the softness of expressions,

Pearls of necklaces dissolved of knots.

جعلتُه جُنَّةً من كلِّ نائبةٍ

ورُحْتُ من جُودِه في جَنَّةِ الخُلدِ

I made him a paradise safe from every misfortune,

And I, through his generosity, am in the paradise of eternity.

أبا الفوارسِ أحييتَ السَّماحَ لنا

وقُمْتَ فيه قِيامَ الروحِ للجَسَدِ

O father of the knights, you revived generosity for us,

And you stood for it with the standing of the spirit for the body.

ما رُمْتُ إحصاءَ ما أوليتَض من حَسَنٍ

إلا وزادَ على الإحصاءِ والعَدَدِ

I did not attempt enumerating the good you were granted,

Except it surpassed enumeration and counting.

آثرْتَ في الصَّومِ تَقوى اللهِ مُجتهداً

على هواكَ وبِعتَ الغَيَّ بالرَّشَدِ

You preferred, exerting yourself, fear of God in fasting,

Over your desires, and sold the unknown for guidance.

فآسعَدْ بِعيدٍ أعادَ الَّلهوَ في سَعَةٍ

واليُمْنَ في دَعَةٍ والعيشَ في رَغَدِ

So have a happy holiday which God returned in ease,

And prosperity in calm, and life in comfort.

تَقدَّمَتْ مِدْحَةٌ زَهراءُ مُشرِقَةٌ

كالرَّوْضِ يَضْحَكُ عن نُوَّارَةِ الخَضَدِ

A shining eulogy advanced, glowing,

Like a garden laughing with the radiance of green plants.

وجاشَ بَحْري فلم أقَنعْ بواحدةٍ

حتى أتيتُ بها مُشتدَّة العَضُدِ

And my sea surged but I did not content myself with one,

Until I came with it, strong of arm.

قِلادةٌ جالَ فيها الفِكْرُ فانتظَمَتْ

نظْمَ القلائدِ لم تَنْقُصْ ولم تَزِدِ

A necklace in which thought roamed and was strung together,

In the stringing of necklaces, neither lessened nor increased.