على غَيرِ عَتْبٍ ما طَوَيْتُ عِتابَها
وآثرْتُ من بعدِ الوِصالِ احتسابَها
Without reproach I forgave her transgression
And after union I chose to forbear
وقَفْنا فظلَّ الشوقُ يَسألُ دارَها
وتُجعَلُ أسرابُ الدموعِ جوابَها
We stood still and longing kept asking of her abode
And tears' throngs were made as its answer
فلا بَرِحَتْ ريحُ الجَنوبِ حَفِيَّةً
تَخُصُّ بألطافِ السحابِ جَنابَها
The south wind's breeze did not cease being devoted
Bestowing the rain clouds' favours upon its side
لوامعُ بَرْقٍ لا تَمَسُّ أراكَها
وأنفاسُ ريحٍ لا تروعُ تُرابَها
Lightnings of flashing that touch not her litter
And winds' breaths that fright not its sand
ومَجدولَةٍ جَدْلَ العِنانِ منحتُها
عِناني فأضحَتْ رِحلةُ الهجرِ دابَها
To a restive she-camel I slackened the rein
My rein, so the journey of parting became her pace
إذا برزَتْ كان العَفافُ حِجابَها
وإن سفرَتْ كانَ الحياءُ نِقابَها
When she stepped out, modesty was her veil
And if she travelled, shyness was her mask
ومِن دونِها نَيْلُ الغَمامِ إذا سرَتْ
نُجومُ القَنا الخَطّيِّ تُزْجي قِبابَها
Below it, the rain clouds' starbirths when she walked
Through Al-Qana constellations, they adorned her dome
حَمتْنا اللّيالي بعدَ ساكنةِ الحِمى
مشارِبَ يهوى كلُّ طامٍ شَرابَها
With the tribe, nights we passed after the fevered encampment
A haunt every thirsting loved its drink
ألاحظُها لَحْظَ الطّريدِ مَحلَّه
وأذكُرُها ذِكْرَ البَغيِّ شبابَها
I look upon her look of hunted prey
And remember her remembrance of prime youth
وأَنشُدُها والقُربُ بيني وبينَها
ولو آبَ حِلمي ما رجوْتُ إيابَها
I sing to her though nearness is between us
Even if my patience failed I hoped not for her return
تخيَّرتُ أفوافَ المديحِ فلم أُنِخْ
ببابِ بني العبّاسِ إلا لُبابَها
I picked eulogies' rhymes but would not chant
At Abbasids' gate except its most choice
قَوافٍ لو أنَّ الأخيليَّةَ عايَنَتْ
محاسنَها زانَتْ بهنّ سِخابَها
Rhymes that if the camel-herds saw
The beauties they would adorn with bracelets their wrists
أغرُّ يداه مُزْنةٌ مُستَهَّلةٌ
إذا شامَ راجٍ بالشآمِ سَحابَها
I allure hands white like the light
When a cloud from Syria takes up its drink
ولو لم يُثْبِها الهاشميُّ لأَصبَحَتْ
مآثرُهُ اللاتي حَوَيْنَ ثَوابَها
Were it not for the Hashimite's support it would
Become his feats which contained his reward
يَعُدُّ الجِبالَ من قريشٍ أُبوَّةً
إذا عَدَّ ذو فَخْرٍ سِواها هِضابَها
He counts the mountains of Quraish a fatherhood
If one with pride counted others, plateaus
إذا انتَسَبَتْ بينَ الخلائقِ ألحقَتْ
أواصرَها بالمُصطفى وانتسابَها
If she affiliated herself among creations she attached
Her ties to the Chosen One and his affiliation
وإن حَمَلَتْ سُمْرَ الرِّماحِ لمَشهَدٍ
رأيْتَ أُسُودَ الغابِ تَحمِلُ غابَها
And if she carried the spears for an arena
You'd see the jungle's lions carry its jungle
وسالَت بهم تِلكَ البِطاحُ كأنما
أسالوا عليها بالحديدِ سَرابَها
And down poured in them those surfaces as though
They had poured in it with iron mirage
بهِمْ عَرَفَتْ زُرْقُ الأَسِنَّةِ رَيَّها
كما عَرَفَتْ بِيضُ السيوفِ خِضابَها
Through them the tongues' blade tips knew their watering place
As the swords' whites knew their reddening
أَبا أحمدٍ أصبَحْتَ شَمْسَ مَكارمٍ
تُضيء ومِصباحَ العُلى وشِهابَها
O father of Ahmad you became a sun of bounties
Illuminating the Highest's lamp and its shooting star
أبوك الذي سقَّى الحَجِيجَ ولم يَزَلْ
بمكَّةَ يَروي رَكْبَها ورِكابَها
Your father who quenched the pilgrims and did not cease
In Mecca to water its riders and riders
ولما أقامَ المَحْلُ بينَ بيوتهِم
دعا اللهَ فيه دعوةً فأجابَها
And when the abode stood between their houses
He supplicated to God in it with a prayer so He answered it
ولم يَثْنِ طَرْفَ العينِ حتى تَهلَّلَتْ
مَدامعُ مُزْنٍ لا تَمَلُّ انسكابَها
And did not avert an eye until happiness spilled over
From Muzen's tears that do not stop pouring
فأعتبت الأرض السماء بجاهه
غداة تولى عن قريشٍ عتابَها
So the land blamed the sky through his glory
The morning it turned away from Quraish's rebuke
بني هاشمٍ أعطاكمُ الحقُّ رُنبةً
يُقَصِّرُ عنها مَنْ يُريدُ اغتصابَها
O Hashimites the truth gave you a palm fruit
That one coveting it falls short of seizing it
فأشرقَ منها في القلوبِ ضياؤكم
فأذهبَ عن تلك النُّفوسِ ارتيابَها
So your light shone in the hearts dispelling
From those souls their doubts
منعتُم بني مَروانَ حَوْزَتَها بكم
وحُزتُم على رَغمِ الأُنوفِ نِهابَها
You prevented Marwan's progeny its precincts through your aid
And you reaped despite the noses' spite its plunder
وآثرتُمُ فَكَّ العُناةِ وإنما
يُملِّكُكُم عِتْقُ الرِّقابِ رِقابَها
And you chose to unbind the enemies, and surely
Freeing necks makes you possess its necks
ومن يَنْأَ عن إرْثِ النُّبوةِ والهُدى
فأنتُم وَرِثُتم هَدْيَها وكِتابَها
And whoever turns away from the prophecy and guidance
You inherited its guidance and scripture
وهل يتحلَّى بالخِلافَةِ غيرُكم
وأنتم سلَبْتُم عبدَ شمسٍ ثيابَها
And who but you deserves the caliphate
When you stripped Shams' slave of his clothes
