أبَعدَ الشَّيبِ تَبكِى بالدِّيَارِ

وَيشجِيكَ التَّنَائِى مِن نوَارِ

After gray hair, you weep for the abodes

And separation grieves you from the lights

ويُورِى في الحَشَا بُرَحَاءَ وَجدٍ

لها زَندٌ عَلَى العِلاَّت وَارِ

And shows in the wilderness a desolate love

With a branch over the high sands

وتَجفُو النَّومَ مِن تَعتَابِ بَرقٍ

وَيكسُوكَ الجَوَى نَوحُ القَمَارِي

And sleep is driven away by the winking of lightning

And the atmosphere covers you, the sobbing of gamblers

وتستَبكِى الرِّفَاقَ عَلَى طُلُولٍ

بِهَا أحلَولَى الجِوَارُ مِنَ الجَوَارِي

And you cry for friends over ruins

With which the neighborhood was more beautiful than maidens

عَفَتهَا نَائِحَاتُ المَورِ إلاَّ

أثَافي كَالحَمَائِمِ أو أوَارِي

Their chastity mourners of ostriches or gazelles

Circling their braids, both tight and loose

وآنَاءً وأرمِدَةً وَوَدًّا

شَجِيجاً بَتَّ أمرَاصَ اصطِبَارِي

My lamentation became incessant with grief

As if the bangles had confined them and the bracelets

كَأنَّ مُرَجَّعاتِ الوَشمِ ما

أسَارَت منها الغَوادِى والسَّوَارِي

And the maidens' weeping in the morning

With it the skills of the dexterous flow like maidens

وَتسبِيكَ الجواري بَاكِرَاتٌ

بِها بُزلُ المَهَارَى كَالجَوَارِي

And it kindles the dormant passions

As if the heart is a worshipper with fire

وتُذكِى خَامِدَ الأشجَانِ حَتَّى

كَأنَّ القَلبَ مَصلِىٌّ بِنَارِ

Yes, the enemies on the day they turned

Upon sorrows provoked my commemoration

بَلَى إنَّ الظَّعَائِنَ يَومَ وَلَّت

عَلَى الأحدَاجِ هِجنَ لِىَ ادِّكَارِي

Does the light of tears from your eyes visit

At the pilgrimage of the tomb?

أأِن زَارَت عَلًى شَحطِ المَزَارِ

نِوَارُ الدَّمعُ مِن عَينَيكَ جَارِ

And your breath a mass of sighs in agony

And your heart confused with the intention of lights

وَنَفسُكَ جَمَّةُ الزَّفراتِ شَجواً

وقَلبُكَ هَائِمٌ لِنَوَى نَوارِ

And your eyelid is permanent in devotion out of longing

And your night gloomy, evident in vigil

وجَفنُك دَائمُ التَّسهِيدِ شَوقاً

ولَيلُكَ مُظلِمٌ بَادِى إعتِكَارِ

Your morning nap is a tender gazelle appearing

The freshness of her face is like vegetation

سَبَتكَ خَرِيدَةٌ حَورَاءُ تَبدُو

نَضارَةُ وَجِهَهَا مِثلَ النُّضَارِ

She has a mouth, its sprouts therein

Far from sleep, mixed with perfume

لَهَا ثَغرٌ شَتِيتَ النَّبتِ فِيهِ

بُعيَدَ النَّومِ مَمزوجٌ العُقَارِ

It reminds me of the radiance of acacias

And the scent of its aroma the scent of sweet basil

يُذَكِّرِنِيهِ نُوَّارُ الأقَاحِى

ورَيَّا عرفِهِ رَيَّا العُرَارِ

A twig dripping and flowing

And the eye of a tender and delicate gazelle

وفَرعٌ مُسبَكَرٌ مُسبَطِرٌ

وعَينُ وجِيدُ خَاذِلةِ الصُّوَارِ

Her braids are twisting

Both tight and loose, and her ringlets

غَدَائِرُهُ مَضَلاتٌ

مُثنَّاهَا ومُرسِلُهَا المَدَارِي

A smooth, gentle, and waving tendril

Pure in color, full of bracelets

وَقَدٌ لَينٌ رَخصٌ وغَيلٌ

نَقِىُّ اللَّونِ مُمتَلِىءُ السِّوَارِ

O you who makes the chaste women white, leave the chaste ones

For you have no share among the chaste maidens

أمُبيَضَّ العِذَارِ دَعِ العَذَارَى

فَمَالَكَ مِن نَصِيبٍ في العَذَارِي

Does the peerless one in the law tend

To the chaste maiden making the chaste white?

وهَل في الشَّرعَةِ المُثلَى تَصَدَّى

إلى العَذَرَاءِ مُبيَضِّ العِذَارِ

So you have no excuse regarding her or

Your transgression, frightening the young women

فَلَستَ بِمُعذِرٍ فِيهَا ولاَ في

تَعَسُّفِك المَخَاوِفَ بِالبَرَارِي

Nor in your wandering the wild plains however much

The eyelids of the night were darkened with kohl

وَلاَ في جَوبِكَ الفَلَواتِ مَهمَا

جُفُونُ اللَّيلِ قَد كُحِلَت ِبِقَارِ

Nor your union with the slender gazelles

In the presence of gazelles overcome by hunting

ولا إنضَائِكَ القُلَصَ النَّواجِى

حَيَالَ قَلاَئِصٍ غُلبِ الدِّفَارِي

We did not excuse the guided one to us

After declaring war with insult

كَمَأ لَم يُعذَرِ المُهدِى إِلينا

هِجَاءً بَعدَ إعلاَنِ الجُؤَارِ

And after his crying from their affront to him

And after the crying of the bereaved women of shame

وَبعدَ بُكئه مِن هَجوِ نَاهُ

وبَعدَ بُكَا أرَامِلَةِ العُوَارِ

And after the standing of his caller for a time

His tears on his cheeks neighbors

وَبَعدَ مُقامَ نَادِيهِ زَمَاناً

على خَدَّيهِ أدمُعُه جوار

I followed insulting us painfully

To distinguish between your night and day

اتَبعتُ بِالهِجَاءِ لَنَا ألَمَّا

تُمَيِّز بَينَ لَيلِكَ والنَّهَارِ

And you appear in singing wherever we leaned

To poetry, you were a brother in hiding

وَتبدُو في الغِنَاءِ وَحَيثُ مِلنَا

إلَى الأَشعَارِ كُنتَ أخَا إستِتَارِ

So you have no helper from your tribe

To strengthen your intoxicated unstable side

فَما لَكَ مِن قُبَيلِكَ مِن مُعِينٍ

يُقوي طِرفَكَ الجَمَّ العِثَارِا

Leave poetry, you have a tribe

Of eloquent and articulate people with honor

دَعِ الأشعَارَ إِنَّ لَكُم قَبَيِّلاً

مِنَ الفُصَحَاءِ والبُلغَاءِ عَارِ

Oh House of Ahmad, awake, awake

For we are the family of Ahmad like warriors

ألاَيَا ألَ حُمَّوهَ استَفِيقُوا

فَإِنَّا آلَ أحمَدَ كَالدَّارَارِي

In the severity of confusion, they are saviors

At the curves a lighthouse to all the elite

لُيُوثُ في لَظَى الهَيجَا غُيُوثٌ

لَدَى اللاوَى مَنَارَةٌ كُلِّ سَارِ

There is aloofness and fortitude towards people in us

Our resolutions are soft like glass

لَنَأ في النَّاسِ اعرَاضٌ صِقَالٌ

عَزَائِمُنَا مَوَاضٍ كَالشِّفَارِ

Our natures are loyal and Euphrates

So no dust stuck to them

قَرَائِحُنَا صَوافٍ وَفِرَات

فَلَم يَعلَق بِهَا رَينُ الغُبَارِ

We besiege with rhymes those who reviled us

And we are the foremost in competition

نُطوِّقُ بالقَوافي مَن هَجانا

ونَحنُ السَّابِقُونَ لَدَى التَّبَارِي

We spurned pottery and those seeking money did not blame us

From seeking pottery

تَرَدَّينَا الفَخَارَ وَمَا عَدَانَا

طلابُ المَالِ عن طَلبِ الفَخَارِ

And during peace our love was not permitted

While we are of tranquility and dignity

وعِندَ السِّلمِ لَم تُحَلَل حُبَانَا

ونَحن ذوي السَّكِينَةِ والوَقَارِ

So this is it - you broke the covenants

And you won with every betrayal and shame

فَهَذَا والعُهُودُ نَقَضتُمُوهَا

وقَد فُزتُم بِكُلِّ خَنىً وَعَارِ

Prayers on the Guided one will not cease

From the sobbing of the short embracers

على الهَادِى صَلاَةٌ ما تَلَظَّت

نِيَارُ الوَجدِ مِن نَوحِ القَصَارِي

Yes, between the enemies that day they turned

Upon sorrows, my recollection was provoked

نَعَم بَينُ الظَّعَائِنَ يَومَ وَلَّت

على الأحدَاجِ هَاجَ لِىَ ادِّكَارِي

It is as if you are denied meeting the Intercessor

The father of lights, the gatherer of honor

كَانَّكَ قَد حُرِمتَ لِقَا المُفَدَّى

أبَا الأنوَارِ مُجتَمَعَ الفَخَارِ

So repent O servant, you carry the mark

Of your ancestors, so it is disgracing warriors

فَتَانَا عَبدُ إِنَّ عَلَيكَ سِيمَا

جُدُودِكَ فَهىَ مُخجِلَةُ الدَّرَارِي

Yes O servant, you carry the mark

Of your ancestors, so it is disgracing warriors

أَلا يا عَبدُ إِنَّ عَلَيكَ سِيما

جُدودك فهي مُخجِلَةُ الدَّراري

A clear light shines on your bright face

Inherited from your great elders

يَلُوحُ بِوَجهِكَ الوَضَّاحِ نُورٌ

تُوِوِرِثَ عَن أكَابِرِكَ الكِبَارِ

So if your envious envious neighbor harmed you

And insulted you with humiliation and pettiness

فَإِن جَارَاكَ مِن حَسَدِ حَسُودٌ

وَسامَكَ بِالمَذَلَّةِ والصَّغَارِ

And wanted your highest, most valuable position

With the severity of hatred and declared harm

وَرامَ مَقَامَكَ ا لأعلَى وأغلَى

لَظَى الشَّحنَا وأَعلَنَ بِالضِّرَارِ

Then do not blame, for you are the adornment of plains

A lighthouse for every confused and elite one

فلا تَعتَب فَأنتَ حَلىً النَّوَادِى

مَنَارَةُ كُلِّ حَيرَانٍ وَسَارِ

My father of injustice whose traits are scattered

The dear neighbor, protector of the vile

أبي الضَّيمِ مَبثُوثُ المَزَايَا

عَزِيزُ الجَارِ مَحمِىُّ الذَّمَارِ

The state of affairs says about you to whoever intends

And examines your distinction in competition

تَقُولُ الحَالُ فِيكَ لِمَنَّ يُنَاوي

ومَن يَأتَمُّ شَاوَكَ في التَّبَارِى

My rival O servant, did you not know

Whom you compete with or rival?

مُجَارِي عَبدُ كَنتَ ألَستَ تَدرِى

مَحامِدَ مَن تُسَابِقُ أو تجَارِى

Do you not know that he has traits

Before which even the honorable fall short?

ألَم تَعَلَم بِأنَّ لَهُ خِصَالاً

تَوَانَت دُونَهُنَّ أُولُو الفَخَارِ

The humility of a pure mystic knowing God

More chaste than modesty and honor

تَوَاضُعَ عَارِفٍ بالله صَافٍ

أَغَرَّ مِنَ الخَنَا والعَارِ عَارِ

The ally of generosity, the radiance of his hands

Upon his visitors and neighbor a neighbor

حَلِيف المَكرُمَاتِ نَدَى يَدَيهِ

عَلى زُوَّارِهِ والجَارِ جَارِ

He succeeded in the position of his father in truth

A reader, reciter, residing, and dignified

تَخَلَّفَ في مقَامِ أبِيهِ حقًّا

قِرىً وقِرَاءةً قَارٍ وقَارِ

He abandoned politeness walking politely

And appeared with tranquility and dignity

تَرَدَّى سُندَسَ الآدَابِ دَاباً

وظَاهَرَ بالسَّكِينَةِ والوَقَارِ

So if he does not stop, it is sweeter and more beloved

Than pleasure highlighted with perfume

فَإِن لاَيَنتَهُ أَحلَى وأشهَى

مِنَ المَاذِىِّ شُعشِعَ بالعُقَارِ

And he is bitterer to the enemy, a resistant bite

So he is intimidating to the brave

وَهُوَّ عَلَى العَدُوِّ أمَرُّ صَابٍ

وصِبرٍ فَهوَ مَرهُوبُ الشِّفَارِ

A young man whose nature and origin are delicate

So he became with praiseworthy traits arrayed

فَتىً رَقَّت طَبِيعَتُه ورَاقَت

فَأصبَحَ بالمَحَامِدِ ذَا ائتزَارِ

And his carpenter improved so he increased in goodness

And the goodness of the branch is from the goodness of the carpenter

وَطَابَ نَجارُهُ فازدَادَ طِيباً

وطِيبُ الفَرعِ مِن طِيبِ النِّجَارِ

He smiles when delegations come to him dispersed

And he honors with his right and left hand

يَهَشُّ إِذَا الوُفُودُ أتَتهُ شَتَّى

ويُكرِمُ بِاليَمِينِ وبِاليَسَارِ

May God reward him with the best recompense

With which he rewards the elite of the elite

جَزَاهُ اللهُ أحسَنَ مَا يُجَارِى

بِهِ غُرَرَ الخِيَارِ من الخِيارِ

And appoint him obeyed, straightforward

Upon the enlightened upright religion

وَعمَّرَهُ مُطَاعاً مُستَقِيماً

عَلَى الدِّينِ القَوِيمِ المُستَنَارِ

By the status of the Chosen Best of Creations

And the status of the Household and noble comrades

بِجَاهِ المُصطفي خَيرِ البَرَايَا

وجَاهِ الآلِ والصَّحبِ الدَّرَارِى

Upon him from the Throne prayers

As long as the waves of the seas surge

عَلَيهِ من العَرشِ أَسنَى

صَلاَةٍ مَا أرتَمَى مُوجُ البِحَارِ