طيف ألمّ به وَهْنناً فحيَّاهُ

لما حباهُ برؤياه وزيَّاهُ

A specter touched him gently, so I greeted him

When he gifted me with his vision and adorned me

سَرى إليه فسرّى الهمّ عنه فما

اسرّه عند أسراه ومسراهُ

He came to him, so grief departed from him, yet he

Did not confide in him when he drew near and gladdened him

إِعجبْ به كيف أني غَير محتشمٍ

ومن هداه وهَدّاه وأهداهُ

Marvel at him - how could I lack modesty

When he guided, directed, and showed him the path

من بعد ما كان عنّ المستهامُ بهِ

حتى استهلَّت لما عاناه عَيناهُ

After he had been averse to the determined seeker

Until his eyes shone when he sympathized with him

ظبيٌ له من دلال إذ يغنّجه

وانّما الحسن جلاّه وأجْلاهُ

He is a gazelle to him, coquettish when he sings to him

For beauty has revealed and adorned him

أزوره وهوَ مُزورٌّ وأنصحهُ

ويستريب فأخشاه وأغشاهُ

I visit him while he is visited, and advise him

And he doubts, so I fear and shield him

في كلّ يوم له إصرار ملحمةٍ

يُصلي بها من توَلاّه ووَالاهُ

Every day he insists on an epic

With which he prays to the one who supported and allied with him

ورّجه حين مرَّ الظعن مستعراً

أزُجَّه وقَناه فيه أقْناهُ

He stirred him when slander spread violently

I moved him and embedded wisdom in him

يَرعى القلوب ولا يرعى لعاشقه

فإن ألَبَّ بمغناهُ وأغناهُ

He shepherds hearts but does not shepherd his lover

So if he allured with his singing and sang to him

وعد بي فيه لي لو أنهمْ نَظروا

وكيف نارٌ لما فاهوا بما فاهوا

He promised me regarding him, that if they looked

And saw how the fire spoke when they spoke

فقلتُ لا تعذِلوني من تعصُّبهِ

يُودي المحبُّ وإن حيّاهُ أحياهُ

Then I said, "Do not blame me for his passion"

A lover destroys even if he greets and revives him

لو جاور الفَطِنُ التحرير حارَ له

أو لاحَ للصِّخر خلاه لَخَلاَّهُ

If the wise man neighbors liberation, it perplexes him

Or if the bare rock's wounds are exposed, it wounds him

وكم تعرَّض للقلب المعذَّب من

مستعذَب الدلّ لولاهُ لوالاهُ

And how much the tortured heart endured

Of the sweet poison, had he not befriended and allied with him

يا صاحبي اهْدياني نحو مسرحهِ

فالقلبُ صَبٌّ لمرآه ومَرعاهُ

My friend, guide me to his theater

For the heart is a young lion for its spectacle and pasture

وسائلاهُ بلطفٍ مَن أَباحَ لهُ

نقَض العهود وأنساه فأقساهُ

Ask gently the one who permitted

Breaking pacts and forgetting him, so he hardened him

واستْعطِفاه لمبتول الفُؤاد لقىً

عَساهُ يُنعِشُ ما تَحبوه حَوْباهُ

And entreat him for the maiden heart, hopefully

He will revive what he once lovingly harbored

وإن سَخت لي يَداهُ فاشكُرا يَدهُ

وإن سَطَت لي حَدَّاه فحُدَاهُ

If he is harsh with me, thank his hand

And if he draws swords at me, sheathe them

وكم إليه لجَا من دهره رَجلٌ

فعمّه الأمنُ إذ ألجاه ألجاهُ

And how many have sought refuge with him from the days of their life

Whom security embraced when they sought refuge with him

وعاش يحيى أبو الفضل ابنُه وقي

محلَّه لتخطاه خَطايَاهُ

His son Yahya lives honoring his place

To exceed his sins that he drafted

مهذّب الراي والرَّايات منتدبٌ

لوفره كان من ناواه نَاءاهُ

Cultured in opinion and banners, commissioned

For his abundance, he was the one who attained and reached him

هو النُّضار المُصفَّى سرُّ جوهرِه

والنَّاسُ من بعدُ أشباهٌ وأشباهُ

He is the purest elegance, secret of his essence

While people after are only facades and facades

طَوْد أشمُّ فأمَّا حين تسأله

فما أرقَ محياه وأحياهُ

A perfume I smell, but when you ask him

He does not offer his cheek and revive him

يُعطيك عفوا ويَعفو إن هَفوت وإن

جشمته السّر أنساه وأنساهُ

He pardons you and pardons if you are deficient and if

You are rude in secret, he forgets and forgets him

لا بالصّخور إذا طاف العُفاة كما

تعودت يُسر يُسراهُ أساراهُ

Not with stones when jesters gather as he is accustomed

To ease and free him, imprison and capture him

توطّد الملك إذا وليّ أمانته

واستبشرت حسن مَرعاه رعاياه

The kingdom is strengthened when he takes on its trust

And the citizens delight in the care of his shepherding

وقام بالأمر إذ نيطت عُراه به

قيام مُضطلع أعداه أعِداهُ

And he took on the matter when its reins were tied to him

The undertaking of a fulfiller, preparing and equipping him

وأعلن العدل حتى أمَّ منهجَه

وكان قدماً تعدّاه وعاداهُ

And justice he declared until its path shone

And it was a pillar which exceeded and returned to him

وجدّد الدّين حتى لاح معلمُه

لْلمُنشدين وَطّراه وأَطراهُ

And the faith he renewed until its guide appeared

To the reciters, cleansing and cleansing him

فالدّين والملك والإسلام قاطبة

رامون عن سعيه واللهِ واللهُ

So the faith, the kingdom, and Islam in their entirety

Aspire through his efforts - and Allah, by Allah!

يا ابن الملوك استمع مدحاً أَتيت بهِ

لخادم لك انشاه ووشَّاهُ

O son of kings, listen to a praise I have composed

For a servant of yours who created and adorned it

يُثني عليك وقد حفت لُهاك به

ثناء راضٍ بما أولاه مولاه

It praises you, and delight has surrounded its circumstances,

Praise of one satisfied with what his Master granted him

عليك مني بأخلاق مهذّبة

وفاح كالمسك ريّاه وريّاهُ

It gifts you from me with cultured morals

And overflows like musk, scenting and scenting him

وكافة منك بالحُسنَى فمن جبر

الكافي المناصح واستكفاه كفاهُ

And all goodness from you, so who would suffice

The sufficient adviser, employing and employing him?

ودم منيع الحمى مستمتعاً أَبداً

من النَّعيم باصفاه واصفاهُ

A towering pillar eternally enjoying

Blessings, describing and detailing him

ما أَم وجهة بيت الله معتمر

يمحو بخطو مطاياه خطاياه

An undefiled destination, the House of God, a pilgrim

Erasing sins with his steps, his missteps