الجُودُ يحْكم في ارْتياحكْ

والغَيْثُ يُعجَبُ من سَمَاحِكْ

Generosity rules your comfort

And rain admires your tolerance

والرّزْقُ مبْسُوطاً لنا

يا ذُهل من باب امْتنْاحكْ

Sustenance is spread out for us

O you who are amazed by your generosity's door

وتَجُود عَفْواً بالنُّضا

رِوباللّجينِ وأنتَ ضاحِكْ

You give pardon abundantly with happiness

While you are laughing gently

ودَمُ الأعادي يُمْترَىَ

بشَبَا سيوفكَ أو رماحِكْ

The blood of enemies is bought

With the tips of your swords or your spears

والمَجدُ يغْدوا أو يَرو

حُ على غُدُوِّكَ أو رواحكْ

Glory comes and goes

Accompanying your rise or your rest

لعُلوِّ فضْلكَ وانتِطا

قك بالفضائلِ واتّشاحِكْ

Due to your superior virtues and refinement

With good manners and your embrace

ومنَ السَعادةِ عنْدَنا

أنَّا بُعثنا لاْمتداحِكْ

Of happiness for us

That we were sent to praise you

فاسْلَم أبا حسَنٍ عزّي

زاً في مسائِكَ أو صباحكْ

So greet Abu Hassan honorably

In your evenings or mornings

وبكَتِ الحَمائُم واشتَكَت انْزاحَها

فالتاعَ قَلْبي إذْ سَمْعتُ مناحَها

The doves cried and complained of their departure

So my heart was affected when I heard their cooing

سَفّحْتُ من ماءِ المآقي عْبرَةً

بعْدَ الأحّبةِ لم أزَل سَفَّاحَها

I shed tears from the water springs

After loved ones, I did not stop weeping

بُرَحآءُ شَوْقٍ قد أَلحّ بِمهجَتي

ولو كان عجَّل موتَها لأراحا

Yearning's sadness insisted in my mind

If only it hastened their death, it would have relieved

والنّاسُ في أَسرِ الهُموم رهينةٌ

لم تَلْقَ من أَسْرِ الهُموم سِراحَها

People are hostage to worries

They did not find release from worries' captivity

ولقَد زَجْرتُ من البَوارِح مرَّةً

قبلَ التّفرُّق مَرَّها وصياحها

I have chided the limbs once

Before parting, their bitterness and screaming

وإِذا ذّكَرت الأصْفياءِ كأنَّ في

قلْبي ما تضُمُّ جناحَها

And when I remember the loyal ones as if in

My heart what their wings enclose

لله أيَّامُ الشّبابِ فإِنَّها

القَتْ عليَّ من الصّبا أفرَاحَها

To God, the days of youth are

They cast on me the joys of youth

ولَبسْتُ بهْجَتها وذُقتُ نعيمُها

وشرْبتُ قهوتَها وزرْتُ مِلاحها

And I wore its splendor and tasted its bliss

And drank its coffee and visited its salt

ورُتعْت بيْنَ الغانيات مقَبِّلاً

وردَ الخدودُ مُعَضْعِضاً تُفَّاحَها

I flirted among the singers, kissing

The cheeks blushing and biting its apples

وإِذا السّهام من العيون جرحَنَني

داويتُ من ريقَ الثُّغور جراحَها

And if the arrows from the eyes wounded me

I was healed by the saliva of their wounds

وعزيزَةٍ ملء السّوار كأنَّها

لبست على الغُصنِ الرّطبِ وشاحَها

A precious one, her bracelet as if

She wore over the moist branch its scarf

سامرتُها ليلَ التّمام تَبُثُّ لي

مَثْوى الهوى وعتابَها ومُزَاحَها

I conversed with her the night of perfection, she confides in me

The abode of passion, her coyness and joking

ولزَمْتُها تَحْتَ الشّعار مُعانقاً

رَيّا الرَّوادِف والعِظام رَداحَها

And I accompanied her under the canopy, embracing

The well-rounded and the slender waisted

وإِذا الرّياضُ من الغَمامِ ترَشَّفت

أنْدآءَها واسْتَنْشَقَت أَرْواحَها

And if the gardens dripped from the clouds

Their calls and inhaled their spirits

يَمّمْتُها فحَلَتْها بصَحابتي

سَحَراً يُبادر بالصّبوحِ صَباحَها

I took her there early, with my friends

At dawn, dawn follows its morning

بدنان خمرٍ قد أصابَ تجارُها

من حبّنا لشرابها ارْباحَها

Wine skins that brought its merchants

Profit from our love of its drink

ولقد بكر نا نستبي أَبكارها

عَلَلاً ورُحنا نستقي أَرْواحَها

We got up early to pick its first fruits

Sick and got up to absorb its spirits

من كفِّ ناعمَة البنان كأَنَّما

مَزَجت لنا بموَدّةٍ أَقداحَها

From the soft palms as if

She mixed for us the cups affectionately

ظلّنا هناك نُبَين سرّ سرُورَنا

أَنَّا نُراحُ إذا شَربّنا رَاحَها

We stayed there explaining the secret of our joy

That we relax when we drink its comfort

وعصابةٍ شَكتِ الزَّمانَ فأقبلت

تُزْجي على أَنضائها أَشباحَها

And a gang complained of fate, so it came

To wake its ghosts on its beds

سرَت الدّجى ليلاً فانصَبها السُّرى

واصابها لفحُ الهَجير فلاحَها

The darkness crept at night, so it foresaw them

And the blowing wind touched its flames

من انَّهَا سَمعت بذكر مُحمّدٍ

جَعلت إِليه غدوَّها وَرَوحَها

Because they heard the mention of Mohammed

They made their rising and soul towards him

حتَّى أَناخَت في مرابع سَيّدٍ

من آل نبهان المُلوكِ اباحَها

Until they stayed at the shepherd's home

Of the Nabhani kings who allowed them

القَت هناكَ عِصيَّها بحَوائجٍ

لأبي أبي عبد الإلهِ نجّاحَها

There they cast their sticks humbly

To Abu Abdullah, may he succeed

ورعَت ذَرَاهُ تحت صَيّب راحةٍ

عرَف الوفوُد نوالها وسَماحَها

And shepherded his young under rest's roof

The delegations knew his gifts and tolerance

بَسَطت على أَهل البسيطة برِّها

وكفتْ بإِدراك الغنِى مْمتاحَها

She spread her righteousness upon the people of the simple abode

And sufficed by attaining wealth her aspirations

كم حاجةٍ صعبت على طُلاّبها

والله قدَّرها بها فأتاحَها

How many difficult needs for its seekers

And Allah made them possible through her

وكمِ اسْتُجير به لشَكْوى قِلَّة

فاقَلَّها أَو علَّةٍ فأزاحَها

And how many sought refuge in him for the complaint of poverty

So he reduced it or an illness, so he removed it

وضَحَت خلالَ رباعهِ سُبُل الغِنى

مسلوكةً والىَ النّدى إيضاحَها

The ways of wealth became clear in its expanse

Made passable, and he made clear its water springs

من عُصَبةٍ عتَكيةِ أَزديةٍ

قَدَر المُهْيمنُ فَضْلهَا وصَلاحَها

From a courageous Azdi group

The Ruler decreed its superiority and rectitude

وهَي التَّي في كل يوم كريهَةٍ

عَرَف الكُماةُ نزالهَا وكفاحَها

It is the one that in each difficult day

The brave knew its fighting and struggle

أُسدٌ أعدَّت للقاء دُروعها

وجِيادَها وسُيوفها ورمَاحها

A lion that prepared for the meeting its armors

And its steeds, its swords and its spears

وإذا السّنون تَتَايعَت لَزَباتها

نَحَرَت لإطعام الضّيوف لقَاحها

And if years succeed in attacking it

It slaughtered its cattle to feed the guests

فهُمُ الكرامُ لهُم بِكلّ مكَانةٍ

حمدٌ إذا ذَمّ الوُفودُ شحاحَها

So they are the generous, for them in every status

Praise, when the delegations blame its stinginess

وتَرى أَبا عبد الإله هُمامهَا

مقدامَها قَمْقَامَها جَحجاحَها

And you see Abu Abdullah their protector

Its leader, its pillar, its impregnable fortress

نَطَقَت بفضْلِ الأزْد أَلسنَةُ الورى

وقضى الإله بشكرها إفصاحَها

The tongues of existence spoke of the Azdi's superiority

And God decreed its gratitude and eloquence

وانقادَتِ الأَقْدامُ والأيدي لَهَمْ

واسْتَيْقَنوا في الطَّاعةِ اسْتصلاََحها

And the feet and hands yielded to them

And they were certain in obedience to better it

إنّ المُلوكَ تعدّ وجهكَ يا أَبا

عبد الإله إلى الهدى مِصْباحَها

You are the one who opened the doors of sublimity

To the questioners, and you still are its opener

ولأنت سابُقها غداةَ رِهانها

ولك المُعلّى اذ تُجيلُ قداحَها

You hurried to provide your petitioners needy

With joy, not complaining of their insistence

وإِذا هُمُ ورَدوا المياهَ فصادفوا

كدراً وَردَتَ صفاءَها وقَراحَها

And you diverted its hardships without years

And dispelled the injustice of fate against it

ولقَد ورَثت من العُلى جُمْهورها

وصَميمها ولُبابَها وصُراحَها

And you left a spreading remembrance, O Muhammad

Its praises' fragrance blew in existence

أَنت الذي فَتَّحت أبوابَ العُلى

للسائلينَ ولم تزَل فَتَّاحَها

And you remained pride for the loyal and mercy

And upon the enemy descended destruction, so it swept them

وافدتَ نائلك العُفاةَ مُعجَّلاً

ببشاشةٍ لا تشتَكي اْلحاحَها

The holidays continued at your place

Its joys, delight and prosperity

وصَرفت من غِير السنين قُحولها

وَرَدتَ من نوب الزَمان جِماَحها

And live safely in your happy world

Forever protected from its disgrace and sins

وتَركت ذكراً يا محّمُد شائعاً

عَبقَ المحامِد في الوَرَى نَفَّاحَها

And Ibn Ma'ali, O Muhammad, generously

And the noble deeds beautifully adorn its dawn

وبقيت عزّاً للْوليّ ورحمةً

وعلى العدى نَزلَ الرَّدّى فاجتاَحها

And precede its poet with your poetry's jewelry

And refine it with your eulogy, its praiser

وتوالتِ الأعيادُ عندكَ بالغاً

بَهَجاِتها وسرُورَها وفلاحَها

So from the sublime, he has endowed you with its subtlety

And from the rhymes, he has inspired you with its purity

وانعمْ بدُنياك السَعيدة آمناً

ابداً مُوقىً عارَها وجُناحَها

وابِن المعالي يا محمّدُ بالنّدى

والمكرمُاتِ مُبهْياً أوْ ضَاحَها

واستبق شاعرَها بنظم حُليِّها

وصّافَها بقَريضِه مدّاحَها

فمن المعالي قَد حباكَ دقاقَها

ومن القَوافي قد حَلاك صحاحَها