إن العُلَى لم تزلْ تبغِي الكَفِيَّ لها
حتَّى اطمأَنَّتْ إِلى معمورِ ناديكا
The heights did not cease seeking the able one for it
Until it settled for the inhabited domain of your abode
رحبُ المساربِ مخضَلٌّ مذانِبهُ
يرودُ منه جِنانَ الخلد عافيكا
Wide courtyards, green bowers surrounding it
From which the gardens of eternity pour their bounty upon you
بَعُدتَ عن مطرحِ الآمالِ مُرتفعاً
فمَنْ يُراميكَ أم مَنْ ذا يُدانِيكا
You have risen above the horizon of hopes
So who competes with you, who equals you?
يأبَى لك العِزُّ أن تثوي بمنزلةٍ
حتى تُغَشِّي رداءَ الخِزي شانِيكا
Glory refuses that you dwell in any station
Until you don the cloak of disgrace and shame
ما بالُ بحرِك لا تسجُو غواربُه
وكيف تسجو ولم تبلغ مغازيكا
What is wrong with your sea that its ships do not ply?
How can they ply when they have not reached your ports?
وما امتشقتَ شَباةَ الطعنِ عن كَبدٍ
وعن فُؤادٍ وَتورٍ طالَ ما شِيكا
You have not unsheathed the sword of thrust from a gall bladder
From a heart and an arm whose striking is imminent
أَبشِرْ بنيلِ المُنَى تهدي عرائسَها
إليك مُصحبةً فيها أمانيكا
Receive good tidings of attaining your wishes, their brides
Lead to you accompanied therein by your desires
لقد شككتَ ظهورَ الخيلِ متعبةً
وإن شكت فَكَّهُنَّ المالُ شاكيكا
You doubted the backs of horses grown weary
And if you doubted, then wealth will dispel your doubt
ترمي بها البِيدَ منشوراً صحائفُها
فلا تمَلُّ ولا تبغي تعنِّيكا
It casts at you unfolded sheets
So do not weary, do not seek to defy
تَحارُ شُهب السَّواري في مجاهلِها
والريحُ تلعبُ فيها أو تجارِيكا
The comets wander confused in their depths
As the wind toys with them or races with you
إِذا العواطفُ في أشواطِها نهضتْ
كلّتْ ركائبُها من قبل تُعييكا
When passions rise high in their climaxes
Their steeds kneel before you out of exhaustion
تحثُّ والشمسُ في حوض الدُّجَى كرعتْ
وتَنْتَحي وظلام الليل يؤويكا
It urges them on while the sun drinks from the basin of mist
And it disappears while the darkness of night shelters you
حتى تَشُقَّ سَبِيبَ الليل عن فَلَقٍ
طَلْقٍ مُحَيَّاهُ وضَّاحٍ يُحيِّيكا
Until you cleave the night with the first light of dawn
A rising you greeted and morning that revives you
إِذا النجومُ تراءتْ أبصرتْ عَجَباً
وقد رأينَ قُصوراً عن معالِيكا
When the stars appear and behold with wonder
They have seen castles beyond your qualities
تراكَ أبعدَ منها رُتبةً ومدَىً
وشأوَ عِزٍّ ومجدٍ إذ تُساميكا
They see you farther than them in rank and extent
And loftier in honor and glory as you ascend
وما رأتْ في غِطاء الغرب أيديَها
حتى رأتْ فوق مثواها مساعِيكا
They have not seen by their spread in the west their hands
Until they saw above their abode your ambitions
تلثَّمَتْ بقناعِ الغَرْبِ من خَجَلٍ
إِذ لم تَنَلْ بمَداها بعضَ ما فِيكا
The west felt shy before you and veiled itself
Since by its extent it attained not some of what is in you
إِذا الجيادُ طوتْ ما بينَ أربُعنا
حتى تَبلَّ صدى شوقي تلاقيكا
When the steeds spanned what is between the four points
To reach the echo of my passion meeting you
أنعلتهنَّ حماليقي وقلَّ لها
حملاقُ عَينَيَّ نعلاً حين نثنيكا
I shod them with my eyelids and said to them
"Bear the burden of my eyes when I shut them"
أفني سنابكَها لثماً وأُفرِشُها
خدّي إِذا أنت تَثنيها فتُدنيكا
I wasted their reins with kisses and spread them out
As cheek pillows when you draw them near
كم ليلةٍ كسوادِ الليلِ غيهَبُها
جَناحُه الوحْفُ فَضفاضٌ تُرويكا
How many nights black as the night gloom hid them
Its darkness wings vast, sheltering you
ضافي الحِداد حرونُ النجم حائرُه
يحنو عليك بأذيالٍ تواريكا
My tears drawing the mourning near the wandering stars
Inclining toward you with trains that hide you
لولا اتِّقادُ شِهابِ العزمِ ما شغفتْ
قلبَ الدُّجَى بالسُّرى فيها نواحيكا
Had not the spark of resolve ignited
The heart of the gloom with the Pleiades wherein are your sides
للشهبِ وقفةُ خوفٍ في مدارجها
ولم يَقِفْكَ ارتياعٌ في مجاريكا
For the comets there is a pause of fear in their orbits
But no hesitation held you back in your courses
غضبان ترمي بأمواجٍ فواقِعُها
كواكبٌ في سَناءِ المجدِ تَحكيكا
It seethes in anger, hurling waves whose consequence
Are planets in the glory of your triumph speaking of you
والبدرُ يرتَجُّ في الخضراء من فَرَقٍ
كأنه قلبُ مذعورٍ يُنادِيكا
And the moon quakes in the green land from awe
As if it were a frightened heart calling to you
آليتَ ألّا يحطَّ النومُ أرحُلَه
حتى تنالَ على رُغمٍ أقاصيكا
You determined that sleep will not alight
Until you obtain despite resistance your farthest goals
ألفتَ كورَ المَهارَى القُود تَسكُنُهُ
وعِفْتَ ربعَكَ معموراً وأهلِيكا
You were accustomed to the stew of the cooking pots resting
And your quarter inhabited and your family secure
عريكةٌ لا يُلينُ الدهرُ شِدَّتَها
تقيكَ قالةَ حُسَّادٍ وتحميكا
A firmness time does not soften
Protects you from the guile of enviers and guards you
وافاكَ بالسعدِ نيروزٌ قضَى عجباً
لما تراءتْ له شتَّى معانيكا
Good fortune met you with wonders
When your diverse meanings appeared to it
يروقُه نَقَيانُ الدُّجْنِ طافَ به
أذيالُ غيثٍ هَمُولٍ من تسخِّيكا
It pleases it, the pure wine of the goblets circulated by
The trains of a pouring rain from your clouds
