ضَيفٌ سَرى والليلُ ينفُض صِبْغَهُ
فوق الجَنوبِ بجُنْحِه الفَضْفَاضِ
A guest arrived as the night shed its hue
Above the south with its loose wing
ضُربتْ بأسنِمَةِ الجبالِ وقد سرتْ
خفَّاقَةَ العذَباتِ بالإيماضِ
Struck by the peaks of mountains, it flowed
Stirring the fresh springs with a wink
ضمَّتْ عليهِ الريحُ فضلَ ردائِه
وبهِ من الشَّفَّانِ ندبُ عِضَاضِ
The wind wrapped his surplus raiment around him
With traces of twisted braids in its pleats
ضافتْهُ أسرابُ البلابلِ والدُّجَى
لم ترمِ سُودَ قُرونِها ببياضِ
The groups of nightingales hosted him, and the darkness
Did not pelt the blackness of their horns with whiteness
ضربتْ أهاضِيبَ الكَرى أجفانُهُ
والليلُ أغمضَ أيَّما إغماضِ
The eyelids of timelessness struck him
And the night closed its eyes tightly
ضُمِّي حقائِبَهُ إلينا واحضَأي
قلقَ السَّنَا كالحيَّةِ النَضْنَاضِ
Gather his bags to us, and rest
The years were restless like the slithering snake
ضوءٌ كما صَبَّ الغزالةُ ذوبَها
يُطْفِي تلاحُقَ نورِها الفيَّاضِ
A light poured like the gazelle melted it
Its overflowing radiance extinguishing its succession
ضاهِي بكيدِكِ كيدَ دهرٍ واعزِمي
عَزَماتِ أروعَ مُبْرِمٍ نَقَّاضِ
Match your plot with the plot of fate and determine
The most wondrous resolves of the decisive
ضاقت له فُسَحُ الأمورِ وأُفرجتْ
عنه بعزمِ مروِّضٍ روَّاضِ
The expanse of matters narrowed for him and was relieved
By the resolve of a tamer, gentle and tender
ضنَّتْ لِثاتُكِ للثراءِ ولم تَرَيْ
نُخَبَ الثناءِ معوضةَ المعتاضِ
Your wit clung to wealth and did not see
The choicest praise compensating the deprived
ضَلَّ اِمرؤٌ يغتالُ ذروةَ عُمْرهِ
بشفائِه حَرَضاً من الأحراضِ
A man went astray, ambushing the peak of his life
With his remedy, incited by whims
ضَرِمُ المطامعِ كيدهُ ومن الشظى
دحْضُ المواطِئ مُكثبُ الأغراضِ
Repel the guile of greedy hopes and from the shards
The ruination of conspiracies of hidden objectives
ضَمِنٌ إِذا خبطتْ غريبةُ بأسهِ
بعزائمٍ خُضُعِ الرِقابِ مِراضِ
Secured when the strangeness of his might errs
With resolves subduing necks afflicted
ضَنْكُ المعارج في مدارجِ كيدِه
يهفو بمنْبَتِّ القُوى مُنهاضِ
The ascent in the steps of his plot
Yearns with the planted vigor of powers released
ضامت أخِشَّةُ ذُلِّهِ عرنينَهُ
عَوْدٌ على جُلَبِ المهانةِ ماضِ
The meekness of his humiliation muted its roar
A habit to the yokes of disgrace passed
