ما ضر وجد الهَوى العذرى لوهانا
عَن قلب صب اطاع اللهو وَلهانا
What harm if pure love weakens me,
And makes my heart obey play and amusement?
ما تأتلى نسمات الغور تنشقه
مسكا فيمسي إِلى الحنان حنانا
The breezes of the valley do not blow musk,
That by evening turns into affection and tenderness.
يسقى خَمائل نجد من مدامع
ان لم يجدها عَريض المزن هتانا
Unless found copious by the rain of tears,
The terraces of Najd will not water the meadows.
باللَهباللَه يا ذاك النَسيم أعد
علما عَن العلم الغَربي أَحيانا
By God, by God, O breeze repeat
Knowledge from the Western scholar sometimes.
هَل باكرته الغواديوَهي مثقلة
بالري تسقى الاراك الغض البانا
Did it water its valleys early while laden
With irrigation watering the green young sprouts?
وَهَل بنجد وَسفح البان من اضم
ما يذهب القلب عَن نعم وَنعمانا
Is there in Najd and on the side of Al-Ban
A loved one that makes the heart forget blessings and prosperity?
كَم غلطة من نوار بالحمى بدرت
لَنا وَعين الهَوى العذرى تَرعانا
How many slips by the zealots shone
For us while the eye of pure love watches over us.
زاغَت بنا فرصة بالليل ممكنة
فايقظتنا وَباتاللَيل وَسنانا
A possible opportunity slipped us by night,
And awoke us while the night slept soundly.
وافَت فبت واياها تعللني
من راح لهو الهوى سكرى وَسكرانا
It came and went while it makes me worry,
Who tasted the intoxication of love drunk and intoxicated.
لما تشعشع افق المشرقين عَلى
رغمي وَكاد يبينالفجر أَو بانا
When the horizons of the two easts shone
Against my will, and dawn almost appeared.
وَفارَقتَني وَفارَقت السلو فهل
بعد التفرق نَلقاها وَتَلقانا
You left me and left the night gathering, so will
We meet after the separation and reunite?
لا شيء اصعب من هجر تقدمه
وصل فليت الهوى العذرى ما كانا
Nothing is more difficult than separation preceded
By connection. If only pure love did not exist!
يا ظامىء القصد دع ورد الثماد ورد
بحر الشهاب ابن فخر الدين معدانا
O misguided one, leave the roses of Thamad and take
The roses of the sea, Ibn Fakhr Al-Din Mu'dan.
زرأَحمد بن أَبي بكر واي فَتى
اذا دَعَوناه للمعروف لبانا
Visit Ahmad bin Abi Bakr, what a young man!
If we call him to kindness, he readily responds.
زر بحر علم غدا كل العلوم به
وَطود حلم يحاكى طود ثهلانا
Visit the sea of knowledge who all knowledge belongs to him
And the mountain of forbearance that rivals Mount Thahlan.
تَلقاه ان فاضَ جودا حاتِما كرما
حمى وان قال أَما بعد سجانا
You will find him, if he overflowed with generosity and nobility,
Protective, and if he said "afterward" wise.
ذاكَ المعد لحل المشكلات حوى
علم المذاهب تبريزا وايقانا
That one prepared to solve problems, comprehending
The knowledge of doctrines lucidly and with certainty.
العالم العامل الفرد الَّذي امتلأت
من صيته الارض اجبالا واحزانا
The scholar, the worker, the unique one who filled
The land with his fame, mountains and plains.
كنز المَعارف عدل الدين لا برحت
آثاره للهدىنورا وَبرهانا
Treasure of knowledge, justice of the religion, his
Traces of guidance did not cease to be light and proof.
امين مكنون اسرار الملوك اذا
ما أودع السر أَغشى السر كتمانا
Trusted keeper of the kings' secrets, when
Entrusted with a secret, he veils the secret discreetly.
من لو وزنت جَميع الاكرمين به
في الفضل والفخر خفوا عنه ميزانا
If all the generous were weighed with him
In merit and pride, they would be lighter than him.
مهذب العرض فرد الجود ان وكفت
كفاه انساك سيحانا جيحانا
Refined in dignity, singular in generosity, if
His palm is held back, he forgets greed and stinginess.
لا تطلبن به في عصره بدلا
أَتبدل الشمس بهراما وَكيوانا
Do not seek his equal in his time,
The sun is not replaced with Hiram and Kaywan.
يا أَيُّهاالوالد البر الشَفيق احب
عَن كل منزاده التذكير نسيانا
O dutiful and compassionate son, stop
Every reminder from me, oblivion is better.
تاجرت بالشعر بغي الريح فاِنعكست
حالي عَلى فعاد الريح خسرانا
I traded poetry for the sake of the wind, so my state
Returned for the wind gained loss.
وَخانَني من اسيحابي وَغيرهم
من لَم يَكن قبل صفر الكف خوانا
And I was betrayed by my brothers and others
Who were not sincere friends before being empty-handed.
قالوا أَتَشكو من الاخوان قلتوَما
افاد كون بَني يعقوب اخوانا
They said, "Do you complain of the brothers?" I said, no use
That the sons of Jacob were brothers!
أَلقوا أَخاهم عَلى قرب الرحامة في
غيابة الجب باكي العين حيرانا
They threw their brother in the well ruthlessly
Crying in the depths of the pit, confused.
وَبعدباعوه عبدا آبقاورموا
به عَلى غير جرم ذئب كنوانا
After, they sold him as a escaped slave, and accused
Him wrongfully, a wolf ate him!
وَكَم رجالكَثير كنت آملهم
وَلَم يَزل لابس الآمال عريانا
And how many men I hoped for
Yet kept on wearing the clothes of hopes bare!
لا يورق العود من رعد بلا مطر
اذا يَروي سراب القاع ظمآنا
The wet wood does not grow leaves from thunder without rain
If the mirage of the desert quenches the thirsty.
وانتَ مالي وَمأمولي وَمعتمدي
ما زالَ حوضك لي بالجود ملآنا
While you are my wealth, hope, and reliance
Your basin of generosity never stopped being full for me.
حاشا جَلالك بل حاشا نوالك أن
أَكون في بحرك الفياضعطشانا
Far from Your Glory! But far from Your bestowal if
I remain thirsty in Your abundant sea!
دع المَقادير تطويني وَتنشرني
حَتّى تبلغني مَعروفك الآنا
Leave the destinies to fold and unfold me
Until Your blessings known to me reach me.
فَما نزلت عَلى مولى سواك وَلا
أَرجو وَراءَك بعد اللَه انسانا
For I have not alighted upon a master but You,
And hope none after God but a human!
يا منصب الحسن والاحسان خذ بيدي
فذاك مَن لم يكنحسنا واحسانا
O source of beauty and benevolence, take me by the hand
For that is who was not beautiful and benevolent
وَجد عَلى ببذل المكرمات وصل
حَبلي فَلست ببذل الجود منانا
Found the spending of generosities and connection difficult,
My rope is short so I cannot be stingy with generosity!
وانظر إِلى بعين منك مشفقة
وانعش بعزمك لي اهلا وَحيرانا
And look upon me with a sympathetic eye from You,
And revive me with Your resolve, settled and confused!
وَدم منيع الحمى من كل نائبة
في رتبة ملثت يمنا وايمانا
And whose glory is inaccessible to every affliction
In a position I have longed for blessing and faith!
