فؤادي بربع الظاعنين أَسير

يقيم عَلى آثارهم وأَسير

My heart is captive to the ruins of the departed

It halts at their traces while captive

وَدَمعي غَزير السكب في عرصاتهم

فَكَيف أَكف الدمع وَهو غَزير

And my copious tears pour in their dwelling-places

So how can I restrain my tears while they pour copiously?

وان نبار يحى بهم وَصبابَتي

لهن رواح في لحشا وَبكور

And the fresh north wind passes by them, and my youth

They have spirits in Lihash and Bukoor

أحن اذا غنت حَمائم شعبهم

وَينزع قَلبي نَحوهم وَيطير

I yearn when the doves of their districts sing

And my heart inclines towards them and flies

وأذكر من نجد حوارس بأسهم

فتنجد اشواقي بهم وَتغير

And I recall the stalwarts of Najd, their striking might

So my passions cry out to them and change

فَيالَيت شعري عَن محاجر حاجر

وَعَن اثلاث روضهن تضير

If only my poetry would depict the cheeky flirts

And the three meadows that harm

وَعن عذبات البان يلعبن بالضحى

عليهن كاسات النَسيم تدور

And the freshwater maidens playing at dawn

Goblets of the breeze circling about them

ومن لي بان أَروي من الشعب شربة

وانظر تلك الارض وَهي مطير

And if only I could quench my thirst from the people's valley

And look upon that land while it rains

واسمع في سفح البشام عشية

بكاء حَمامات لهن هدير

And listen in the skirts of the BUSHAM at eve

To the cooing of doves with their murmuring

فَيا جيرة الشعب اليَماني بحقكم

صلوا أَو مرو اطيف الخيال يَزور

So O neighbour of the Yemeni people, by your right

Pray or command gentle visions to visit

بعد تم وَلَم يبعد عَن القَلب حبكم

وَغبتم وَأَنتم في الفؤاد حضور

After perfection and absence from the heart is not absence

And you went away while present in the chest

أَغار عليكم أَن يَراكم حَواسدي

وأحجب عنكم وَالمحب غيور

I am jealous that my senses should see you

And I conceal you while the lover is jealous

أَحباب قَلبي هَل سواكم لعلتي

طَبيب بداء العاشقين خَبير

Beloveds of my heart, is there any healer for my affliction

Other than you, skilled in the malady of lovers?

غرستم بِقَلبي لوعة ثمراتها

هموم لها حشو الحشا سعير

You planted in my heart distress, its fruits being

Sorrows with the timber of Lihash for kindling

جيوش هوا كم كل لمحة ناظر

عَلى حصن قَلبي بالغَرام تغير

Armies of passion! How each glance of the onlooker

Assails the fortress of my heart with love's siege

أَعيروا عيوني نظرة من جَمالكم

وَما كل من يغلى الوصال يعير

Give my eyes a glance of your beauty

Not all whose tryst boils over can blame

أَقام عَلى قَلبي وَسَمعي وَناظري

رَقيب فَما يخفى عليه ضَمير

A sentry stood over my heart, hearing and sight

So nothing is hidden from Him, the Knower of secrets

مرادي هواكم وَالهَوان كَرامَة

لحلو هَواكم وَالعَسير يَسير

My wish is your love, and disgrace is honour

Sweet is your love, and the bitter is made easy

أَعدّ علي ديني وَدُنياي بكم

فَتَنقَلب الاحزان وَهي سرور

You count my religion and worldly life as against me

So grief is transformed into joy

وَتأَخذ قَلبي نشوة عند ذكركم

كَما اِرتاح صب خامرته خمور

And rapture seizes my heart when you are recalled

As the drinker relaxes when his wine takes effect

واني لمستغن عَن الكَون دونكم

وَأما اليكم سادتي فَفَقير

And I can do without the universe apart from you

While devoid of you my masters I am needy

أَصوم عَن الاغيار قطعا وَذكركم

لصوصي سحور في الهَوى وَفطور

I abstain utterly from strangers and your recollection

Is my predawn meal in love and breakfast

وَلَيلة قَدري لَيلة بت آنسا

بكم وَلا قلام القبول صَرير

And my Night of Value is a night spent

Communing with you, and the pens slide smoothly

وَضحوة عيدي يوم أَضحى بقربكم

عَلى من اللطف الخَفي ستور

And my feast day is the morn I draw near you

Through the grace of the Hidden One, veiled

فَجود وابو صل فالزَمان مفرق

وأكثر عمر العاشقين قَصير

So give freely and reconcile, for time causes separation

And most of the lover's life is short

وَلا تغلقوا الابواب دوني لزلتي

فنتم كِرام وَالكَريم غفور

And do not close the doors to me for my stumbling

For you are generous and the Noble forgives

وَقَد أَثقلت ظهري الذنوب وانما

رَجائي لغفار الذنوب كَبير

And sins have weighed down my back, but my hope

Is in the Great Forgiver of sins

وَجاه رَسول اللَه أَحمَد نصرتي

اذا لَم يَكن لي في الخطوب نَصير

And the assistance of Allah's Messenger Ahmad is my ally

If I have no other helper in afflictions

وَمدح رَسول اللَه فأل سَعادَتي

افوز به يوم السَماء تمور

And praising Allah's Messenger is the apex of my fortune

Through it I succeed the day the sky pours forth

نَبي تَقي اريحىّ مهذب

بَشير لكل العالمين نذير

A purified, well-mannered prophet bringing glad tidings

And a warner to all the worlds

اذا ذكر اِرتاحَت قلوب لذكره

وَطابَت نفوس وانشرحن صدور

When he is recalled, hearts relax through recalling him

And souls delight and breasts expand

عدمنا عَلى الدنيا وجود نظيره

لَقَد قل موجود وَعز نظير

We deemed the like of him non-existent in our world

Indeed creation of his peer has been scarce

وَكَيفَ يسامى خَير من وَطىء للثَرى

وَفي كل باع عَن علاه قصور

And how can the best to tread upon earth compare?

And in every dimension he surpasses the loftiest

وَكل شَريف عنده مُتَواضع

وَكل عَظيم القريَتين حقير

And every noble is humble before him

And every great one regards the two towns (Mecca and Medina) as trivial

لئن كانَ في يمناه سبحت الحصى

فَقَد فاضَ ماء للجيوش نمير

Were the pebbles to praise him in his right hand

Water for the armies would have gushed forth copiously from Mimhir

وَخاطبه جذع وَضب وَظبية

وَعضو خَفي سمه وَبَعير

And a palm trunk, wolf and doe spoke to him

As did the hidden venom of an adder and camel

ودرّ له الثَدى الاجد كَرامَة

كَما اِنشق بدر في السَماء مُنير

And the thigh of a she-camel flowed out of reverence

As the full moon splits open the illuminated sky

وَمثل حَنين الجذع سجدة سرحة

وانس غَزال البر وَهي نفور

And like the bowing of the camel is the prostration of a flock dispersed

And a wild gazelle's intimacy though it flees

وَباض حمام الايك في اثره كَما

بنت عَنكَبوت حين كانَ يَسير

And the rock doves flew after him like

The spider when it crept

وان الغمام الهاطِلات تظله

بروح نَسيم ان أَلم هَجير

And the clouds that poured forth rain shaded him

With the spirit of a gentle wind, should it be vehement

وَيوم حَنين اذرمى القوم بالحصى

فَولوا وَهم عمى العيون وَعور

And the day of Hunain when the people pelted with pebbles,

They retreated, blinded in both eyes

وَجند في بدر ملائكة السما

فجِبريل تحتَ الرايَتَين أَمير

And at Badr a host of the angels of heaven

With Jibril under the two banners as general

وَمن قومه في البئر سَبعون سيدا

قَتيلا وَمثل الهالِكين أَسير

And seventy leaders of his people in the well

Slain with the same number taken prisoner

وَمن عزمه تَخريب خَيبر مثل ما

قَريظة قرض وَالنَضير نَظير

And in his resolve to ravage Khaybar likewise

Quraydha was torn apart and Nadir overthrown

وان رسول اللَه من مكة سرى

الى القدس وَالروح الامين سمير

And Allah's Messenger journeyed by night

From Mecca to Jerusalem, and the Trustworthy Spirit accompanied him

فَجازَ السَماء السبع في بعض لَيلَة

وَلكن بعد السبع أَينَ يَصير

And he traversed the seven heavens in one night

But after the seventh, to where did he ascend?

فَلاح له من رفرف النور لائح

من النور للهادي البَشير بَشير

And there shone for him from the fluttering of light a radiance

From light, as a guide to the Messenger of good tidings

وَشاهد فوق العرش كل عَجيبة

وماثم الازائر وَمزور

And he witnessed above the Throne every marvel

And that which the Gardens have adorned and decked

حَبيب تَملى بالحَبيب فحصه

وَشرفه بالقَرب وَهوَ جَدير

The Beloved conversed with the Beloved, so He singled Him out

And ennobled him through nearness, for he is deserving

وَقالَ له سَلني رضاك فانني

عَلى كل شيء في رضاك قَدير

And He said to him: “Ask Me to please you, for I

Am Able to do all things to please you”

فَماد قَرير العين في خلع الرضا

وَقَد شملته بهجة وَحبور

So he who gives joy to the eye requested the Robe of Contentment

And it enveloped him in rapture and bliss

محمد قم بي في الخطوب فان لي

تجارة مدح فيك ليس تبور

Say: In both abodes you are unparalleled, and none

Can rival you, whether elder or younger

عَرائس لا تَرضى بغيرك ناكِحا

لهن عَزيزات المهور مهوز

Brides who will not be content save with you as spouse

For them the high dowries have been made insignificant

علت وَغلت الاعليك فأرخصت

لترخص حور في القصور قصور

You ascended and rose above all but for you I lowered

Myself to allow Houris access to lofty palaces

مؤلفها عَبد الرَحيم كَأَنَّها

كَواكب في جوّ السَماء تنير

Its composer is Abd al-Rahim, it is as though

It were stars illumining the heaven's atmosphere

لبسن مَعانيها بمدحك بهجة

فَلاح لَها نور وَفاح عَبير

Meanings have donned it in your praise, an exhilaration

Radiating light and diffusing fragrance

فقل أَنتَ في الدارين في خربنا وَمن

يَليك صَغير سنه وَكَبير

Say: You are foremost in both abodes in our ruin, so who

Follows you? One junior or senior

وَصلى عَلَيك اللَه واِختص واجتبى

فأَنتَ هدى للعالمين وَنور

And may Allah bless you and single you out and choose you

For you are guidance for all the worlds and light

وَعم رضاه الآل وَالصحب انهم

لدينك يا شمس الزَمان بدور

And may His good pleasure encompass Your Family and Companions

For around you, O Sun of the Age, they revolve