أَرى رسمَ سعدى في فؤادي راسما

لَها وله رسمٌ ولم يكُ طاسما

I see the drawing of Sa'diy in my heart drawing

For her and for him a drawing, and he was not erasing

وَمُذ أَقفَرت منهُ المعالم غادرت

لها بينَ أثناءِ الضلوعِ معالما

And since the landmarks were emptied of it, I left

For her between the ribs landmarks

وَقفتُ بِها من بعد قطّانه فما

عرفت بهِ إلّا الثلاث الجواثما

And I stood by her after her belt so I did not

Recognize it except the three prominences

رأيتُ وقوفي بالرسوم فريضةً

فكنتُ بفرضي مدّة العيشِ قائما

I saw my standing at the drawings as an obligation

So I was in my duty the duration of life established

عشيّة بانَت منه سعدى فأسعرت

بِسوداء قلبي مِن لظى الوجدِ جاحما

An evening appeared from him Sa'diy so I kindled

With the blackness of my heart from the blaze of passion flaming

وَقد أوجبَ البينُ المشتّت بيننا

وداعاً بنارِ البينِ للقلبِ واسما

And separation necessitated scattering between us

Farewell by the fire of separation to the heart and deafening

برهرهة تَشكو الخلاخيلُ ساقها

كَما يَشتكي منها الإزارُ المآكما

With tinkling anklets complaining of her legs

As her gown complains of constriction enveloping

وَقد ظلمت منها الروادفُ خصرها

كَما كانَ لي من هجرها الحكم ظالما

And she has wronged her buttocks by separation

As the judgment of her abandonment was to me unjust

تثنّت قضيباً في ضحىً فوقهُ دجىً

ودعصاً وأنبوباً من الساق فاعما

She bent a slender shape in the morning over which was gloom

And a staff and tubes from the leg direct

أَطعت هَواها مُذ كلفتُ بحبّها

وخالفتُ فيها عذّلي واللوائما

I obeyed her desire since I was burdened with her love

And I opposed in her my blamer and critics

وحكّمته في ذاتِ نَفسي وإن يكن

عليَّ بحكمِ الجورِ في الحكمِ حاكما

And I made it judge in myself even if it was

On me the rule of injustice in the ruling a ruler

أَحومُ إِلى بردِ الرضابِ فأَنثني

بخفّي حنينٍ كلّما جئت حائما

I wander to the coldness of the hill and I incline

With the yearning every time I came confused

سَقى اللّه أطلالَ الأبيرق بارقاً

هتوناً وأرجاً للغمومِ غمائما

Allah watered the ruins of the meadows with a flood

Delicate and aromatic for the sorrows clouds

وَألبسها مِن رفرفِ الوشيِ حلّة

مكلّلة ًدرّاً تفوحُ لطائما

And clothed it from the fluttering of splendor a dress

Bejeweled with pearls diffusing fragrance

إِذا ما سَرى ساري النسيم رأيتهُ

يُصافح منها زهرها والكمائما

When the banner of the breeze goes I see it

Greeting its flowers and buds

وَدرٌّ نفيسٌ جوهريٌّ منَ الثنا

لهُ كنت في سلك البديهةِ ناظما

And precious refined pearls of splendor

For which I was in the realm of creation a poet

ضَننتُ بهِ عن كلّ لحز ولم أكن

أقلّده في الناس إلّا الأكارما

I was stingy to share it with anyone abject and I was not

Imitating it among the people except the generous

سَآنف نَفسي أينَما كنت زارني

على طمعٍ للأرذلين منادِما

I blame myself wherever I was, I was visited

Hoping for the despicable to be a drinking companion

لَعمري إنّي لست أَخشى خصاصة

وَلا قوصة ما دامَ سالمُ سالما

By my life, I do not fear scarcity

Or lack as long as peace is safe

فتىً أخصَبت كفّاه أنواء مربعي

فَأضحت بهِ الآمالُ منّي شوايما

A youth whose palm blossomed clouds of favor

So that hopes from me for him became aspirations

جَرى في ميادينِ المحامد يانعاً

فعقّب أهليها علا ومكارما

He flowed in the battlefields of praise thriving

So his people followed him high and with generosity

أَناملهُ تَحكي إذا ما تبعّقت

سحائبها وطف السحاب السواجما

His fingers tell when they move

Its clouds and the fine rain poured forth

برقت فويق القلب همّة قلبهِ

وَعفّت بسمكِ المجد منه النعايما

The heart was struck by the splendor of his heart

And the banners of glory hung from him

أَلا أيّها الغيثُ الّذي شمته نداً

خلب أضحى لمن جاء شايما

Behold O clouds whose origin I smelled an aroma

That stole the morning and to the one who came a defamer

وَمَن جعلَ المعروف في كلّ قبلةٍ

على نفسهِ فرضاً منَ اللّه لازما

And who made benevolence in every meeting

On himself an obligation from Allah binding

أَقمتَ بسمكِ المجدِ منك قواعداً

وَأَسمكتَ منه في السماءِ الدعائما

You established with the glory of splendor from you pillars

And you made it fast in the sky tent pegs

وَعقّبت قعقاع بن شور بن خالد

وَمَن قَد حمى رجلَ الجرادِ وحاتما

And you followed Qa'qaa bin Shur bin Khalid

And the one who protected the foot of locusts and a ring

وَقد كادَ وجهُ البدرِ من أفق السما

يخرُّ إِلى تقبيلِ نعليك لاثِما

The full moon from the horizon of the sky almost

Bowing down to kiss your slipper smooth