من لي بقلبٍ أستميحُهْ

حبّاً فيطربني مديحُهْ

Who can lend me a heart to which I profess

My love, so that its praise may delight me,

وتعيرني ريح الصبا

نشراً ينم إلي ريحه

And the breeze of morning blows to me

Its fragrance, filling me with joy,

ويهزني طرباً كأن

نَ غبوقه عندي صبوحه

As if its rapture in the early dawn were with me.

Longing for the one who wounded my heart

شوقاً لمن جرح القلو

ب بعشقه وأنا جريحه

With his love, while I remain his wounded one.

Let it go, my reproacher, for I have

دع يا عذولي إن لي

قلباً يذوب فمن يريحه

A heart that melts, so who can comfort it

Except the Most High Refuge, the Most Beautiful forever.

إلّا الملاذ الملتجا

ومليحه أبداً مليحه

O Peter, the exalted and most noble,

With his vast and spacious dignity.

يا بطرس السامي الذرى

وجنابه رحبٌ فسيحه

O rock of faith, speak,

For who can violate the rock?

يا صخرة الإيمان قل

والصخر من ذا يستبيحه

He illuminated the world with good tidings

And spread its fragrance throughout the universe.

وأنارَ بالبشرى الورى

وأجالها في الكون ريحه

The Teacher suddenly denied

And turned back weeping in sadness.

جحد المعلم بغتةً

وارتد في وعيٍ ينوحه

So his denial benefited us

With his evident, exposed weeping.

فأفادنا بجحوده

وبنَوحه البادي صريحه

Be not surprised at what transpired,

For who can move the rock against its will?

لا تعجبوا مما جرى

فالصخرُ مَن يقوى يزيحه

He took the absolute authority,

And the truth cannot be obscured or concealed.

أخذ الرئاسة مطلقاً

والحق لا يخفى وضوحه

The tongues of the world praised him,

Adorned by his praise.

مدحته ألسنة الورى

قد زانها منه مديحه

From the era of Adam, his mention

Was in the first generations until the days of Noah.

من عهد آدم ذكره

في البِكر حتى جاء نُوحه

They continued to the point

When the Messiah came among them.

يتسلسلون لغايةٍ

حتى أتى فيها مسيحه

His Master gave him authority

And the caliphate which he desired.

أعطاه مولاه الولا

ية والخلافة تستميحه

"Here are my keys, and whatever

You order, I make permissible."

هذي مفاتيحي وما

تأمرْ به فأنا أبيحه

You truly guide whomsoever is lost,

And you are his sincere advisor.

من ضل أنت هداؤه

حقّاً وأنت له نصيحه

I will be among your fortunate caliphs,

And the disobedient one I will remove.

وأكون من خلفائك ال

سعداء والعاصي أُزيحه

My Master, preserve my obedience

In its shade one day when I call out.

مولاي إحفظ طاعتي

في ظله يوماً أَصيحه

This is my success, if I obey

Its laws, for I will be successful.

هذا نجاحي إن أطع

تُ رسومه فأنا نجيحه

Blessed is the land one day inhabited,

And his tomb was in it.

طوبى لأرضٍ حلها

يوماً وكان بها ضريحه

Oh, most blessed is his tomb

I visited, while I am preparing to depart.

يا حبذا منه ضري

حٌ زرته وأنا نزيحه

In the land of Rome was what I wished,

And its clarity was evident.

بديار روما كان ما

أمَّلته وبها وضوحه

This is my praise, which does not suffice,

For the one to whom this praise belongs.

هذا مديحي لا يفي

عني لمن هذا مديحه

For the sword, no matter how the swordsman waves it,

Is dazzled by its blade.

فالسيف مهما هزه ال

سياف يبهره صفيحه