حَدّثْ عن الطّلَلِ المُحيلْ

من بعْدِ حادِثَةِ الرّحيلْ

Speak of the ruins after the departure,

Where the traveling camels were unpacked

حيثُ الرَّكائِبُ نُزَّعٌ

للورْدِ والظّلِّ الظّليلْ

For roses and pleasant shade,

And generosity reached its peak for the High One

والجودُ أنقَهُ للعلي

لِ بهِ وأنقَعُ للخَليلْ

And lowered for the bosom friend.

How many souls find comfort

كم من نُفوسٍ عندَهُ

ترْتاحُ للنّفَسِ البَليلْ

In the tired breath.

And this homeland in which

هذا وللوطَن الذي

فيهِ المُعرَّسُ والمَقيلْ

Are the newlywed and the buried

Has honor high above the stars

شرفٌ سَما فوقَ السُها

بالنّاصِرِ الكافي الكَفيلْ

With the Victorious Defender, the Guarantor.

And with Joseph, Granada is Egypt

وبيوسُفٍ غرْناطةٌ

مِصْرٌ ومن جَدواهُ نِيلْ

And the Nile flows from its riverbed.

And passion toward its dunes

والوجْدُ نحوَ بطاحِها

كُلَّ القلوبِ غَدا مُميلْ

Has inclined all hearts.

If not for longing wrapping the air

لوْلا الجَوى طيَّ الجوا

نِحِ ما غَدا دمْعٌ يَسيلْ

No tears would flow.

If not for the excuse of the meeting

لوْلا التعلّلُ باللّقا

ءِ لَما اشْتَفَى القلْبُ العَليلْ

No sick heart would be healed.

If not for a girl who perplexed

لولا فتاةٌ أعجَزَتْ

لفْظَ المُطيبِ أوِ المُطيلْ

The utterance of the eulogizer or the satirist,

I wouldn’t know the meaning of diversion

لمْ أدْرِ ما معْنى السّلو

وِ إذاً عنِ الرّسْمِ المُحيلْ

From the impossible task.

She came guiding and guided

تُهدي وتَهْدي إذْ أتَتْ

غَرّاءَ واضحةَ الدّليلْ

Clear in evidence.

What excellent Arabic speech she brought

للّهِ ما جاءَتْ بهِ

من منطِقِ العربِ الأصيلْ

Original and pure.

What glory she gained

للهِ ما حازَتْهُ في ال

علْياءِ من شرَفِ القَبيلْ

Among the supreme tribe.

She reveals the battalions of her books

تجْلو كتائِبَ كُتْبِها

بمَدى البلاغةِ أو تُجيلْ

With the endless eloquence or condenses them.

And she sought out guidance

ولَها الهَوادي اسْتَشْرَفَتْ

فهدتْ إلى قصْدِ السّبيلْ

To the path of righteousness.

She is the high-minded one related

فهيَ العقيلَةُ تنتمي

لعُلا عليٍّ أو عقَيلْ

To the excellence of Ali or Aqil.

And to the unique one of the age

ولأوْحَدِ الدّهْرِ الشري

فِ الماجِدِ العلَمِ الجَليلْ

The learned, the venerable.

From him a treasure is safely kept

للهِ منهُ مُحْرِزٌ

وَصْفَيْ مُنيبٍ أو مُنيلْ

Of praise or wish.

I dedicate to him plenty of eulogy

أُهْدي لهُ جزْلَ النّظا

مِ وقدْ حَبانيَ بالجَزيلْ

As he gifted me plenty.

His words, how many hardened sinners

ألفاظُه كمْ من كثي

بٍ للعُصاةِ بها مَهيلْ

Are humbled by them.

And by his justice, how many rebellious armies

ولكَمْ يرُدُّ بعَدلِه

للبَغْي منْ جيشٍ فَليلْ

Are turned small.

And by his preaching, how many hearts

ومنَ القُلوبِ بوَعْظِهِ

يُدْني القصيَّ ويسْتَميلْ

Are softened and reconciled,

As he considers them like the red cliff

ويراعُهُ كالصّعدَةِ ال

سمراءِ والسّيْفِ الصّقيلْ

And the polished sword.

O son of the one whose traits

يا ابْنَ الذي بخِلالِهِ

قد بشّرتْ صُحُفُ الخَليلْ

The scriptures of the Friend prophesied,

Say whatever you wish,

قُلْ مُنْعِماً ما شِئْتَهُ

فلأنْتَ لي نِعْمَ المُقيلْ

For you are my excellent consoler.

One who strayed from the guided path

عُذْراً بمثْلِكَ يهْتَدي

مَن حادَ عن أهْدَى سَبيلْ

Can be guided by your like.

My intent is to visit you, O peerless one

قصْدي المثولُ لديكَ يا

مَنْ جلَّ فينا عن مَثيلْ

Between the rising of dawn

And the coming of night,

ما بَيْنَ شارِقةِ الصّبا

حِ وبيْنَ جانِحةِ الأصيلْ

With a devotion to the family of Muhammad

That will not change.

في حُبّ آلِ محمدٍ

ليَ حالةٌ لا تسْتَحيلْ

After it, never will I seek

Any substitute for visiting.

فمِنَ الزّيارةِ بعْدَها

هيْهاتَ أطْلُبُ من بَديلْ

I spur on my mount to your district

With love and passion.

أُزْجي المَطيَّ لحَيّكُمْ

بالوَخْدِ منْها والذّميلْ

O you who establish the rights of kinship

And virtues without inclining.

يا مَنْ يُقيمُ صَغا الفضا

ئِلِ والفواضِلِ أنْ تَميلْ

If not for rhyming couplets

I would not be content with little in description.

لوْلا القَوافي لمْ أكنْ

في الوصْفِ أقْنَعُ بالقَليلْ

So begin with what you have accustomed me

Of your noble forgiveness.

فلْتُبْدِ ما عوّدْتَني

منْ عادةِ الصّفْحِ الجَميلْ