لا فَراغٌ الاَّ مِنَ الأَشغَالِ

والعُلاَ لا تُنَالُ بالآمَالِ

There is no rest but from toil,

And high rank is not attained by hopes.

بَعُدَتْ شُقَّةُ المَهَامِهِ أَنْ تُقْ

طَعَ الاَّ بالشَّدِّ والتَرحَالِ

The task of grand ambitions is cut

Only by firmness and travel.

وأَبَى المجدُ أَنْ يُنالَ بغيرِ ال

كَدِّ فلتَنْتَبِهْ عُقولُ الرِّجَالِ

Glory refused to be attained without

Effort, so let the minds of men wake up.

جَعَلَ اللهُ حُبَّ من يَسكنُ الغُو

طَةَ حَظّى من سائرِ الأَعمَالِ

God made the love of one who dwells in glory

My fortune among all deeds.

ما لقلبي على التَّقَلُّبِ لا يَسْ

معُ فيكم مَلامةَ العُذَّالِ

Why does my heart keep fluctuating?

It does not listen to the blaming of slanderers.

لو خَضَعنا لمستطيلٍ سِواكم

أَو سَمِحنا لغيرِكم بالسؤالِ

If we had surrendered to any but you

Or allowed others to question,

لسألَنا كيفَ المُضَاجع أو كي

فَ يكونُ الكَرى ولهفُ الخَيَالِ

We would have asked how the beds are or how

Fantasies would be and the longing of imagination.

هل يَرُدُّ الأسى عليَّ شَباباً

كانَ جاهي في الغَانياتِ ومالي

Will youthfulness return to me

When my glory was among the singing girls and my money?

لا تناسيتَ أَيُّها الشَّعرُ الأس

ودُ عَهدِي ولا سَئِمْتَ وِصالي

Do not forget, O black poetry, my era

And do not grow weary of my company.

انْ تكن في الاخاءِ حُلْتَ عن الوُدْ

د فما كانَ وصلُنا عَن تَبَالِ

If you have avoided intimacy out of love

Then our connection was not without weariness.

أَو تَجَنَّيت ظالماً فالتَّجَنّي

طرفٌ من مقدَّماتِ المَلالِ

Or if you turned away wrongfully, turning away

Is part of the beginnings of boredom.

وَلَعَمْرِي لقد ظننتُ بكَ الهج

رَ دَلاَلاً وكيف لي بالدَّلاَلِ

By my life, I thought you were guiding me to love

How could I have a guide to love?

لم أفارقكَ رغبةً عنكَ في العَيْ

شِ وما كل فُرقةٍ عن ثِقَالِ

I did not part from you out of desire away from you

Not every separation is due to burden.

فَصَلَتْ دولةُ الرئيسِ أَبي الرَّيْ

يَانِ بين الهُدى وبينَ الضَّلالِ

The rule of the President Abu Al-Rayyan

Separated the right path from misguidance.

ما يُؤَدِي الأنامُ شكرَ أياديِ

كَ ببذلِ النفوسِ والأموَالِ

People cannot thank your hands enough

By sacrificing their souls and money.

جُمِعَتْ هذه القلوبُ على حبْ

بِك لمَّا وليتَ يا خيرَ والِ

These hearts have united in loving you

Since you took office, O best ruler.

كنت كالغيثِ فيهم يتركُ العا

طلَ من عاقرِ الثَّرى وهو حَالِ

You were like rain to them, leaving

The barren land from the dry soil fertile.

السُنٌ تنشرُ الثناءَ وأيدٍ

رُفِعَتْ بالدعاءِ والابتهَالِ

Teeth shine spreading praise and hands

Were raised with prayer and supplication.

أَمَّلُوا فيكَ ما يُؤَمِّلُ راجي

دِيْمَةٍ وافقتْ سرارَ الهِلالِ

They have hoped in you what a hopeful person hopes for

In lasting good fortune concurring with the new crescent moon.

كلُّ يومٍ يأتي بوجهكَ مشغو

فاً ويمضي اذا مَضى غيرَ سَالِ

Every day comes with your preoccupied face

And passes without changing if it passes.

شَرَفٌ خالدٌ تَدَاولهُ الأَيْ

اَمُ من مجدِكَ العريضِ الطُّوَالِ

An eternal honor passed down by days

From your long glorious path.

طلبتْ سعيَكَ الأَعَادي فما فا

زوا بغيرِ الوَنى وغيرِ الكَلالِ

The enemies sought your efforts but did not succeed

Except in weakness and weariness.

وَبَغوا فاستدالَ منهم لكَ الل

هُ وأَعطاكَ أَفْضَلَ الآمَالِ

They desired but God argued for you

And gave you the best hopes.

وَتَولى لكَ النَّجاحُ وأَغنا

كَ بتدبيرهِ عن الاحتيَالِ

Success took charge for you and enriched you

With His planning from scheming.

ضيعوا ما حفظتَ من نِعْمَةِ الل

هِ وغالوا الصَّنيعَ كلَّ اغتيَالِ

They wasted the blessings God protected you with

And overvalued every assassination.

وأرادُوا بكَ الطُّلاَطِلَةَ البِك

ر فأعجزَْتَهم وكعبُكَ عَالِ

They wanted to threaten and ridicule you

But you disabled them while your heel was high.

فَرْقٌ ما بينَهم وَبينَكَ ما بي

نَ مقالِ الفتى وبينَ الفعَالِ

There is a difference between them and you

Like the difference between a youth's talk and his actions.

بَرَأَتْ دَوْلَةُ تَدَاركتَ مشْفِي

هَا وأَعقَبْتَ جرُحَهَا باندمَالِ

The state's wounds which you cured recovered

And you followed its illness and cured

وَتَتَبَّعْتَ سُقمَها فَشفِيتَ ال

غِلَّ من دائها العياء العُضَالِ

The most calloused of its chronic disease.

You connected until you restored its former awe

صُلْتَ حتى رَدَدْتَ هيبتَها الأُو

لى وحَادَثْتَ لونَها بالصِّقَالِ

And made its color shine with polish.

The stars of happiness and victory arose

طَلَعَتْ أَنْجُمُ السَّعَادةِ والنَّصْ

رَ ولاحتْ لوائحُ الاقْبَالِ

And the signs of favor appeared.

This requires that the other

انَّ هذا لأَولٌ يَقَتَضي الآ

خرَ حملاً لِقَاحه عن حيالِ

Carry its harvest away from the threshing floor.

The like of what you obtained with humility and softness

مِثْلُ ما نِلْتَ بالخُشُونَةِ واللي

نِ على الطَّالِبينَ صعبُ المَنَالِ

Upon the seekers of the difficult to attain.

The father of Ali raised Ulya, a father

شَادَ عُلْيا أَبي عليِّ أَبٌ لم

يَرضَ أَخلاقَه لغيرِ المَعَالي

Who was not pleased with morals other than the highest.

The blade of iron shook him, it does not

هَزَّهُ صَارمُ الحَدِيْدَةِ لا يَفْ

رِقُ بينَ العِظامِ والأوَصَالِ

Distinguish between bones and joints.

Independent in what he carries of the burden

مستقلاً بما يُحَمِّلُ من عِبْ

ءِ الحَمَالاتِ والخُطُوبِ الثِّقَالِ

Of portages and heavy adversities.

And he saw in him, while he was a young boy,

ورأَى فيهِ وهو طِفلٌ صَغيرٌ

ما تَراهُ الليوثُ في الأَشبَالِ

What lions see in their cubs.

Boldness in tranquility, dignity in shyness,

جرأَةً في سكِيْنَةٍ واباءً

في حياءٍ وَهَيْبَةً في جَمَالِ

And awe in beauty.

And qualities like soft water on stone

وَسَجَايا كالماءِ رقَّ على الصَّخْ

رِ وَرَقَّتْ عليهِ ريحُ الشَّمَالِ

And the north wind blew gently upon him.

May God preserve what He has continued

حَفِظَ اللهُ مِثلَ ما لم يَزَلْ يَحْ

فَظ نفسيكمُا من الآجَالِ

To preserve your two selves from destinies.