عُمِّرتَ الشَّمسِ والبَدْر
أبداً على الأَيامِ والدَّهْرِ
The sun and moon obeyed you eternally
Over days and time
وأَطاعكَ المقدارُ تصرِفُه
في الناسِ بينَ النهي والأَمْرِ
Fate directed its course under your command
Among people, between prohibition and order
واذا عدوتَ لحاجةٍ سَنَحَتْ
فعلى النجاحِ وأيمن الزَّجْرِ
And if you went out for a need that arose
It would be for success and protection from harm
لله عندك عادةٌ عُلِمَتْ
في العُسرِ نألفها وفي اليُسْرِ
God has a habit with you that's known
In hardship, we find it, and in ease
قد جربوكَ فكنتَ أَثبتَهم
وأَحقَّهم بمواطنِ الصَّبْرِ
They tested you, and you were the firmest
And most deserving of perseverance
ووقفتَ بالأَهوازِ معترضاً
في موقفِ أَحمى من الجَمْرِ
You stood at Al-Ahwaz blocking
In a stand hotter than embers
ما فيه اِلا البيضُ ذاكيةً
وأَسنَّةٌ كقوادمِ النّسْرِ
Nothing there but keen blades
And arrows like the strikes of eagles
فكفاكَ جدُّكَ ذو السعودِ بِهِ
شزراتُ تلكَ الأَعينِ الحُمْرِ
Your fervent ancestors sufficed you
Sparks from those red eyes
وغَنِيتَ عن رأَيٍ تقلبهِ
وتُحيلُه في حلبةِ الفكْرِ
You had no need for changing thoughts
Circling in the arena of ideas
جدٌّ يَرُدُّ الخيلَ مُقْعِيَةً
ويفُلُّ حَدَّ البِيضِ والسُّمْرِ
A grandfather who turns back raiding horses
And splits the edge of blades and spears
وأرى مخايلَ عارضٍ نَعَجَت
فيه الجَنوبُ مزاودَ القَطْرِ
And I see the images of a critic wooed
By the south competing with the north
أَلقى بصحنِ الري كَلْكَلَهُ
وحبا الى الماهِينَ يَستَشرِي
He tossed his drink bowl clinking
And loved talking to the witty
ما بعدَ أَهلكَ ينحرونَ بها
كالبُدنِ يومَ صبيحةِ النحْرِ
None after your family sacrifice themselves
Like cattle on the morning of slaughter
احدى بناتِ الدَّهرِ كالحةً
ثَرماء ما تفترُّ عن ثَغْرِ
One of time's daughters, alluring
A fresh lass whose mouth doesn't tire
شَمِّرْ لها تشميرَ ذي قَسَمٍ
هَجَر النِّساءَ ولذةَ الخَمْرِ
Roll up your sleeves with resolve
Forsake women and wine's delight
واذا غَدَتْ أَفواجها عُصَباً
فانهضْ اِليها نهضةَ الصَّقْرِ
And when her packs approach as allies
Rise against them with a falcon's zeal
فلعلَّ ذلكَ أَنْ يكونَ الى
ما تبتغيه ذريعة النصْرِ
Perhaps that will pave the way
To what you seek, victory's path
كبني المُحِبينَ بختيار وقد
صَحبوا أَخاكَ بعسكرٍ مجرِ
Like the Muhibbin clan and Bakhtiyar
Who accompanied your brother with an army
فكفوكَ شوكته بحدهم
وطلبتهم بجريرةِ الوِتْرِ
Their blades sufficed you against his might
Their onslaught sought him with a piercing spear
قد كان قتلُكَ قاتليهِ بهِ
من قتلهِ أَدنى الى الغَدْرِ
Killing you was nearer treachery for your killers
Victory is dear, blessing its champion
نصرٌ عزيزٌ خصَّ ناصرهُ
مَلَكَ الملوكَ به أَبا نَصْرِ
Who possessed the kingdom, making you Abu Nasr
O son of one whose coast I approached
يا ابن الذي استقربتُ ساحله
فَغَرِقتُ في تيارهِ الغَمْرِ
And drowned in his flooding sea
He saw my qualities and loved them
ورأَى ثَناي وما أحبِّره
في عِرضه أَنقى من الوفْرِ
Purer than musk in his essence
Days call me but his hearing fails me
أَيامَ يدعوني فيخذُلَه
سمعي وما بالسمعِ من وَقْرِ
What weight does hearing hold?
Preserve the sweet memory, for nothing
حافِظْ على الذكرِ الميل فما
يَبقى على الأَيامِ كالذّكْرِ
Remains over days like memory
How much bounty you have for me
كم فيكَ لي من غزْرِ قافية
عذراءَ قد زُفَّتْ بِلا مَهْرِ
An unsullied ode gifted without dowry
A vehicle others envy
سيارةٍ يُضحي الحسودُ بها
والنَّارُ بينَ جوانحِ الصَّدْرِ
With fire in the breast's depths
Cooling it while the melt flows from his mouth
تُصْبِيْهِ وهي الصَّابُ من فَمِهِ
متمثلاً في عارضِ الأَمْرِ
Imagining the critic's face
You bridged the breadth between Cordoba
قد طبقت ما بينَ قُرطُبَةِ
والصينِ من بَرٍّ ومن بَحْرِ
And China over land and sea
Homes fold as you blessedly travel
تَطوى المنازلَ وهي باركةٌ
في الصدرِ بينَ السُحْرِ والنحْرِ
In the heart between magic and sorcery
With eternal delights, whenever displayed
ومخلداتٍ كلَّما نُشِرتْ
تزدادُ حِدَّتُها على النشْرِ
Increasing in sharpness with each unfold
In every sigh and consolation
في كل تهئنةٍ وتعزيةٍ
ينظمن نظم قلائدِ الدُّرِ
They compose strands like necklaces of pearls
All people's words are forgotten
يُنْسَى كلامُ النَّاسِ كلِّهُمُ
الاَّ كلام اللهِ أَو شِعْرِي
Except God's words or my poetry
A description pleased me about you
قد سَرَّني وصفٌ بهِ
فشكرتُ لو أَجزيكَ بالشُّكْرِ
I'd thank you if I could with thanks
