كلُّ بَعيدٍ قَعْرُهُ غامِرٌ

يَغْرَقُ في تَيَّارِكَ الغَامِرِ

Every far place, its depths are teeming

Drowning in your overwhelming current

أَنتَ الذي أَمستْ عقولُ الوَرى

حَائِرةً في فعلهِ الباهِرِ

You are the one whose deeds the minds of people

Are lost and confused in wondering

فُتَّ مدَى القولِ فماذا عسى

يَبلُغُ وَصْفُ اللِسن الشَّاعِرِ

Speech is abbreviated, so what can

The eloquence of tongues of poets possibly attain

وَعَمَّ افضَالُكَ حتّى غَدا

في نيْلِهِ الغَائبُ كالحَاضِرِ

And your favors have spread until

The absent have become like the present in obtaining them

ولم يكنْ بالمَالِ مُسْتأثِراً

لا يَصْلُحُ المُلكُ لمستأثِرِ

You were not monopolizing wealth

Monopoly does not suit the monopolizer

أَنتَ على بُعْدِكَ تُدْنيهُمُ

أُنْساً وهم كالنَّعمِ النَّافِرِ

Despite your distance, you bring them close

With intimacy, while they are like recoiling blessings

فما لِمَنْ خَانكَ من قَابِلٍ

ولا لِمَنْ لامَكَ من عَاذِرِ

So what can await one who betrayed you

Or one who blamed you, of excuse

بل عادةٌ للهِ مألوفَةٌ

عندكَ واللهُ مع الصَّابِرِ

Rather, it is a habit with God, well-known

To you, and God is with the patient

اِطْعامُكَ النصرَ على من بغى

وما لمنْ يُخذَلُ من ناصِرِ

Your feeding victory over those who were unjust

And there is no helper for one who is abandoned

ويوم أَسْفَارٍ وأَشياعِهِ

لم يَحْظَ انعامُك بالشَّاكِرِ

And the day of journeys and partings

Your gifts were not met with gratitude

باتوا يُغِدّونَ فَغَادَاهُم

عاصٍ على هَجْهَجَةِ الزَّاجِرِ

They persisted insolently despite the deterring clamor

Wearing two garments of his shedding

يُلبِسُهُم ثَوبينَ من نَقْعِهِ

ومن نَجِيْعِ العَلَقِ المائِرِ

And the flowing milk of the pregnant camel

When they saw your face, they fell prostrate

لما رَأوا وَجْهَكَ خرُّوا لهُ

والشَّمسُ لا تَخْفَى على ناظِرِ

And the sun cannot be hidden from the beholder

You were only a blessing raincloud

ما كنتَ الا عارضاً مُمْطِراً

حطَّ رواقَ الرهج الثَّائِرِ

That descended on the raging meadow

Do not meet the sword's edge attacking

لا تلقَ حدَّ السيفِ مُسْتَلَماً

فانَّما الخَاسِرُ للحَاسِرِ

For the loser is to the winner

And curb our passionate desire, it is

واجفُ الهُوينا مركباً انَّها

مَطِيَّةُ المُضْطَجعِ الفاتِرِ

The riding beast of the apathetic layabout

And tell death, how excellent

وقل لوجه الموتِ يا حبَّذا

شَخصُكَ عندَ الضيَّم من زائِرِ

Is your turning away from the oppressed as a visitor

Who can convey on my behalf before the guidance

مَنْ مُبْلِغٌ عنّي أمامَ الهُدَى

رسَالةَ المؤتَمَنِ الخابِرِ

The message of the honest trustee

God has not decreed for any successor

ما طَبَعَ اللهُ لِمْستَخْلِفٍ

أقَطعَ من صَمْصامِكَ البَانِرِ

More cutting than your sharp separating sword