حَبَتكَ السَّماء بِأَمطارِها

وَكَيفَ تَضِنُّ عَلَى جارِها

The sky blessed you with its rains

How can it be stingy with its neighbor?

وَلا بَرِحَت في ثَراكَ الرِّياضُ

تَفُضُّ لَطائِمَ نُوّارِها

The gardens did not cease blossoming in your land

Pouring the radiance of their lights

وَقَد نابَ عَنها جَميلُ الثَّنا

فَذِكرُكَ أَعبَقُ أَزهارِها

And the beautiful gazelles have turned away from it

So your memory is the most fragrant of its flowers

أَطَلتَ لَيالِيَّ حَتّى ظَنَن

تُ أَنَّكَ نُبتَ بِأَسحارِها

The nights were so long that we thought

You sprouted in the pre-dawn hours

وَغادَرتُ دَمعي رَقيبَ الجُفونِ

فَباعَدتُ ما بَينَ أَشفارِها

And I let my tears go, unrestrained

So I distanced what was between their lids

وَبي لَوعَةٌ مِنكَ ما تَطمَئِنُّ

فَأَشكو إِلَيكَ بِمِقدارِها

And I have a burning anguish from you that does not subside

So I complain to you according to its extent

فَلَهفي عَلَيكَ لَشَعثِ العُفا

ةِ تَرمي إِلَيكَ بِأمطارِها

My craving for you in the disheveled hair of the spring storms

Throwing its rains towards you

تَجوبُ المَهامِهَ حَتّى تُنيخَ

بِقاري العَشيرَةِ عَفّارِها

Roaming the expanses until it rests

At the ruins of the old dwelling place

وَساغِبَةٍ عَلَّلَت في الظَّلامِ

بَنيها بِقُربِكَ مِن دارِها

Like a she-camel who has lost her baby in the darkness

Mourning its distance from her abode

فَكُنتَ إِلى بَذلِ ما أَمَّلَت

هُ أَسرَعُ مِن وَهمِ أَفكارِها

So you were quicker to grant what I wished for

Than the fancy of my thoughts

وَبَهماء تَلمَحُ فيها النُّجومَ

مُصَيَّفَةً بَينَ أَقطارِها

And a starry night in which the stars are visible

Dotted between its horizons

تَعَسَّفتَها سارِياً وَالقَطا

جَوائِرَ عَن نَهجِ أَوكارِها

You have wronged it, travelling at night

Taking the wild beasts away from the path of their lairs

وَعانَ دَعاكَ وَصَحبُ الهُمومِ

تَروحُ عَلَيهِ بِسُمّارِها

And a companion in misfortune whom worries would visit

Circling around him with their hooks

فَأَنفَذتَهُ مِن يَدِ الحادِثاتِ

وَقَد عَلِقَتهُ بِأَظفارِها

So you saved him from the hands of calamities

When they had clung to him with their claws

وَنَجلاء تَهزَأ أَرجاؤُها

بِأَيدي الأساةِ وَمِسمارِها

And bright dawn whose corners

Are ridiculed by the hands of misery and its nails

فَضَلَّت بِها خَطراتُ الظُّنو

نِ بَينَ القُلوبِ وَأَغمارِها

So suspicions slipped between the hearts and their depths

And my craving for you, as the spring winds pull

وَلَهفي عَلَيكَ وَهوجُ الرِّيا

حِ تَسحَبُ أَذيالَ أَعصارِها

The trains of their storms

With a dusty she-camel who sweats the fur of mounts

بِغَبراء تَعرِقُ كُومَ المطي

يِ حَتّى تَنوءُ بِأَوبارِها

Until she groans under their burdens

You have uncovered its darkness, and the generosity

جَلَوتَ غَياهِبَها وَالكِرا

مُ تُقري الضُّيوفَ بِأَعذارِها

That would host guests with excuses

And your sword argued with the brave heroes

وَجَدَّلَ سَيفُكَ شَول اللِّقاح

وَقَد كَسَّعوها بِأَغبارِها

When they had armored themselves with their dust

And the drinking cups you have shared

تَقَسَّمَها وَرَبابُ القِداح

مُعَطَّلَةٌ عِندَ ايسارِها

Useless beside their hands

And my craving for the brothers of true loyalty whose lives

وَلَهفِي لأخوانِ صِدق أَطَلتَ

عَلَيها بَقِيَّةَ أَعمارِها

You have prolonged for the rest of their lifespans

You have ruled their consciences and your generosity

مَلَكتَ ضَمائِرَها وَاِستَرَق

قَ جودُكَ رِبقَةَ أَحرارِها

Has stolen the freedom of the noble ones

So if they have shed for you the water of their eyes

فَإِن نَزَحوا فيكَ ماء الجُفونِ

فَإِنَّكَ إِنسانُ أَبصارِها

You are the human of their sights

And if they have severed for you the love of hearts

وَإِن عَقَروا لَكَ حَبَّ القُلوبِ

فَقَد كُنتَ مَوضِعَ أَسرارِها

You were the place of their secrets

In spite of me, I came to a house whose people

بِرَغمي نَزَلتُ بِدارٍ تُقي

مُ رَهنَ ثَراها وَأَحجارِها

Have pawned its wealth and stones

It turns, and has none of your sheltering

تُدارُ وَلَيسَ بِها مِن قِرا

كَ إِلّا الغَرامَ لِزُوَّارِها

Except the passion for its visitors

And you were its lofty pillars

وَكُنتَ بِعَلياء مَطروقَةٍ

يُضيءُ النُّجومَ سَنا نارِها

That illuminate the stars, year after year

Whenever riders pitch their tents in its lands

إِذا عَرَّسَت في ذُراها الرِّكابُ

فَقَد آمَنَت شَدَّ أَكوارِها

They are safe from the severity of its calamities

And if the rebels descend upon it

وَلَو نَزَلَت بِكَ فيها العُصاةُ

حَمَلتَ صَحائِفَ أَوزارِها

You will carry the pages of their burdens

Abu Hassan, it is a life whose destinies

أَبا حَسَنٍ هِيَ دُنيا تُنا

لُ أَقدارُها فَوقَ أَقدارِها

Transcend its destinies

It flowed against your father according to its habit

جَرَت في أَبيكَ عَلَى عادَةٍ

تَموتُ الكِرامُ بِأَوتارِها

Where the generous die by its strings

And after him, it has overlooked you

وَقَد صَفَحَت عَنكَ مِن بَعدِهِ

فَإِظلامُها مِثلُ إِسفارِها

So its darkness is like its dawns

You have followed his path in leadership

جَرَيتَ عَلى نَهجِهِ في العُلا

فَكانَ خَبيراً بِأَوعارِها

So he was aware of its defects

And he has graced us with you after the generous ones

وَجادَ لَنا بِكَ بَعدَ الكِرام

فَصَدَّقَ كاذِبُ أَخبارِها

So the liar of its news has proven true