أُنظُر إِلى الغَيثِ الَّذي نَطَفا
وَسَميِّهِ الغَيثِ الَّذي خَلَفا
Behold the rain that fell in drops,
and its namesake, Ghayth, who followed after it:
مُتَشابِهَين نَدىً وَمَكرُمَةً
مُتَخالِفَينِ وَنِعمَ ما اِختَلَفا
the two alike in dew-soft bounty and noble generosity,
yet different—and blessed is the way they differ!
هَذا أَنالَ فَدامَ نائِلُهُ
فِينا وَذاكَ أَلَثَّ وَاِنصَرَفا
This one bestowed, and his gift endured
among us; that one persisted in raining, then passed away.
وَلَّت وَما وَقَفت مَكارِمُهُ
وَالحَمدُ لِلغَيثِ الَّذي وَقَفا
The raincloud departed, but his noble gifts did not cease;
all praise to Ghayth—the Ghayth who remained.
يا حُسنَ مَجلِسِنا وَبَهجَتِهُ
بِأَغَرَّ زادَ عَلى الَّذي وُصِفا
How lovely our gathering, how radiant its delight,
graced by an illustrious man surpassing all description!
نَزَلَ الغَمامُ عَلى الرُخامِ فَقَد
خَلّاهُ حَولَكَ رَوضَةً أُنُفا
Clouds descended upon the marble, and have
turned all around you into a fresh, untrodden meadow,
غَنّاءَ تَضحَكُ كُلَّما اِنطَرَفَت
عَينُ السَحابِ فَأَنبَتَت طُرَفا
lush and smiling whenever a sidelong glance comes
from the cloud’s eye, making marvels spring forth.
يا غَيثَ جُودٍ صَيِّباً هَلَلاً
وَرَبيعَ جُوجٍ مَخصِباً سَرَفا
O Ghayth—a rain of generosity, a teeming downpour lavishly poured,
and springtime of Jūj, prodigally fertile!
لا زِلتَ مُصطَبِحاً وَمُغتَبِقا
مُتَأَزِّراً بِالحَمدِ مُلتَحِفا
May you never cease taking your morning and evening draughts,
girded with praise and wrapped in it as a cloak;
تُمسِي وَتُصبِحُ في بُلَهنِيَةٍ
لا حادِثاً تَخشى وَلا جَنَفا
may evening and morning find you in carefree bliss,
fearing neither calamity nor injustice.
فَلَأَنت أَكرَمُ عامِرٍ نَسَباً
فِيهِم وَأَقدَمُ عامِرٍ شَرَفا
For surely, in lineage, you are the noblest of ʿĀmir,
and among them the most deeply rooted of ʿĀmir in honor.
Sol 5.6