للَه حادي الظعن ما أشجاه
لما دعا مضنى النوى لبساه
For God the guide of reproach, how ardent it made him
When the purpose of his determination donned him
لي وللزفرات بين ضلوعه
لهيب تضرم وقدَهُ أمواه
For me and for the sighs within his ribs
A blaze kindling, its fuel disasters obscured
ذكر العقيق وساكنيه فضرمت
بلهيب اشواق العقيق حشاه
The mention of al-‘Uqayq and its inhabitants so it sparked
With the blaze of longing for al-‘Uqayq its hearths
شام البروق ولم يسقى نهلة
ما كلّ شائم بارق يسقاه
A land of lightning bolts and was not sated a meadow
Not every censurer of a flashing is sated
يا حسرتا نالوا المنى ونبت به
عما نواه من الوصول نواه
Oh what regrets! They attained the purpose and grew by it
From what he intended of attainment, its purpose grew
يا أهل كاظمة نداء متيّم
بعدُ الديار وشحطُها أضناه
O people of Kazima the call of Mutayyam
After the abode and its desolation saddened him
رفوا لفرط سقام صب مكمَدٍ
في أرض طيبة برءُهُ وشفاه
They mounted the horse for the excess sickness of a downpour
In good land its wellness and recovery cured him
في لثم ترب معاهد المختار لو
يعطى المنى مما اشتهاه مناه
In kissing the soil of the chosen one’s treaty, if
The purpose was given from its craving a share
يا أرض طيبة والديار قصية
إن المعنى طال فيك عناه
Oh good land and the abode afar
The meaning has lingered in you, exhausted
ثمر الوصال بدوح روضك يانع
فمتى يتاح على البعاد جناه
The fruit of union in your meadow, fresh
So when can it be attained for the distant, its wing?
حاز السعود وفاز بالعليا فتى
طالت لأرض الهاشمي خطاه
The Sa‘ud attained and won the most high, a youth
The steps for the Hashimite’s land prolonged
تاللَه مالجلال أحمد في الورى
ندّ ولا لخلاه أشباه
By God the majesty Ahmad in existence
Unique, for his equal there are no peers
اللَه شرف قدر أحمد في الورى
وأحل في اسمى علي مرقاه
God ennobled the worth of Ahmad in existence
And settled in my name Ali its ascent
أنى يضاهى أو يداني في العلى
شرف علاء المعلوات بناه
How can it equal or come close to in sublimity
The nobility of the most high edifices He built?
فبحبه أرجو غدا من مالكي
كشف المهم من الذي أخشاه
So for love of him I hope tomorrow from my Master
Dispelling the anxiety from that which I feared
فعليه ما سح الغمام تحية
من ذي شجون بعده أشجاه
For upon him what the clouds poured a greeting
From one whose ardors after him impassioned
