يا سيِّداً أَرِجتْ طِيباً شمائِلُهُ

وشاكَلَتْ شِعْرَهُ حُسْناً رَسَائِلُهُ

O master, his traits are fragrant

And his hair resembles the beauty of his messages

وسَائِلاً لِيَ عَمَّا لَيْسَ يَجْهَلُهُ

ولا الَّذِي كُلِّفَ التَّفْصِيلَ جاهِلُهُ

Seeking from me what he does not ignore

Nor what the one tasked with detail is ignorant of

الوَرْدُ عَهْداً ونَشْراً صِنْوُ عهْدِكَ لا

تُنْسِي أَواخِرَهُ طِيباً أَوائِلُهُ

The rose is a pact and blossoming, your pact's freshness does not

Let its latter sweetness make one forget its beginnings

ووَصْلُه في كِلا الحالَيْنِ مُفْتَرَضٌ

سِيّانِ قاطِعُهُ جَهْلاً وواصِلُهُ

And its connection in both states is imperative

Alike are its cutter in ignorance and its connector

فالعُودُ يَخْفُقُ والمِزْمَارُ يَتْبَعُهُ

وهاجِرُ الرّاحِ قد هاجَتْ بَلابِلُهُ

So the lute trembles and the flute follows it

And the passing breeze has stirred its warblers

تُخْبِرْ بِمِثْلِ الَّذِي أَنْتَ العَلِيمُ به

أَيَّامُنَا والصِّبَا تُعْصَى عواذِلُهُ

Inform with the like of what you know

Our days and youth defy its separations