مِنْ سِحْرِ عَيْنَيْكَ الأَمانَ الأَمانْ
قَتَلْتَ رَبَّ السَّيْفِ وَالطَّيْلَسانْ
From the magic of your eyes, security, security
You killed the lord of sword and spear
أَسْمَرُ كالرُّمحِ لَهُ مُقْلَةٌ
لَوْ لَمْ تَكُنْ كَحْلاءَ كانَتْ سِنانْ
Dark like a spear, with kohl'd eyes
If not kohl, they'd be daggers
أهْيَفُ عَبْلُ الرِّدْفِ حُلْوُ اللَّمى
مُرُّ الْجَفا قاسٍ رَطيبُ البَنان
Gentle Abul-Redf, sweet of meet
Bitter of estrangement, good of lineage
يَزْدادُ إِذْ أَشكوُ لَهُ قَسْوَةً
وَلَوْ شَكَوْتُ الْحُبَّ لِلصَّخْرِ لاَن
He grows harsher when I complain of his harshness
Had I complained of love to a rock, it would have softened
سَاقٍ سَها رِضْوانُ عَنْ حِفْظِهِ
فَفَرَّ مِنْ جُمْلَةِ حُورِ الجِنان
He walked gracefully, pleased with himself
So he escaped being one of the maidens of paradise
بَدْرٌ وِكأْسُ الرَّاحِ شَمْسُ الضُّحى
يا قَوْمُ ما أسْعَدَ هذا القِران
Full moon and cup of comfort, sun of morning
Oh people, how happy is this poem
تَوَقَّدَتْ حُمْرَةُ لأَلائِها
كَأنّها بَهْرَمُ أو بَهْرَمان
Her redness kindled for her glories
As if it is the sun temple or the moon temple
بِخَدِّهِ أو طَرْفِهِ أو جَنى
لَماهُ سُكرْي لا بِبِنْتِ الدِّنان
With his cheek or glance or gathering
His intoxication is not from the wines of grapes
يا لائِميْ دَعْني فَإنّي فَتىً
ما تَرَكَ الحُّبُّ بِقَلْبيْ مَكان
Oh you who blame me, leave me be for I am a man
Love left no place in my heart
لا تَسَلِ العاشِقَ عَن حالهِ
فَدَمْعُهُ عَنْ قَلْبِهِ تَرْجُمان
Ask not the lover of his state
For his tears translate his heart
لَولا دُموعِي وَالضَّنى لَمْ أَبُحْ
قَد يَنْطِقُ المَرْءُ بِغَيْرِ اللَّسان
If not for my tears and sorrow, I'd not confide
One can speak without using the tongue
أَعَزَّنِي موسى وَلَولا هوى
مُعَذِّبي ما ذُقْتُ طَعْمَ الْهَوان
Musa honored me, and if not for passion
My tormentor, I'd not have tasted humiliation
الْمَلِكُ الأشْرَفُ شاهَ ارْمَنٍ
مُظَفَّرُ الدِّينِ كَريمُ الزَّمان
The noble king, king of Armenia
Victorious in religion, generous of the age
وَاللَّه لَو قِيسَ بِهِ حاتِمٌ
لَقَلَّ ما قَدْ قِيلَ عَنْهُ وَهَان
By God, if Hatem were compared to him
Little would be said of him, and he'd be disgraced
ذا مَلَأَ الأَرْضَ بِإحْسانِهِ
وَذاكَ يَمْتَنُّ بِمَلءِ الجِفان
One filled the earth with his benevolence
While the other boasts of filling leather bags
يَرْوِي العُلى عَن نَفْسِهِ عَن أبٍ
عالٍ فَما فِي نَصِّهِ عَنْ فُلان
He narrates the heights from himself, from a high father
So his text contains nothing of so-and-so
قَد نَظَمَ اللَّهُ لَهُ نِسْبَةً
كَالدُّرِّ تَجْلوهُ نُحورُ الحِسان
God composed for him a lineage
Like pearls that fair throats grace
طَلْقُ النَّدى طَلْقُ الحَيا طَلْقُ نَصْ
لِ السَّيْفِ طَلْقُ الأَمْرِ طَلْقُ الِّلسان
Eloquent, lively, eloquent, descendant of
The sword, decisive, eloquent of tongue
يَقولُ مَن يَسْمَعُ أَلْفاظَهُ
هذا جِنانٌ يانِعٌ أَم جَنان
Who hears his words says
"Is this a blooming garden or gardens of paradise?"
لَهُ عَلَى وَقْعِ الظُّبى هَزَّةٌ
إِذْا التَقَى الجَمْعانِ يَوْمَ الرِّهان
He has a tremble against the zebras
When the two armies meet on the day of the wager
صُلَّتْ وَصَلَّتْ فِي رُؤوسِ العِدى
كَأنَّ في الإِذْانِ مِنْها أدان
My prayers connected in the enemies' heads
As if there were a bell in the ears
مَوْلايَ جُدْ وَانْعِمْ وَصِلْ وَاقْتَدِرْ
وَافْتِكْ فَما تَفْرَجُ أُمُّ الجَبان
My Lord, strive, bestow favor, reconcile, empower
And conquer, for the cowardly mothers are not patient
وَارْكَبْ جَوادَ الدَّهْرِ وَاسْبِقْ إلى
ما تَشْتَهِيهِ قَدْ مَلَكْتَ العِنان
Ride the steed of time, race to
What you desire, for you hold the reins
دُمْتُمْ بَنِي أَيُّوبَ فِي نِعْمَةٍ
تَجوزُ فِي التَّخْلِيدِ حَدَّ الزَّمَان
You have lived, O Ayyubids, in blessings
That will persist eternally in recording time
وَاللَّهِ لا زِلْتُم مُلوكَ الوَرَى
شَرْقاً وَغَرْباً وَعَلَيَّ الضَّمَان
By God, you remain the kings of the world
East and west, and I guarantee it
