لَمن الحُمول بجو ضاحي

من باكرٍ غَلَساً وضاحي

For whom are the burdens in the air of the meadows

In the early dewy and bright morning

مِثل الأَداحِي تحتها

أمثالُ أُمَّاتِ الأداحي

Like the humid places under which

Are types of mothers of the wet places

يحملن أقماراً حَمل

ن السقمَ في مُقَلٍ صحاحِ

They carry moons, a pregnancy

Of illness in a healthy pregnancy

من دون أطراف الحدي

ث لهنّ أطرافُ الرماحِ

Without the edges of talk

For them are the edges of spears

مَن مخبري عن رائح

ين نكِرتُ بعدهُمُ مراحي

Who informs me of the smells

I denied after them the places of rest

هيهات لو صدق الدلي

لُ سألتُ ليلي عن صباحي

Alas! If the guide were truthful

I would have asked Laila about my love

والنجمُ يحمل كأسها

منها الحبابُ بغير راحِ

And the star carries her cup

From it the seeds without comfort

حَظَرَ الكرى مَنْ لا يُطا

ع سواه في حَظْر المباحِ

He forbade whoever does not obey

Him alone in the sanctuary of the lawful

راضٍ إذا سفك الدما

ءَ بما تقلَّد من جُناحِ

Pleased when blood is shed

With what he wore of wings

كَثُرَ الملاحُ وما له

مِثْلٌ بإُقرار المِلاحِ

The sailors have multiplied but they have no

Equal in recognizing the sailors

بأبي ثناياه لقد

غولطتُ عنّها بالأقاحي

By my father her molars I have

Mistaken them with the mills

غَلَطَ المُقايسِ بابن أي

وبَ السحابةَ في السماحِ

The measures have mistaken Ibn Ayoub

And the cloud in the sky

ومحمدٌ أزكى نسي

مَ ثرىً وأندَى بطنَ راحِ

And Muhammad is the purest path

Soil and the most dewy soft bellying

وأعمّ حين يخصّ جو

دُ الغيث ساحاً بعد ساحِ

And most comprehensive when the generosity of the rain

Singles out a plain after a plain

طالت به عينٌ إلى ال

علياء واسعةُ الطماحِ

An eye longing for it

To the most high, vast in ambition

ويدٌ تقلِّبُ أنملا

تِ مكارمٍ سُبطٍ سِجاحِ

And a hand that turns the soft

Fingers of glory, elite's elite

لم تدرِ أنّ اللّهَ خا

لقُ هذه الأيدي الشحاحِ

It did not know that Allah has created

These generous hands

من معشرٍ يتذمّمو

ن المالَ ليس بمستباحِ

From a group who perfume themselves

With money that is not violable

لا يُطعَمون مع العش

يّ حلاوةَ النَّعمِ المُراحِ

They are not fed with intimacy

The sweetness of pleasant blessings

فإذا تزاحمت الوفو

د على بيوتهم الفِساحِ

So when the delegations gathered

At their spacious homes

يَسَروا فكان لمن يفو

ز بضيفه فوزُ القِداحِ

They were hospitable so he who

Excels his guest excels in generosity

في عِرضهم سَرَفُ القِصا

صِ ومالِهم هَدرُ الجراحِ

In their honor there is excess of stories

And their money is spilled blood

فإذا انتضَوا زُبَرَ الصحا

ئف ثلَّموا زُبَر الصِّفاحِ

So if they gird the loins of endeavor

They patch up the loins of hardship

وإذا قِيامةُ سؤدُدٍ

كذَبتك في الصُّوَر القِباحِ

And if the uproar of misfortune

Belies you in the ugly forms

بلَجوا على ضوء الصَّبا

حِ ببهجةِ الغُرر الصِّباحِ

They plunged into the light of the morning

With the joy of the delightful morning

لبيّك عدةَ ما اكتسب

تُ وقد دعوتُك من صلاحِ

At your service however much

I have gained when I called you in integrity

وضممتني والدهرُ مج

تمعُ الصروف على اطراحي

And it held me while time gathers

Circumstances against my leaning

وإذا شهرتُ عليه سي

فاً عاد يُدميني جِراحي

And if I brandish a sword against it

It returns wounding my wounds

قد كنتُ مقترِحاً فجا

ء بك الزمانُ على اقتراحي

I used to be hopeful but time came against me

In my hope

لا توسعنِّي من نوا

لك فوق ما يسَعُ امتداحي

Do not expand me from your attainments

Beyond what my praise can comprise

دعني أطيرُ بشكره

ما دام يحملني جَناحي

Let me fly in gratitude

As long as it carries me, my wing

في كلّ شاردةٍ مبا

عِدةِ الغدوِّ مع الرواحِ

In every distracted with the blessings

Of the eve with the soul

بِكرٍ وَلودٍ من بنا

تِ الناتجات بلا لقاحِ

Early born even if

From daughters born without pollination

أحبُوك منها كلَّ عي

د بالخريدةِ والرَّداحِ

They loved you each holiday with

The bead and the fine garment

تصف اللطائمُ طيبَها

من طيبك الشرف الصُّراحِ

It describes its perfume from your

Noble perfume, the frankincense

ما كُسِّرت رُجُمُ الجِما

رِ وسُوِّقت بُدُنُ الأضاحي

The stones of the moon night were not broken

And the bodies of the sacrifices were marketed