حَيِّ المعاليم والرسومَا

وانزل بها تَنْفِ الهُمُومَا

O source of virtues and traditions

Descend with them to dispel sorrows

واسْتشفِ مِن أنوارها

فهواؤها يشفى السقيما

And gain insight from its lights

For its air heals the sick

وسلِ المسافرَ عن ربو

عٍ قد خَلَتْ وسلِ المقيما

And ask the journeyer about his Lord

The bygone days, and ask the settled one

درست زماناً لَنْ ترَى

إلا الأثافِيَّ بها جُثُومَا

I studied an era I will not see

Except ruins with it lying down

عَهْدي بها حورٌ حِسَا

نٌ تشبه الزهرَ النجومَا

My era with it is lovely houries

Resembling scattered blossoms

من كل بض الجسم تمنع

ها الروادفُ أن تقومَا

It prevents every part of the body

Lest sorrows befall it

هلْ كان عهدُ الظاعنينَ

بذى الغَضَا عهدا قديمَا

Was the era of the slanderers

An old era with the most virtuous

قد غادرُوا قلبَ السليمِ

لبيتهم قلبا سليما

They left the heart of the upright

To their home, an upright heart

رامُوا صدورَهُم فأضْحَ

ى حبلُ سُلْوَاني رَمِيما

They exposed their chests, so

Sulayman's rope became frail

قدموا عل هجرِي ومَا

حفظوا حديثهمُ القديمَا

They came to my estrangement, yet

Did not preserve their old talk

عظمتْ مودتهم فصَا

رَ عذابُ فرقتهم عظيما

Their love was great, so the torment of their separation was tremendous

I concealed their secret, and will I find a discreet brother?

فكتمتُ سِرَّهمُ وهَلْ

تلقى أخَاً وَجْدٍ كَتُومَا

I lost my patience after them

So my heart became devoid of them

وعدمتُ صبري بَعْدهم

فغَدا الفؤادُ بهم عديمَا

And their breeze blew

Restoring the sorrows to my heart

وسرَى نسيمُهمُ فَعَا

دَ بقلبيَ المضْنَى سُمُومَا

A word for them I have abandoned

Due to their betrayal, my heart is forbearing

كَلِمٌ لهم قد غادرتْ

مِنْ غدرهم قَلْبي كَلِيما

They said: "Be upright always", but will

Separation remain upright?

قالوا اسْتقم ديماً وهل

تُبقى القطيعةُ مستقيما

Blame the loving one, even if he knows

There is no blame in the sand dunes

لامَ العذولُ ولو دَرَى

ما بالكثيبِ فلَن يَلُومَا

You are the one to blame

And you have become the forebearing one

أنْتَ الغريمُ على الغرا

مِ وأنتَ قد صرتَ المُليما

Stop blaming me, and be reasonable

If you are of sound mind

دعْ عَنك لومِي واتئل

إنْ كنتَ ذَا عقل حليما

And recall the virtues of one who became

Submitting to him brings good fortunes

واذكرْ فضائلَ من غدا

هتَّانُ نائلِه سُجُومَا

I mean the Imam of the Arabs

The transforming king, the upright one

أعنى الإمام اليعربيّ

الحوّلَ الملكَ القويمَا

The brave Sultan bin Saif

The just, the wise, the prudent

الشهم سلطانَ بن سيف

العادلَ الفطنَ الحكيما

His virtues have spread, so he

Granted the creation a general favor

عمّت فضائِلُه فأجز

لَ للورَى فضلا عَميما

May the Guardian have mercy on his soul

Since with us he has become merciful

رَحِمَ المهيمنُ روحَه

من حيثُ صار بنا رحيما

And his talents have been completed, so

His assistance came to him in throngs

وتمت مواهبُه فصا

رَ عليه جدواه نمومَا

He who brought back after crookedness

The straight branch of our nation

ذاك الذي نعماؤُه

صرنا بها نرعَى النعيما

And today he made our night,

With his guidance, lasting light

فأعاد من بعد اعوجا

جٍ غصنَ ملتنا قويمَا

May his kingdoms last, so I have

No claim but that they endure

واليومَ صيَّرَ ليلنا

بِهداهُ نوراً مستديمَا

He brought wellbeing to creation, and was not

Seen in creation as deficient

دامتْ ممالكه فما

دعواى إلا أن تدومَا

And through the benefit of his hands, we almost

See no wretched person

أعدى الورى بندىً فلم

تر في الورى شيئاً عديمَا

If he settles in a land,

Breezes of prosperity blow in it

ونكَادُ من جدْوى يد

يه لا نرى شخصاً لئيما

My praise of him is a duty, and I

Do not fear to become wicked by it

إن حلَّ في أرض جرَى

ربَّا روائحها نسيما

And if I praise anyone else

I become an unjust lad

مَدحى لهُ دين ولا

أَخْشى أصير به أثيما

So by praising him I hope for salvation

And will not be blamed for it

وإذا مدحت من الأنا

مِ سواه صرت فتىً ظلومَا

They said: "You have learned," so I said: "Teach me,

Through his wisdom, knowledge."

فبمدحه أرجو النجا

ةَ ولنْ أكونَ به مَلُومَا

And I understood every detail

From him, so became wise through it

قالوا علمت فقلت علّم

ني بحكمته العُلُومَا

I mastered my poetry about him until

I became through him a prudent lad

وفهمت كل دقيقةٍ

منه فصرت بها فهيما

O son of the foremost Arabs

Who ruled the world long ago

أحكمت شعرى فيه حتى

صرتُ منه فتىً حكيما

You have appointed the people with talents

That seem inherent to their core

يا ابن الأولى من يعربٍ

سادُوا الورَى دَهراً قديمَا

And you have provided the people

Of the lands and cities general favor

فقتَ الأنامَ مواهباً

تَتْرى وفقتهمُ صميما

And your supreme virtues have reached high

So time became handsome through them

وعمَمتَ أهلَ الأرضِ

والبلدان بالجدوى عمومَا

You pardoned the foolish people

When you subjugated the rational minds

وسَمَتْ فضائلك العلى

فالدهرُ صارَ بها وسيما

You have a fierce, angry sword

With which you strike skulls and bodies

وحلمت عن أهلِ السفا

هِ إذاً وسفهت الحُلُومَا

It is like lightning that illuminated

Never sleeping nor slumbering

لك صارمٌ عضبٌ تقدُّ

به الجماجمَ والجسوما

O House of Arabs, I have lived

Thanks to your justice, a secure life

فكأنه برقٌ أضاءَ

فلا ينَام ولن يُنيما

Neither lived as your opponent,

Nor saddened him my poetry's sorrows

يا آل يعربَ عِشْتُمُ

عيشا بعدلكمُ سَلِيما

I am under your protection, so

Hardships cannot trouble me

لا عاشَ ضدُّكمُ ولا

جلّى له شعرى هُمُومَا

And your flowing bounty resides

Lest my worries stand up

أنَا في جوارِكمُ فلا

عفت ليَ العسرى رُسُومَا

Stop the calamities of fate from me

If I remain patient, wretched

ونوالك المدرارُ يقْعُ

د خلّتي أن لا يَقُومَا

I have attained from my love of you

And my devotion great success

كُفُّوا خطوبَ الدهرِ عنّي

أن أصبر بها كَظِيما

So people are under your hands

And time has become your servant

قد نِلْتُ من وُدِّى لكم

وتقربى فوزاً عظيما

فالخلقُ طوعُ يديكمُ

والدهرُ صارَ لكم خَديمَا