حياكَ بعدِيَ صوبُ المزُن والدّيم

ولا عَداك مُلِثٌ منه مُنْسَجِمُ

After me, the rainclouds and drizzles turn towards you

And none other than you harmonizes with them

هَلْ عند رَبْعِكَ مِنْ سُعدى بني جُشْمٍ

عِلْمٌ وكيفَ كَثِيبُ الرَّملِ والعَلِمُ

Does Su'ad's people from the Bani Jusham tribe have, near your abode

Knowledge? The sand dune and the master are ignorant

أرَملَ رَامة حَلّوا أمْ بذي سَلَمِ

يا أخت رَامة الحُلاّلِ والسّلمُ

Has it become desolate, O mount of Rama, or inhabited, O Bani Salam?

O sister of Rama's ruins and reconciliation

كانوا رِفاقي والدُّنيَا مُفَرَّقَة

فما يدومُ بهاً بُؤْسٌ ولا نِعَمُ

They were my friends, and the world separated us

So neither misery nor comfort in it endure

وكنتُ صَاحبَ سُعْدى وهي صاحبتي

والدّار دانيةٌ والشمْلُ مُلتئمُ

And I was the companion of Su'ad while she was my companion

The house was nearby and our friendship intact

ومَا وِسَادي إلاَّ دُمْلجّ ويَدٌ

منها وما افترقا منّا فَمٌ وفَمُ

And my pillow was none but an embrace and a hand

From it, which never parted from mine, neither mouth nor mouth

وبعدَ ذلك من تفريق أُلْفتِنا

سعى السعَاةُ وزورٌ كلّما زعموا

After that separation of our intimacy

The travelers traveled and whenever they claimed

يعقوبُ أصلُ عماه فقدُ يُوسِفه

وليس يوسفُ في يعقوبِ يُتَّهَمُ

Jacob is the origin of his blindness, so he may lose his Joseph

Yet Joseph, in Jacob, is not blamed

فما يضيعُ صَديقٌ مَنْ يُصَادقُه

لكنّها أَمَمٌ تسعى بها أمَمُ

So no friend is lost by one who befriends him

But they are notions that nations pursue

يا حادي العيسِ حَرْفاً سيرُهَا خَبَبٌ

وعاسفَ الليل داجٍ لونُه فَحِمُ

O guide of the camel caravan, direct it wherever its tracks meander

And challenger of the dark night whose color is ember

وحاملَ الطِّرْسِ والكافورِ أبيضُه

ورقمُ أخره بالمسك منختمُ

And bearer of the saddle and white camphor

And the end of its tethering rope sealed with musk

حَيِّ المرابعة المَأنوسَ جارتُها

بل العريشُ فثَمّ البيتُ والحَرَمُ

Hail to you, dweller of the befriended neighbor

Rather the family, so the home and sanctuary

وثمَّ اكرمُ مصحوبٍ وليس له

مولى يحن ومثني الأنيق الرسمُ

And the most generous of accompanied people, who has

No lord to yearn nor a refined and delicate figure

فإِنْ بَدا لك فالثم بطنَ أنملِه

وظهرَها فبنانُ الجودِ ثلتثمُ

So if it appears to you, then cling to its toes

And its back, for the palms of generosity are clasped

وقُلْ له حيثُ لا تدري عواذلُه

فالناسُ لو سلموا من بعضِهم سَلِمُوا

And say to it wherever its coquetries are unknown

For if people were safe from some of them, they would be safe

بيني وبينَك ما لا بين ذي يَزنٍ

وذي رُعينٍ إخاءٌ ليس ينْصَرمُ

Between me and you is what is not between the indecent

And obscene, a brotherhood that does not fray

وما لهارونَ مِنْ موسَى أخيه كما

لي مِنْكَ لاَزلتَ موصولاً بك الرحمُ

Nor does Aaron have, from his brother Moses, what

I have from you, you have remained eternally kind

بجيلةُ ابنةِ عَبْس أنتَ سُّيدُها

وأننّي ابنُ هَمْدانِ الذيْن هُمُ

Bajila daughter of 'Abs, you are her master

And I am the son of Hamdan, those who are

ولي صَحَائفُ شوقٍ فيك لو قُرئِت

على السَّحاب لمذا كَفّتْ لَهُ دِيمُ

And I have pages of longing for you, if recited

To the clouds, would they cease raining for it?

محمدُ بنَ حسين يا فداه أبي

أنتَ ابنُه ولك الأكرامُ والكرمُ

Muhammad son of Hussein, oh may my father be sacrificed for you

You are his son, and for you are bounties and nobility

مَا زلتَ تَقْتضِي لُباناتي إذا بخِلَتْ

أيدٍ وتبذِلُ مطلوبي إذا حَرَمُوا

You never cease to grant my aspirations if hands held back

And spend what I sought if they deprived

فاغْنَم ثنائي مَهْمَا حاجتي عرَضتْ

فليلَةُ القدرِ رُؤيا تلك تُغْتَنَمُ

So benefit from my praise no matter my need

For the night of decree, behold that dream is to be benefited from

فبينَ رؤية عينٍ وانِتباهتِها

يُكْدي الْغنِي ويَغْنَى مَنْ به عَدَمُ

Between seeing of the eye and its awareness

The wealthy tires and the poor who lacks becomes wealthy

أما سمعتَ بقارونٍ وَمَا جَمَعتْ

كفاه راحَ وراح الذّئب والغَنَمُ

Have you not heard of Qarun and what his collecting

Sufficed him? He left and the wolf and lamb left

وقد سمعت بشدادٍ بَني إرماً

يَبْغي الخُلُودَ فلم يَخْلُدْ ولاَ إرمُ

And you have heard of Shaddad son of 'Aram

Seeking immortality but neither did he become immortal nor 'Aram

الخيْرُ يبقى وإن طال الزمانُ به

والفعْلُ يفنى ويبقى بعدَه الكلِمُ

Good remains even if time is long with it

And deeds vanish but after them words remain

لولا أراك كنفسي لاَ تردُّ يدي

مَا كان يفتحُ مني بالقريض فمُ

Were it not for seeing you as myself, my hand would not

Open with poetry from me

ومَا أظنُّك تنسى حقّ معرفتي

إن المعَارفَ في أهلِ النُّهى ذِمِمُ

And I don't think you forget the right of my knowledge

For the learned among the people of grace are trusted