طرقَ النسيمُ بشيحه وبرنده
مُسْتَعْبقاً وبمسكه وبندّه
The breeze knocked with its fragrance and coolness
Bringing musk, ambergris, and scent
وتحدرت مقلُ السحاب على الربا
وتبَسمت أزهارُه في ورده
The clouds' tears dripped on the countryside
As its flowers smiled in their blossoms
يا مرحباً بالقادمين فإنهم
أَرَبي على قرب المزار وبُعْده
Welcome, O comers, though you're now far
I'm close whether near or away from the shrine
وكفى بدمعي واشياً فلطالمَا
أبدى الولوعُ بهم وإنْ لم أبده
My tears suffice as a guide, though I hid
My longing, it still appeared in my mien
تجري على خدي دماً فكأنما
أعداه جُؤذرهم بحمرة خدّه
My cheeks run blood, as if traced there
By their rosy soft hands that burn within
رَشأ يقوّم في الثِّياب مثقفاً
من قدّه وسنانُه من نهْده
A young man, dressed richly, erect and proud
Pearls smiling from his mouth that my heart can't resist
متبسماً عن لؤلؤٍ في مَبْسمٍ
قد أحرق القلبَ المشوقَ ببرده
As if his necklace and lips were the same
His lips and necklace were one, joy proclaimed
وكأنما في عِقْدِه في ثغرِه
وكأنما في ثغره في عقده
Time's march stooped an era that's gone
How I yearned for their love as life moved on
سمَحَ الزمانُ برد عصر المُنحْنى
وَلَكَمْ حَنَنْتُ من الغرامِ برده
Today let my wishes from them come true
And time fulfill the promise it's due
اليوم أبْلغني اللّقا مطالبي
منهم وأنجز لي الزمان بوعده
O joy of life, your dawns have emerged
As days of yore return from night's verge
يا فرحة الدنيا فإن سرورَها
طَلَعَتْ طوالعُه كسالِفِ عهده
The clouds dragged their tails over the plains
Raining in the valleys and highlands
سَجَمَ الغمامُ على الوعيرة ذيلَه
وانهلّ في غور البلادِ ونَجْدِه
Happy for Saif al-Din who came here
Relieving grief with his help and cheer
فرحاً بسيف الدين لماّ حلهَّا
كشفَ الكُروبَ بنَصره وبسُعْده
Prosperity arrived before his troops
His face shining though ranks obscure his view
وَافى فأَمّ السعدُ يسطع قبْلَه
فلكادَ يُبْصرُ وجَهَه من بَعدِهِ
His horses surging in serried lines
Warriors ready, armored for the charge
في فيلق متكردساتٍ خيلُه
للدارعينَ كواسراً في سرْدِه
If Dajjal saw his lances' blue
His soul would flee his body in fear
لو عاين الدجالُ زرقَ رماحِه
في النقعِ طارتْ روحُه من جِلدِه
Or if Dhul Qarnayn saw his resolute might
The pride of his ramparts would vanish from sight
أو أنّ ذا القرنين شاهِد عزمَه
هانتْ عليه صِفاتُ بُنْيةِ سَدَّه
His army intent around him, arrayed
Since time began its steady crusade
والجيش يحِدِقُ حوله بسميدع
مذ كان ما جاء الزمان بندّه
A man whom all the world obeys
Like servants responding to his lead
رجلُ جميعُ العالمين مطيعة
مثلُ الُعبيد لحَلّه ولعقده
My Lord, you know my love won't fade
A Lord doesn't deny his servant's need
مولاي مَا تخفى عليك مَحَبّتي
لا ينكر المولى محبةً عبده
I raised and supported him from a child
Saving him from time's perils so wild
وأنا الذي ربيته وكفلته
وجذَبْتُ من نُوب الزمان بِزَنْده
May Allah not leave your home deprived
While the breeze blows its scent far and wide
لا أوحش اللهُ المنازل منك ما
طرق النسيم بشيحه وبرَنْده
