ذَكَرَ الرَّملَ بَعْدَ بُعْدِ مزاره
والحِمَا والحَمَامُ في أشْجَاره
He recalled the sand dunes from afar after their shrine
And the doves and pigeons in its trees
كلُّ وَرْقَاء فوقَ وَرْقا تحكي
مَعْبداً مُنْشِداً على أوتاره
Every small tree tells
A temple singing on its strings
ذكّرته زمَان ليلى قيس
جارُها وهي خدرُها في جِواره
It reminded him of Layla's time, Qais
Her neighbor, and she his neighbor
وهي مَا جاوزتْ عن الخمس والعش
ر ولا اخْضَرَّ جانبٌ من عذاره
She who hasn't exceeded fifteen years
Nor has a side of her cheek sprouted
يُخْجلُ الوَردَ خدُّها باحمرارٍ
يُخْجِلُ الظبيَ طَرْفُها باحوراره
Her cheek shames the roses with its redness
Her gaze shames the wild deer with its glance
لا تُعَاتِبْ على الجفَاء مليحاً
جمعَ الْرملَ والنقَا في إزاره
Do not blame a beauty for aloofness
He gathered the sand and palms in his lap
لا تَقلْ كانَ مِنك هذا ولكنْ
دَارُهُ مَا أَقَمت في عُقْرِ داره
Do not say this was from you, but
His abode did not stay in the heart of his abode
وانتظِر عطفَه الحبيب فكم منْ
فرجٌ قد أتاك بعْدَ انتظاره
And wait for the beloved's kindness, for how often
Relief came to you after waiting
رُبّما يجْتني ثمارَ المسراتِ
أخو الصَّمتّ مِن غُصونِ المكَاره
Perhaps the fruits of joy will come to me
The brother of silence, from the branches of adversities
أنا لاَ أمْدَحُ البخيل وحتى
جَمَلِي لا يَمرُّ تحتَ جدَاره
I do not praise the miser, even
My camels do not pass under his wall
وأمَامي إِمَامُ فخر بن نصرٍ
حولَ بيتي يعُبّ موج بحاره
And before me is the pride of Fakhr bin Nasr
Whose waves play around my house
وإلى الهِرمِلي سِرْن المطايا
شُرِّدا وُردِّاً إلى تيّاره
And to Al-Hirmili the horses galloped
Scattered, returning to his valley
قصَدتْ سيد الأيمة طُرّاً
وأقرّت باسرها في قراره
They sought the master of leaders swiftly
And settled calmly in his rest
فهو ملجأ اللَّهِيْفِ عند حذار
وهو مُغَني الفقير عندَ افتقاره
He is the refuge of the helpless during danger
He is the savior of the poor during need
صدرُه معدنُ العلوم ول
وحُ القدرةِ المستطيل تحتَ صداره
His chest is the mine of knowledge but
The perfect power of ability lies under his chest
يا أبا عَبْدَ اللهِ عَزَّ بك ال
دّينُ وقام الإِسلامُ بعدَ عثاره
O Abu Abdullah, through you the
Religion became mighty and Islam stood after its stumbling
ما خلى الشافعي من بيتِ عِلم
نبويّ وأنتَ مِنْ حُصّارِه
Al-Shafi'i did not leave a house of
Prophetic knowledge, and you are one of its guards
كيفَ لا أمدحُ الذي تُجْذُبُ الأ
رضُ وربعي الخصيبُ مِن أمطاره
How can I not praise him whom the
Earth pulls and the fertile quarter from its rain?
حَسَناتً إلي بالليل تسري
مِثلَ مسرى النسيم في أسحاره
Good deeds come to me at night
Like the path of the breeze during dawn
يتخفّى بها فتظهر كالمسك
نما عطِرهُ على عَطَارِه
He hides them so they appear like musk
Whose scent remains with the perfumer
فوقاه الإِلهُ من كلّ سوءٍ
مَا شدا طائرٌ على أشْجاره
God protected him from every evil
So that no bird landed on his trees
