حبّي لَكُم كالنّورِ سارَ أَمامي
يا قِبلَة البلَغا لِكلّ إمامِ
My love for you is like light that went ahead of me
O destination of eloquence for every imam
إِن كانَ شَوقك لي يُوازِن دِرهماً
شَوقي إِلَيك موازن الأَعلامِ
If your longing for me equals a dirham
My longing for you equals flags
وَمِنَ العَجائِبِ أَنّني أَشتاقُكم
وَتَزيدُ فيكَ صَبابتي وَهيامي
And of the wonders is that I long for you
And your youthfulness in me increases, and my infatuation
وَخَيالُكم في أَعيُني وَجَمالكم
ضِمنَ الفُؤادِ بِيَقظَتي وَمَنامي
And your image is in my eyes and your beauty
Is held in my heart, in my vigilance and sleep
وَتَذكّري في الذُّكرِ حُسن خِصالَكم
مَع مَدحِها بدل المدام مَرامي
And remembering you with the remembrance of your good traits
Along with praising them instead of wine, my object
وَإِذا ذَكرت كَمالكم يَهتاجُني
هَيَجان ذي ودٍّ حليف غَرامي
And when I mention your perfection, it excites me
An excitement of affection, ally of passion
أَحكَمت إِبرامَ الوِدادِ بحبّكم
لا نَقضَ يَعرو مُحكَمَ الإِبرامِ
I affirmed the bond of affection for you
No undoing exposes the affirmed bond
وُدّي المُوطّد وَالمُؤكّد في الهَوى
وَهوَ القَديم بِغايَةِ الإِحكامِ
My consolidated love and confirmed in passion
And it is old, with utmost affirmation
وَمَحبّتي لَكُمُ عَصايَ تَوكُّئي
يَبدو عَلَيها عِندَ كلِّ مَقامِ
And my love for you is my staff I lean on
It appears through it at every stand
وَبِها لِقائي لِلأَحبَّة مَأرب
أَرعى بِها عَهدي لَهم وَذِمامي
And with it my meeting of loved ones is a refuge
With it I tend to my pact with them and my reins
إِن أُلقِ عَنها بِالحَديث تَلَقّفت
لا شَكّ مِن غَيري الوداد النّامي
If I mention it in speech, it seizes
No doubt from others the growing affection
ما كانَ لي يا ذا الفطانَةِ حاجِب
عَن كَسبِ جَوهرِ ثَغرك البسّامِ
It is not for me, O wise one, an eyebrow
From gaining the essence of your smiling mouth
حاشا المَودّة أَن تُريكَ تَحجّباً
هَل كانَ ذا في سابِقِ الأيّامِ
Far from affection to show you veiling
Has that been in previous days?
ما كانَ لي الإِعراضُ عَنكُم شيمَةٌ
بَل شيمَتي الإِقبالُ مَع إعظامِ
Indifference to you is not a trait of mine
Rather my trait is inclination with veneration
إِنّي أَرى الإِعراض إِذ لا باعِث
عيبَ الكرامِ وَمِن صِفاتِ لِئامِ
I see indifference when there is no motive
A fault of dignitaries and of qualities of villains
لَكِنَّما بِك الاِجتِماعُ مُقدّرٌ
عِندَ القَديرِ الواحِد العَلّامِ
But with you gathering is predestined
With The One, The All-Knowing
وَرَدَت عَليَّ قَصيدةٌ مِن نَظمِكُم
لِلدرِّ فاقَت في بَديعِ نظامِ
A poem reached me from your composition
Surpassing jewels in the beautiful composition
بِنتُ البَلاغَةِ إِذ أَبوها صالحٌ
وَلَها البديعُ غَدا من الخُدّامِ
The daughter of eloquence, since her father is righteous
And for her, rhetoric became one of the servants
فيها المَحاسِنُ قَد غَدَت مَخلوطَة
مَمزوجة في لَحمِها وَعظامِ
In it are beauties that have become mixed
Blended into its flesh and bones
يَجري البيانُ عَلى مَفاصلِ لَفظِها
فَيَسيلُ سِحراً خاطف الأَفهامِ
Eloquence flows in the joints of its words
Spilling magic that steals minds
وَبِالاِنسِجامِ قَدِ اِكتَست وَتَلثَّمت
يا حسنهُ مِن كسوة وَلِثامِ
And with coherence it wore and wrapped
Oh, the beauty of its dress and cloak
غَيداء بِكر غادَة رعبوبة
في حُسنِ وَجهٍ في بَديعِ قوامِ
Lively, chaste, gentle, dainty
In beautiful face, in excellent physique
مَولودة في الفِكرِ منهُ رَضيعَةٌ
لَبنُ اللّطافَةِ قبل وَقتِ فطامِ
Born in thought from it a suckling
The milk of subtlety before weaning time
أَمّا مَعانيها فَبَحرٌ كامِل
لا بدع ناظمها فَبَحر طامي
As for its meanings, it is a perfect sea
With no innovation, its composer is a deep sea
تَحوي العِتاب وَإِنّها لَمُصيبة
عِندي إِذا عتبت وَلَو بملامِ
It contains reproach and it is a calamity for me
If it reproaches even with blame
وَمُحقّة فيهِ عليّ وَلَو غَدا
مِنها بِمَحضِ الظنِّ وَالأوهامِ
And it is right regarding me even if tomorrow
It is from pure assumption and illusions
إِنّ العِتابَ مِنَ الأَحبّةِ منهل
عَذبُ المَذاقِ ومبرءُ الأسقامِ
Reproach from loved ones is a sweet spring
Sweet tasting and curing illnesses
أَنا ذو القُصورِ وَأَنتَ مِن غيرِ اِمتِرا
مُستَوجب التّبجيلِ والإِكرامِ
I am faulty and you are without fault
Deserving of veneration and honor
وَالعذر ما أَبديتهُ لِجَنابكم
وَبِهِ اِعتَذرت أَخا المَقام السامي
And the excuse I gave to Your Excellency
With it I apologized, O brother of high position
وَأَرى اِعتَذاري عِندَكم دونَ اِمتِرا
يحبى القبولَ وَذاكَ عينُ مَرامي
And I see my apology with you below fault
Which receives acceptance, and that is my wish
وَاِسلَم وَدُم بِالحفظِ مِن ربِّ السّما
في رَغدِ عَيشٍ مدّة الأيّامِ
And I submitted to the protection of the Lord of the skies
In comfortable living, for the duration of days
مُتَهنِّئاً طولَ الزّمانِ بِراحةٍ
وَعَليك مِنّي الدّهرَ دامَ سَلامي
Congratulating, for the length of time, with comfort
And upon you from me, may peace last forever
ما دارَ في الأَحبابِ كأسُ عِتابِهم
ما أَطربَ الأَسماعَ صدح حمامِ
No cup of reproach of loved ones revolved
Nor gladdened hearings more than the cooing of doves
ما الفَتحُ أَحسنَ في مَديحِك بَدأهُ
وَأَجادَ فيهِ الدّهرَ حسنَ خِتامِ
No opening was better in your praise than its beginning
And the ages excelled in its good ending
