قَد غَرَّدَ القمري فَوقَ الفَننْ

فَاِمسَح عَنِ الأَجفانِ كحلَ الوَسنْ

The moon has sung over the branches,

So wipe the kohl from your eyelids.

أَلقِ إِلَيهِ السّمعَ وَاِسمَع لَهُ

يَزولُ بِالتّغريدِ عَنكَ الشّجَن

Lend him your ear and listen,

Melancholy will leave you at his singing.

وَشاهِدِ الأَزهارَ في رَوضِها

فَإِنّها الجَوهرُ غالي الثّمَن

And behold the flowers in their meadows,

For they are precious gems.

تَحكي عُقودَ الدّرِّ مَنظومةً

في نَحرِ غَيداء بِوَجهٍ حَسَن

Reciting necklaces of pearls composed

In the throat of a gazelle with a beautiful face.

كَأَنّما الوردُ نُجومُ السّما

وَالنّرجِسُ الأَقمار يا ذا الفِطَن

As if the roses were stars in the sky

And the narcissus were moons, O wise one!

أَو كَصُحونِ فضّةٍ فَوقَها

كُؤوسُ إِبريزٍ يُزيلُ الحَزَن

Or like silver platters above which

Are crystal goblets that dispel sorrow,

مَملوءَةً بِالخمرِ خَمرِ الهَنا

عافية الأَرواحِ ثمَّ البَدَن

Filled with joyous wine, wine that gives

Wellbeing first to the soul, then the body.

وَالعَين مِنها شَرِبت أنسَها

فَدارَ سكر البشرِ فيها عَلَن

The eye has drunk its bliss from them

So tipsiness openly circulates through it.

وَاِشهَد بِجنحِ اللّيل زهرَ السّما

وَضَوءها في الأَرضِ يَعلو الفَنَن

Witness with the wing of night the flower of the sky

And its light on earth transcending branches.

بِها تذكرُ لِبدورِ العُلى

وَأَنجمِ العَلياءِ في ذا الزّمَن

It reminds you of the full moons of sublimity

And the brightest stars of the lofty ones in this time.

لَو نالَ بَعضَ الحُسنِ نَجم السّما

فَإِنّما بَدرُ المَعالي حَسَن

If a star in the sky attained some of the beauty

The full moon of glory is most beautiful.

الماجِد الفَخم الرّفيع الذُّرى

مَن في ذُرى العَلياءِ عِزّاً قَطَن

The glorious, prestigious, highly ranked one,

Who in the ranks of the eminent dwelled.

الكامِلُ الشّهم وَعِزّ العُلى

عالي الجَنابِ الرّحبِ رَحب العَطَن

The perfect, valiant one, honor of the exalted,

Of lofty lineage, of ample open-handedness.

تَوَطّن العلياءَ بَيتاً لَه

وَلَيسَ كَالعَلياءِ يَبدو وَطَن

He made the abode of the lofty his home,

And none can compete with the eminent as a homeland.

الحَسن الصيتِ الحَميدِ الثّنا

وَمَن بِحُسنِ الخُلق فينا اِدَّهَن

Of excellent reputation and praiseworthy qualities,

And the one among us embued with excellent character.

الفارِس الفَحل وَلَيث الشّرى

مُعتقلُ الرّمحِ وَفيهِ طَعَن

The gallant knight and lion of the battlefield,

Wielder of the lance with which he thrust.

مَنْ رُعبُه في الحَربِ يَوم الوَغى

في قَلبِ آسادِ الشّرى قَد سَكَن

Whose awe on the day of battle

Resides in the hearts of the evil predators.

الأَريحيّ الكَرم بَحر النَّدى

مِن بَحرِ كَفّيه يَفيضُ المِنَن

Al-Ariha, the generous, ocean of dew,

From the ocean of his palms charity overflows.

لا زالَ في عِزِّ إِلَهِ السّما

يَحيا عَزيز الدّهرِ بَل لَم يُهَن

He remains in the glory of the God of the sky,

Living honored through the ages, and was never disgraced.

بِأَرغَدِ العَيشِ بِحُسنِ الهَنا

وَراحة البالِ بِطولِ الزّمَن

With the most comfortable life, the joy of tranquility,

And peace of mind, for the length of time,

ما أَومَضَ البرقُ وَهبَّت صبا

وَما هَمى الودقُ وَما قَد هَتَن

As long as lightning flickered, breeze blew,

And clouds stirred, and bent.

ما الفَتحُ قَد أَنشدَ مِن نظمِهِ

قَد غَرَّدَ القمريّ فَوقَ الفَنَن

However much celebration sang of his verse,

The moon has sung over the branches.