مُغمضُ الجفنِ عَلى لَحظٍ أَحَدّ
مِن حُسامٍ قاتلٍ كلَّ أَحَد
The eyelids closed for an instant from a lethal sword that kills all
My heart's cheek is a rose on his cheek
خَدّ قَلبي وَردةٌ في خَدّهِ
إِذ هِيَ النّارُ على جنّة خَد
When it is fire upon the garden of his cheek
The slender waisted one is like a spear whose stab
مائِسُ القَدّ كَرمحٍ طَعنُهُ
أَوقَدَ النّارَ بِقَلبي فَوقَد
Kindled a fire in my heart so he kindled
I wished to be stabbed by him in the meadow
فَوددتُ الطّعنَ منهُ في الحَشا
إِذ تَثنَّى بِاِهتِزازٍ وَأَوَد
When he swayed with a tremor and affection
Verily my love has no limit, and he who
إِنّ عِشقي ما لَه حدٌّ ومَنْ
حَدَّهُ مِنْ حَدِّه أَنْ قَدْ يُحَد
Limits it from its limit, it can possibly be limited
Oh my people! How excellent in love are the firm
يا لقَومي في الهَوى مِن شادِن
يَستَشيهِ اللّيث يَصطادُ الأَسد
The lion desires it, the lion hunts the prey
Its relish did in my mind's thought
فَعَلت نَكهتهُ في فكرَتي
فعلَةُ الخَمرِ بِمن مِنها وَرَد
Like the effect of wine on one who tasted it
He refuses union and avoids meeting
أَنف الوَصلَ وَيَأبى المُلتقى
أَلِفَ الهَجرَ عَلى بُعدٍ فَصَد
Accustomed to estrangement and distance
But had meeting him been impossible
غَيرَ أَنّي لو محالاً وصلُهُ
لَم أَكُن عَن طَمَعي فيه أُردّ
I would not desist from hoping for it
Verily my fervor in love from my hope in him
إِنّ وَجدي في الهَوى مِن طَمَعي
مِنهُ بِالوَصلِ وَلَو مِتُّ كَمَد
Is with union even if I die compressed
Be earnest hoping for union, you will wake up attained
جدَّ تَرجو الوَصلَ تُصبحْ واجداً
صَدَقَ القائِلُ مَن جَدّ وَجَد
The speaker spoke true: he who is earnest attains
And endure the blame of the censurers in love
وَاِحتَمل عَذلَ اللّواحي في الهَوى
وَإِنِ العَذل مِنَ القَتلِ أَشَد
Though blame is more painful than death
And be forebearing, patient in
وَكُنِ الصبَّ الصّبورَ الجَلد في
عِشقِ مَن تَهوى فَما أَسنى الجَلَد
Loving whom you love, so excellent is patience
Verily he who ascends and lofty in ambition
إِنّ مَن يَعلو وَيَسمو هِمّةً
شَأنُهُ الصّبرُ فَخلّى مَن جَحَد
His trait is endurance so vacate whoever denied
Verily the patience of a man is sound opinion
إِنّ صَبرَ المَرءِ رأيٌ صائِبٌ
وَسَدادُ الرّأيِ هَدْيٌ وَرَشَد
The soundness of opinion is guidance and integrity
The one sound in opinion, lofty is his worth
وَسَديدُ الرّأيِ عالٍ قَدرُهُ
وَعَلِيٌّ صاحِبُ الرّأيِ الأَسَد
And lofty is the companion of sound opinion and lion
Of good lineage, his father Asead
أَسعَد الجَدّ أَبوهُ أَسعَدٌ
مَنْ أَبوهُ أَسعد أَسعدُ جَد
He whose father is most fortunate, most fortunate is the lineage
Al-Hizbor the stallion, Dhirgham the buyer of drink
الهِزبرُ الفَحلُ ضِرغامُ الشّرى
وَالفتى الصنديدُ بِالأَلفِ يُعَدّ
And the noble youth counted by the thousand
The knight of the dust that charges in the fray
فارِسُ الغَبراءِ يَسطو في الوغى
ما رَآهُ فارِسٌ إِلّا اِرتَعَد
No knight saw him except trembling in fear
His sword drips blood, a drinker of blood
سَيفُهُ القرضابُ شَرَّابُ الدِّما
يَلمَعُ الموتُ بِهِ مَتناً وَحَد
Death flashes by it extended and alone
So if he charges the ranks of the foe
فَإِذا اِنقَضَّ عَلى صَفّ العِدى
فَقَضاءٌ مُبرَمٌ لَيسَ يُرَد
It is a determined decree that cannot be repelled
Hatem, the sea of generosity you see
حاتمُ الجودِ هوَ البحرُ تَرى
أَيّ بَحرٍ من نراه لا يُمَد
What sea do we see that does not surge
May he remain in power, glory, and highness
دامَ في عِزٍّ وَمَجدٍ وعُلى
يَدُهُ لا يَعتَليها الدّهرَ يَد
With a hand time cannot empower over it
And pleasant and happy and serene
وَسُعودٌ وَسُرورٌ وَصَفا
رائِق البالِ وفي العَيشِ الرّغد
Of mind, and in life comfortable
And long age in wellness
وَطَويل العُمرِ في عافِيَةٍ
وَسَليم الرّأيِ في كلِّ الأَمَد
And sound opinion in all time
