نَبا بِهِ الوِسادُ
وَاِمتَنَعَ الرُقادُ
The pillow lamented his absence,
Sleep was denied.
وَصادَهُ غَزالٌ
يُرمى فَما يُصادُ
A gazelle he hunted, though uncatchable,
Alas! I'm sick, nothing restores me,
وَيلي أَنا مَريضٌ
مالِيَ لا أُعادُ
My heart weeps, lacking heart,
Though weeping avails nothing here,
أَبكي عَلى فُؤادي
إِذ ذَهَبَ الفُؤادُ
Absence would make it weep.
I wake to strife, for love is strife.
وَلَو بَكى لِشَيءٍ
بَكى لِيَ البُعادُ
My killer, my undoing,
Your rectitude found no guidance.
أَصبَحتُ في جِهادٍ
إِنَّ الهَوى جِهادُ
You've addicted me, I'm sated with habit.
You've burdened me beyond all burdening.
يا قاتِلي وَقَتلي
في غَيرِهِ السَدادُ
Why kill me, without appointment?
My youth was filled with joy
صَرَمتَني وَمِنّى
صَفا لَكَ الوِدادُ
Unequalled in its gladness,
And many delights I lived,
عُوِّدتُ مِنكَ حَتّى
قَد مَلَّني العُوّادُ
With leisure and rest.
Coffee from the blackened valley,
حُمِّلتُ مِنكَ مالاً
تَحمِلُهُ الأَطوادُ
Made in Noah's day, or by ancient Aad,
I've coloured them, though matchless,
مِمَّ وَفيمَ قَتلي
أَما لَكُم مَعادُ
My gifts made them excel.
Their words of it are nothing
لي في الصِبا اِرتِيادٌ
ما مِثلُهُ اِرتِيادُ
But song and intonation.
Its tools are water pure
وَرُبَّ لَذَّةٍ لي
يَتبَعُها القِيادُ
Its clothes only wool.
Near fire it shudders in fright.
أَحيَيتُها وَإِلفي النَ
عيمُ وَالسُهادُ
Our hearts are swords in sheaths
Our feast has no end.
وَقَهوَةٍ شَمولٍ
مَنشَؤُها السَوادُ
Our cups brim and pour.
With slender necks the gazelles we hunt,
كانَت بِعَهدِ نوحٍ
أَو عَصَّرَتها عادُ
Swift steeds we mount and ride.
A girl we own, the stakes adorn themselves for her.
سَبَأتُها وَحَولي
خَضارِمٌ أَنجادُ
A fawn whose glance ensnares.
His palm pours bounty, home to grace,
لَيسَ لَهُم نَديدٌ
وَلا لَهُم أَندادُ
Like a rod planted in the meadows green.
He never stopped sustaining us,
سَوَّدتُهُم بِفَضلي
وَسُؤدَدي فَسادوا
Till he lay dead, my hand his pillow.
As if his drinkers in the market trailed ropes.
كَلامُهُم عَلَيها ال
غِناءُ وَالإِنشادُ
Muhammad son of Mansur, that noble steed,
None after him so generous, sought for generosity.
حُلِيُّها مِن ماءٍ
وَلُبسُها الإِزبادُ
Of ample dew, his wisdom heals all rancor.
His glory the full moons cannot match.
إِذا دَنَت مِن نارٍ
جَلَّلَها اِرتِعادُ
He revived a people, though now gone,
Their inheritance Ziyad secured.
قُلوبُنا سُيوفٌ
لِسِرِّنا أَغمادُ
If he lacked wealth, his hands would give.
Swords praise his palms that forged them.
وَخُلدُنا مُقيمٌ
لَيسَ لَهُ نَفادُ
Dispeller of predicaments, burdened yet able.
He spent the surplus bounty judiciously.
أَكواسُنا مِلاءٌ
صادِرَةٌ وُرّادُ
If but a day he were absent, the lands would wither.
Rain of munificence, the lands thrive through him.
لَها مِنَ الظِباءِ ال
أَعناقُ وَالأَجيادُ
He honors each promise and date.
His forebears excellent, his descendants glorious.
وَعِندَنا فَتاةٌ
تُزهى بِها الأَعوادُ
Many misers by his handshake turned generous.
He's the ever-living, whom seekers don't blame.
وَعِندَنا غَزالٌ
بِطَرفِهِ يَصطادُ
His giving sets the pattern.
His sea surges, the drawers praise.
مِن كَفِّهِ إِصدارُ النَ
عيمِ وَالإيرادُ
His goal fulfillment, his means conviction.
Lavish his bounty, fiscal his deed.
كَأَنَّهُ قَضيبٌ
في غَرسِهِ مَيّادُ
He spread the bounty, even foes love him.
The people at his door like troops arrayed.
فَلَم يَزَل يَسقينا
صِرفاً لَها اِتِّقادُ
By him Mansur gained victory, when the steeds raced.
He came when absent, led or almost led.
حَتّى اِنثَنى صَريعاً
كَفِّي لَهُ وِسادُ
My praise of him and Muhammad the guided.
In brotherhood with him, my belief holds.
كَأَنَّ شارِبيها
في سوقِهِم أَقيادُ
When fortune frowns or fate conspires,
Or treacherous skies or luck runs out.
مُحَمَّدُ اِبنُ مَنصو
رٍ الفَتى الجَوادُ
Rule of Quraysh confined to Hashim.
Our pillar, you are the pegs.
ما بَعدَهُ جَوادٌ
لِجودِهِ يُرتادُ
جَزلُ النَدى تُداوى
بِحِلمِهِ الأَحقادُ
كَالبَدرِ لَيسَ يَغتا
لُ طولَهُ النِجادُ
أَحيا فِعالَ قَومٍ
كانوا هُمُ فَبادوا
وِراثَةً إِيّاها
وَرَثَّهُ زِيادُ
إِذا شَكاهُ مالٌ
لَهُ بِهِ يُجادُ
أَثنَت عَلى يَدَيهِ ال
قَواطِعُ الحِدادُ
دَفّاعُ مُعضِلاتٍ
لِحَملِها مُعتادُ
أَفنى طَريفَ ما يَم
لِكُ النَدى التِلادُ
لَو فَقَدتهُ يَوماً
لَاِغبَرَّتِ البِلادُ
غَيثٌ سَماءُ جودٍ
تَحيا بِهِ البِلادُ
لَيسَ لَهُ إِخلافٌ
وَلا لَهُ ميعادُ
آباؤُهُ أَنجادٌ
أَبناؤُهُ أَمجادُ
كَم مَعشَرٍ شِحاحٍ
صافَحَهُم فَجادوا
هُوَ الحَيا الَّذي لا
تَذُمُّهُ الرُوّادُ
عَطاؤُهُ اِبتِداءٌ
مُكَرَّرٌ مُعادُ
وَبَحرُهُ فَيّاضٌ
يَحمُدُهُ الوُرّادُ
وَهَمُّهُ إِمضاءٌ
وَفِعلُهُ اِعتِمادُ
وَسَيبُهُ إِسرافٌ
ما مَعَهُ اِقتِصادُ
بَثَّ النَوالَ حَتّى
أَحَبَّهُ الحُسّادُ
كَأَنَّما الأَنامُ
بِبابِهِ أَجنادُ
جَرى بِهِ مَنصورٌ
إِذ بَلَّدَ الجِيادُ
فَجاءَ حينَ فاتَ
يَسبُقُ أَو يَكادُ
مَدَحتُهُ وَمَدحي
مُحَمَّداً رَشادُ
عَلى الإِخاءِ مِنهُ
يُمسِكُهُ اِعتِقادُ
إِذا جَرَت شَمالٌ
أَو وَقَعَ الصُرادُ
أَو أَخلَفَت سَماءٌ
أَو أَصلَدَت زَنادُ
المُلكُ في قُرَيشٍ
لِهاشِمٍ مُنقادُ
فَهُم لَهُ رُواقٌ
وَأَنتُمُ أَوتادُ
