أَرَّقَ عَيْنَيْكَ عَنِ الغماضِ

بَرْقٌ سَرَى في عارِضٍ نَهّاضِ

Your eyes have been deprived of sleep

Lightning flashed in a charming eyelid

غُرِّ الذُرَى ضَوَاحِكِ الإِيماضِ

يُسْقَى بِهِ مَدَافِع الأَنْواضِ

Pearls of your sparkling smile

Water the instruments of melodies

أَزْمانَ ذاتُ الكَفَلِ الرَضْراضِ

رَقْراقَةُ فِي بُدْنِها الفَضْفاضِ

Days of curly hair and smooth skin

Tinkling in her plump body

بَلْهاءُ مِنْ تَخَفُّر الغِضاضِ

فَلَوْ رَأَتْ بنْت أَبِي فَضَّاضِ

A simpleton in pretentious clothing

If only the daughter of my father saw

شَزْرَ العِدَى مِنْ شُنُىءِ الإِبْغاضِ

وَعَجَلِي بِالقَوْمِ وانقِبَاضِي

The evil of enemies in hatred

My feet hurry and contract

يُمْسِي بِنَا الجِدُّ عَلَى أَوْفاضِ

يقْطَع أَجْوازَ الفَلا انقِضاضِي

The pursuit takes us at night

Cutting through the sands billowing

بِالعِيسِ فَوْقَ الشَرَكِ الرِفَاضِ

كَأَنَّمَا يُنْضَحْنَ بِالخَضْخاضِ

As if anointed with oils

Emerging from the darkness of night

يَخْرُجْنَ مِن أَجْوازِ لَيْلٍ غاضِ

نضْوَ قِداحِ النابِلِ النَواضِي

Brimming cups of the flowing wine

Casting intoxication and miscarriage

يَطْرَحْن أَمْشَاجاً مِن الإِجْهاضِ

كَمْ جاوَزَتْ مِنْ حَيَّةٍ نَضْناضِ

Many are the female serpents

Throwing the coils of a creeping viper

تُلْقِي ذِراعَيْ كَلْكَلٍ عِرْباضِ

بِلالُ يا ابْنَ الحَسَب الأَمْحاضِ

Bilal, o son of noble lineage

And a lion in ferocious attack

وَأَسَدٍ فِي غِيلِهِ قَضْقَاضِ

لَيْثٍ عَلَى أَقْرَانِهِ رَبَّاضِ

A wolf over its peers

Without blemish or gloom

لَيْسَ بِأَدْناسٍ وَلا أَغْماضِ

أَنْتَ امْرُؤٌ فِي المجْدِ ذُو ارْتِكاضِ

You are a man of glorious feats

Like the moon dispelling night's darkness

كَالبَدْرِ يَجْلُو اللَيْلَ بِالبَيَاضِ

نِعْمَ الفَتَى وَمَرْغَبُ المُعْتاضِ

What a fine young man sought after

And God rewards debts with loans

وَاللَّهُ يَجْزِي القَرْضَ بِالإِقْرَاضِ

وفِتْنَةٍ كَالعَنِتِ المُنْهاضِ

An ordeal like severe weakness

In it a cough from diseased lungs

فِيها سُعالٌ مِنْ طَنَى الأَمْراضِ

تَبْرُقُ بَرْقَ العارِضِ النَفَّاضِ

Flashing like lightning in bursting clouds

Its clutch laid eggs in destruction

أَفْرَخَ قَيْضُ بَيْضِها المُنْقَاضِ

عَنْكُمْ كِراماً بِالمَكانِ الفَاضِي

Nobly, you left the vacant place

And my choking in painful coughs

وَخانِقِي مِنْ غُصَّةٍ جَرّاضِ

رَاخَيْتُ يَوْمَ النَقْرِ وَالإِنْقاضِ

I rested on the day of clawing and tearing

Away from it with a reprimand for the transgressor

عَنْهُ بِمِرْدىً لِلْعِدَى هَضّاضِ

وَإِنْ رَأَيْتَ الخَصْمَ ذا اعْتِراضِ

And if you see the opponent objecting

Deriving from the excretions of bile

وَاشْتَقَّ مِنْ لَوَاذِعِ الإِمْعاضِ

فَأَنْتَ يا ابْنَ القاضِيَيْنِ قاضِ

Then you, o son of two judges

Determined on the established path

مُعْتَزِمٌ عَلَى الطَرِيقِ الماضِي

بِثَابِتِ النَعْلِ عَلَى الدِحاضِ

With firm steps on solid ground

And an unsevered rope

وَمُسْتَمرٍّ حَبْلُهُ نَقّاضِ

لِلْخَصْمِ عِنْدَ مَحَكِ العِضاضِ

For the opponent at the court of arbitration

You established his cheeks from beating

أَقَمْتَ صُدغَيْهِ عَنِ الجِياضِ

بِصائِبَاتِ المَنْطِقِ النَحَّاضِ

With precise words of clear speech

He who is defiant, God is pleased

مَنْ يَتَسَخَّط فَالإِلهُ راضِ

عَنْكَ وَمَنء لَمْ يَرْضَ في مَضْماضِ

With you, and whoever was not pleased with your judgment

Has tasted the kohl of distress

قَدْ ذاق أَكْحَالاً مِنَ المَضَاضِ

وَمَنْ تَشَكَّى مَغْلَةَ الإِرْماضِ

And whoever complained of the chains' heaviness

Or a boil you opened with acid

أَوْ خُلَّةً أَعْرَكْتَ بِالإِحْماضِ

يا ابْنَ قُرُومٍ لَسْنَ بِالأَحْفاضِ

O son of chiefs, you are no shallow one

From every unruly, deep, gushing fountain

مِنْ كُلِّ أَجْأَى مِعْذَمٍ عَضّاضِ

قَلْخِ الهَدِيرِ مِرْجَسٍ مَخَّاضِ

Muddy torrents from a bursting spring

That prevents his cheeks from favors

يَمْنَعُ لَحْيَيْهِ مِنَ الرُوَّاضِ

خَبْطُ يَدٍ لَمْ تُثْنَ بِالإِباضِ

The flailing of an unretracted hand

And the incisors of a grinning cat

وَنَتْرُ نابَيْ مِجْذَبٍ نَفّاضِ

أَنْت ابْنُ كُلِّ سَيِّدٍ فَيَّاضِ

You are the son of every generous master

Bounteous, watering the meadows

جَمِّ العَطاء مُتْرَعِ الحِياضِ

يَمُدُّهُ فَيْضٌ مِن الأَفْياضِ

With an outpouring from the floods

When humbled, the arrogant are not deterred

لَيْسَ إِذَا خُضْخِضَ بِالْمُنْغاضِ

يَجْفِلُ عَنْهُ عَرْمَضَ العِرْماضِ

Nor do the honorable recoil from favors

I have never recoiled from dignity

ما كُنْتُ مِنْ تَكَرُّم الأَعْراضِ

وَالخُلُقِ العَفِّ عَن الأَقْضاضِ

And a nature that pardons transgressions

Quenching my thirst at an unwilling spring

تَمْتاحُ دَلوِي مُكْرَهَ البَضَاضِ

وَلا الجَدَى مِنْ مُتْعَبٍ حَبَّاضِ

Nor the one who forcefully demands

I am no patcher of torn hopes

وَلا قُمَاشَ الزَمَع الأَحْراضِ