يا أيُّها الرائِدُ ذُو التَلَمُّسِ
أَهْدِ إِلَى الذِئْبِيِّ غَيْرِ المُبْلِسِ
O you the wise leader
Guide to the voracious wolf your unmatched praise
مَدْحَكَ يَكْشِفْ عَنْكَ بُؤْس الأَبْؤُسِ
كَالغَيْثِ فِي جَوْنِ القُدامَى مُلْبِسِ
That reveals your misery of miseries
Like rain in the hearts of elders fully dressed
أَنْواءَهُ بِالطَلْقِ لا بِالأَنْحُسِ
هاجَتْ لَهُ بَغْرَةُ نَجْمٍ مِرْجَسِ
Its meteors unleashed not constrained
For it a star of glory anchored
إِنَّ ابنَ قَيْسٍ عِنْدَ كُلِّ مَحْبِسِ
طاوَعَ نَفْساً عِنْدَ ضِنِّ الأَنْفُسِ
That the son of Qais is at every prison
Who obeys himself despite resentment
أَمَّارَةً بِالجُودِ لا بِالأَيْبَسِ
ذَلَّت بِإِعْطاءِ الجَزِيلِ المُنْفِسِ
Commanding in generosity not miserliness
It humbles with abundant overflowing generosity
وَالغَرْفِ مِنْ فَيْضِ البِحارِ القُمَّسِ
ذَوَّدَ عَنْ عِرْضِ امْرِىءٍ لَمْ يَطْفَسِ
And diving into oceans of streaming generosity
It averted the honor of a man who did not sin
وَمَنْ جَرَى مَجْرَاهُ لَمْ يُدنَّسِ
سَهْلٌ إِذَا اغْبَرَّ وُجُوهُ العُبَّسٍ
And who emulated him was not disgraced
Easy when the frowning faces dusty
أَبْلَجُ سَوّارٌ طَوِيلُ المِقْيَسِ
هَوَّاسَةٌ كَالأَسَدِ المُفَرِّسِ
Radiant bracelet long in measurement
Impetuous like the watching lion
يَعْلُو بِحَدِّ السَيْفِ مُوسَى القَوْنَسِ
صَقْعاً وَيُورِي بِالطِعانِ المِدْعَسِ
Rising with the sword of Musa the warrior
Headers and stabs with the sharpened spear
تَرَى مَلاوِيحَ الحُرُوبِ الضُرَّسِ
يُجْلِينَ مِنْهُ عَن كَرِيمِ المَعْطِسِ
You see the glittering arches of armored horses
Repelling from him the insects of the generous man
وَاعْلَمْ بِأَنِّي طامِعٌ لَم أَبْأَسِ
أُهْدِي ثَنَائِي مِنْ بَعِيدِ المَحْدِسِ
And know that I am an ambitious man who did not despair
I send my praise from afar
إِذَا البَرِيدُ الْتَاثَ لَمْ يُعَرِّسِ
طَوَالِعاً يَمْأَسُ كُلَّ مَمْأَسِ
When the mail disrupted the gangs
Rising for every sorrowful person
أَعْنانُهَا يَبْقَيْنَ بَعْد الأَحْرُسِ
قَدْ كُنْت أَرْمِي بِالجُلال الأَعْيَسِ
Their help lasting after the guards
I used to pelt the glorious inaccessible
بيداً كَصَحْراء الأَدِيم الأَمْلَسِ
وَالأَمُّ يُهْدِي بِالنُجُومِ الطُمَّسِ
With a hand like the desert of outstretched skin
And the mother sends stars that pierce
إِذْ لانَ أَعْناقُ الوَسَانَى النُعَّسِ
وَماجَ إِرْجافُ المَهَارَى الرُعَّسِ
When the necks of vile cowards yield
And the shock of creeping cowards surge
بَوَّاعَة الأَيْدِي صِلابِ الأَرْؤُسِ
وَكُلِّ وَجْناءَ ضَمُوزٍ عِرْمِسِ
The generosity of rigid heads and tough arms
And every goat-like wrinkled and small
وَإِنْ حَبَا رَمْلُ الرُكام الأَدْهَسِ
جُبْتُ بِهَا جَوْبَ الظَلامِ الحِنْدِسِ
As the sands love the mound of rubble
I came at it with the pace of pitch-dark blindness
دُونَكَ مِنْ جِدِّي عَلَى التَنَطُّسَ
تَعْلُو عَلَى الإِقْواءِ وَالمُخَمَّسِ
Below you seriously I pace about
Rising above the incapable and pretend cripple
فُتْلاً كَإِمْرارِ المُمَرِّ الأَمْلَسِ
يُجْهَلُ أَوْ يُعْرَفُ مِنْهَا المُحْتَسِي
An eruption like the passing of smooth flow
Whose man is ignorantly known or not
فِي غَيْرِ لا بَغْيٍ وَلا تَفَجُّسِ
يَرْجُوكَ أَقْوَامٌ بِبَيْتِ المَقْدِسِ
Without malice or prying
People hope through you the sacred house
وَمَنْ رَأَى وَجْهَكَ لَمْ يُنَكِّسِ
إِنْ خَبَّ شَيْطانُ امْرِىءٍ مُوَسْوَسِ
And whoever saw your face did not frown
If the devil of a whispering man is defeated
أَبْدَيْتَ لِينَ الآنِسِ المُسْتَأْنِسِ
وَفِيكَ أَحْياناً شِماسُ الشُمَّسِ
You showed me gentle intimacy
In you sometimes the sun’s ray at noon
عِنْدَ مِراسِ الشَرِّ ذِي التَمَرُّسِ
يَقْتُلُ بِالنِفْطِ ذَبابَ الدُرَّسِ
Against the platforms of creeping evil
That kills flies of armored horses with venom
يا قائِدَ الجَيْشِ وَزَيْنَ المَجْلِسِ
أُسْنِي فَقَدْ قَلَّت رِفادُ الأُوَّسِ
O leader of army and beauty of council
Equip me as the chiefs' help has dwindled
