أَتَتنِيَ مِن تِلكَ السَجايا بِنَفحَةٍ

هَزَزتُ لَها في الحَيِّ عِطفَيَّ مِن عُجبي

A breeze came to me from those meadows

I swayed to it in life out of my wonder

وَما ذاكَ إِلّا أَنَّ عَرفَ تَحِيَّةٍ

نَفَضتَ بِها مِسكاً عَلى الشَرقِ وَالغَربِ

That was only because a greeting was recognized

With which you sprinkled musk over the East and West

تَصَدّى بِها الرَكبُ المُغَرِّبُ غَدوَةً

فَقُلتُ أَمِن دارينَ مُدَّلَجُ الرَكبِ

The traveling caravan heading west was diverted by it at dawn

So I said is it from the two abodes the diverted caravan?

سَيَنشَقُّ عَن نَورِ الوِدادِ بِها فمي

فَقَد أَنبَتَت ما أَنبَتَت لَكَ في قَلبي

My mouth will split open from the light of love for it

For it produced what it produced for you in my heart

وَإِنّي وَإِن كُنتُ الخَلِيَّ لِشَيِّقٌ

إِلَيكَ عَلى بُعدِ المَنازِلِ وَالقُربِ

And I, although I am the intimate friend, am passionate

To you from afar and from near

خَلا أَنَّ حالاً لَو قَضَت بِتَفَرُّغي

إِلى لازِمٍ مِن حَجِّ مَنزِلِكَ الرَحبِ

Except that if my state allowed me to devote

Myself to visiting your vast abode

لَقُمتُ لَهُ ما بَينَ أَعلامِ رَيَّةٍ

وَبَينَ حِمى وادي الأَشاءِ مِنَ التُربِ

I would stand up for it between the flags of Rayya

And the protected valley of Al-Ashaa from the sand

وَبَعدُ فَلا يُعطِش أَبا الحَسَنِ الحَيا

بِلادَكَ وَاِلتَفَّت عَلَيكَ حُلى الخِصبِ

Afterwards, may life not thirst Abu Al-Hasan

For your lands, and may prosperity turn to you