مَن لِقَلبٍ يَهيمُ في كُلِّ وادي
وَقَتيلٍ لِلحُبِّ مِن غَيرِ وادي
For a heart that roams in every valley,
And a slain victim of love without a valley,
اِنَّما أَذكُر الغَوانِيَ وَالمَق
صدُ سُعدى مُكَثِّراً لِلسّوادِ
I but commemorate the taverns and the wine,
My endeavor is to brighten the blackness.
وَإِذا ما صَدَقتُ فَهيَ مَرامي
وَمَنائي وَرَوضَتي وَمُرادي
And if I am truthful then it is my object,
And my purposes, and my garden, and my desire,
وَنَدى اِبنِ العَميدِ اِنّي عَميد
مِن هَواها اليَّةَ الأَمجادِ
By the hand of Ibn Al-Ameed, verily I am a pillar,
Of his love the sign of glories.
لَو دَرى الدَهرُ أَنَّهُ مِن بَنيهِ
لَاِزدَرى قَدرَ سائِر الأَولادِ
If fate but knew that he was one of its sons,
It would despise the worth of all other children.
أَو رَأى الناسُ كَيفَ يَهتَزُّ لِلجو
دِ لما عَدَّدوهُ في الأَطوادِ
Or if people saw how his limbs shake from love,
They would not enumerate him among the seekers.
أَيُّها الآملونَ حُطّوا سَريعاً
بِرَفيعِ العماد واري الزِنادِ
O you who are hopeful, descend quickly
With the eminent pillar and lion of spears.
فَهوَ ان جادَ ظُنَّ حاتِمَ طيٍّ
وَهو اِن قالَ قيل قسُّ ايادِ
For if he is generous, then the supposition of Hatem Al-Ta’i is surpassed,
And if he speaks, it is said "Be quiet O Iyad".
وَاِذا ما اِرتَأى فَأَينَ زِياد
مِن علاهُ وَأَينَ آلِ زِيادِ
And if he decides, then where is Ziyad
Compared to his eminence? And where are the family of Ziyad?
أَقبَل العيد يَستَعيد حلاه
من علاهُ العَزيزَة الأَندادِ
The feast has returned to repeat its beauty,
From its glorious companions and peers.
سَيَضحّي فيهِ بِمَن لا يُوالي
هِ وَيَبقى بَقِيَّة الأَعيادِ
In it he will sacrifice those unloyal to him,
And there will remain the rest of the feasts.
وَمَديحي اِن لَم يَكُن طالَ أَبيا
تاً فَقَد طالَ في مَجالي الجِيادِ
And if my praise was not long in meter,
It has been long in the battlefields of valor.
اِنَّ خَيرَ المدّاحَ مَن مدحَتهُ
شُعراءُ البِلاد في كُل نادي
Verily the best praiser is he whose praise
Is proclaimed by the poets in every club.
