هذي المَكارِمُ وَالعلياءُ تَفتَخِرُ
بِيَومِ مأثرةٍ ساعاتُهُ غُرَرُ
These noble traits and virtues take pride
In a day whose hours are gems
يَومٌ تبسَّم عَنهُ الدَهرُ وَاِجتَمَع
لَهُ السُعود وَأَغضَت دونَهُ الغِيَرُ
A day the ages smiled upon and brought together
Good fortune, while others paled beside it
حَتّى كَأَنّا نَرى في كلِّ ملتفِتٍ
رَوضاً تَفَتَّح في أَثنائِهِ الزَهَرُ
It seems we see in every glance
A garden blossoming with flowers
لَمّا تَجَلى عَن الآمالِ مشرقةً
قالَ العلى بك أَستَعلي وَأَقتَدِرُ
When hopes were fulfilled with a radiant dawn
The Most High said: I ascend and I prevail
وافى عَلى غَيرِ ميعادٍ يبشرنا
بِأَن سَتَتبَعهُ أَمثالُهُ الأُخَرُ
He came to us out of turn with the good news
That the like of him will follow
أَهنا المَسَرّاتِ ما جاءَت مفاجأَةً
وَما تَناجَت بها الأَلفاظُ وَالفِكرُ
Are not these joys that came suddenly
That words and thoughts whispered about
لَو أَنَّ بُشرىً تَلَقَّتها بِموردها
لَأَقبَلَت نحوها الأَرواحُ تَبتدرُ
If glad tidings had come to meet their time
Souls would have rushed to obtain them
وَما تعنَّف مَن يَسخو بِمُهجَتِهِ
فَاِنَّ يَومَكَ هذا وَحدَهُ عُمرُ
None rebukes one who is generous at his expense
For this day of yours alone is life
فَما غَدَوتَ وَما لِلعَينِ منقلب
إِلّا إِلى مَنظرٍ يَبهي وَيحتبرُ
You did not rise nor did sight turn
Save to a splendid and dazzling view
ثَنَت مهابَتُكَ الأَبصارَ حاسِرَةً
حَتّى تَبَيَّنَ في أَلحاظِها خَزَرُ
Your awe-inspiring manner bowed down eyes
Until only green could be seen in their glances
إِذا تَأَمَّلتَهُم غَضّوا وَاِن نَظَروا
خِلالَ ذاكَ فَأَدنى لفتةٍ نَظَروا
When you looked at them, they cast theirs down, and if they glanced
Through that, the slightest glance they glanced
في مَلبَسٍ ما رَأَتهُ عَينُ مُعتَرِضٍ
فَشكَّ في أَنَّهُ أَخلاقُك الزُهُر
In clothes no prying eye had seen
Casting doubt that these were your blossoming traits
أَلبَسَتهُ مِنكَ نوراً يُستَضاءُ بِهِ
كَما أَضاءَ ضَواحي مزنه القَمَر
He clothed you with a light to illuminate by
As the moon illuminates the fringes of Muznah
وَقَد تَقَلَّدتَ عَضَباً أَنتَ مضربُهُ
وَعنكَ يَأخذ ما يَأتي وَما يَذَرُ
You have taken to the riding crop, it is you who wield it
And from you comes what comes and goes
ما زالَ يَزدادُ من اِشراق غرَّتِهِ
زهراً وَيشرق فيه التيهُ وَالأَشرُ
It continues to increase in the radiance of its petals
Dawn shining in it and glowing pleasantly
وَالشَمسُ تحسدُ طرفاً أَنتَ راكِبُهُ
حَتّى تكادُ مِنَ الأَفلاكِ تنحَدِرُ
The sun envies an eye of which you are rider
Almost descending from the celestial spheres
حَتّى لَقَد خلتُ ان الشَمسَ أَزعَجَها
شَوقٌ فَظَلَت عَلى عَطفَيهِ تنتثُرُ
Until I feared the sun annoyed it
Spilling over its ridges in yearning
