ما جازَ ذكرُك بِالحَشا إلا وَجَبْ
فَلَقَد قَضى مِن فَرط حَبّك ما وَجَبْ
Your mention amongst the nobles is never undeserved,
For love of you has made mandatory what is deserved.
ما لي ولِلاحي وَما يهذي بِهِ
ما بالُهُ يَلحى المُتيّمَ ما السَببْ
What business have I with the critic and his rant?
Why does he pester the enamored, for what cause or reason?
يا قَلب لا تَسمَع مَقالةَ عاذلٍ
وَاركض بِخَيلك في مَيادين الطَرَب
O heart, heed not the words of the slanderer,
And race your steeds in fields of joy.
وَإِذا نَهاكَ فَقُل لَه متهكماً
أَرحِ الفُؤادَ مِن العَنا وَمِن النَصب
And if he prohibits you, say to him mockingly,
"Relieve the heart of reproach and fatigue,
وَاِجعَل نَديمك إِن شَربت مهفهفاً
وَاستجلِ عَذبَ لَماه لا بنتَ العِنَب
And make your companion, if you drink, riotous,
And quench your thirst with sweet drinks, not grapes.
وَاِخلَع عذارك في الهَوى متهتكاً
طلقَ العِنان وَخلّ فيهِ مِن عَتَب
And in passion shed your restraints,
Free the reins and fill them with desire.
وَاِقطَع بِماضي العَزم حجة آمرٍ
يَنهاكَ عَن وَصل المِلاح وَلا تَهب
And by strength of purpose cut off the argument of the dissenter
Who prohibits you from joining the beloved, and do not waver.
وَإِذا صَبوَت فَلا يصدَّك عاذلٌ
عَن شادنٍ أَصمى فُؤادَك وَاِحتجب
And if you are blamed, let no critic prevent you
From a happiness that makes your heart deaf and wrapped.
صلفٍ كَثيرِ التيه أَحوى أَحوَرٍ
تَبَّت يَدا مَن لامَني فيهِ وَتَب
An impudent, wandering vagrant, crooked and bent,
Cursed are the hands of those who blame me.
كَيفَ المَلام وَدُون ما لاقيتُهُ
لَم يَنجُ مِن أَهواله في الحُب صَب
How can I be blamed, when before what I have faced
None have escaped from its horrors in love.
وَجَواد فكري لَم يَزَل مُذ نَشأَتي
سَبّاق غايات بمضمار الأَدب
My generous mind has never ceased, since my youth,
To race towards the goals on the field of literature.
حَتّى اِفتَخرتُ بِمَدح أَعلى سَيدٍ
حامي حِمى أَقطارنا عالي الحَسَب
Until I took pride in praising the highest lord,
Protector of the territory of our lands, of high lineage.
عَباسنا المَولى المعز بِبَأسه
للدين وَالحامي بِهِ دُولَ العَرَب
Our Abbas, the prince - with his might
For the faith, and its protector of the states of Arabia.
فَهُوَ العَزيز بمصره وَبِهِ سَمَت
وَبحكمه عزت فَلا تَخشى النُوَب
He is the mighty in his Egypt, and through him it reached its pinnacle,
And through his wisdom its honor rose, so fear no calamity.
وَبِعدلِهِ المَنشور في أَرجائها
لَم يَبقَ جورٌ وَاِنجَلَت عَنها الكرب
And through his justice spreading in its corners,
No injustice remains, and distress departs from it.
مَصرٌ عَلى الدُنيا لَقَد فَخرت بِهِ
وَبِهِ تشرفت المَناصب وَالرُتب
Egypt prides itself on him,
And through him positions and ranks are ennobled.
أَفديه من مَولى مَليكٍ عادلٍ
شَهم حَليم لِلمَعالي مُنتَخب
I sacrifice him - an equitable, forbearing king
Chosen for the heights, sublime.
أَنسى بِما أَعطى سَماحةَ حاتمٍ
وَنَوالَ مَعْنٍ أَو عرابةَ إِن وَهب
Can I forget what Hatim's generosity gave,
Or Mayn's favours, or Arabah's gifts, if he presented.
يا أَيُّها المَولى المولَّى مَصرَه
مِن يُمن جدّك قَد سَمَوت وَلا عَجَب
O prince, prince of Egypt,
From the fortune of your ancestors you have risen, and no wonder.
يا خَير مَن أَمّ الحِجاز تَطوّعاً
بُشراكَ حجك لِلقبول قَد اِكتَسَب
O best of those who protected Hejaz willingly,
Good tidings to you - your pilgrimage is accepted and gained.
يَمّم حِمى دار الخِلافة بِالغاً
فيها المَرام كَفَوز جدّك بِالأَرَب
He established the sanctuary of the Caliphate, striving
To fulfill its purpose, like your ancestor's gaining of the Arabs.
دُم في المَعالي راقياً رُتب العُلى
فَإِلى علائك يَنتَهي هَذا النَسب
Continue rising through the heights,
For to your sublimity this lineage leads.
