هات اِسقِني مِن شِفاهٍ سكَّريّاتِ

فَقَد صفا الوَقت وَازدادَت مسراتي

Give me a drink from your sugary lips

For the time has cleared and my joy has increased

وَبشَّرت بِاللقا ورقٌ مطوّقةٌ

فجُدتُ بِالروح للورق البشيرات

And a folded paper brought glad tidings

So my soul rejoiced at the herald paper

وَكَم كَتمت غرامي خَوف ذي عذل

فَباح دَمعي بأسراري الخفيّات

How much I concealed my passion fearing the blamer

So my tears revealed my hidden secrets

وَكم سترت الهَوى كيما أُغالطه

فَدل سقمي عَلى ما في طوياتي

And how much I veiled my love so I could pretend

But my sickness exposed what was inside me

علام تعذل في ظبيٍ ينازلني

من قده بِعوالٍ سمهريات

Why do you blame a gazelle that comes to me

With a neck like a well-crafted idol

مهفهف قد روى عن سحر مقلته

هاروتُهُ نَفَثاتٍ بابليات

Bewitching, with a glance that intoxicated

Harut, with ravishing Babylonian sorcery

يدير من خده كأساً مشعشعةً

لو ذقتُها لتخطتني منيّاتي

She offers from her cheek a shining cup

If I taste it, it will make me forget my troubles

أَغار إِن قال عُوّادي فُدِيتَ وَهل

أَبغى الفِدا من ضعيفات قويات

I get jealous if her visitors say "I sacrifice myself for you"

Do I want sacrifice from the weak or the strong?

سود إِذا ما رنت أَصمت وما ظهرت

من الجُفون ظهور المشرفيات

Her black hair is silent when it rings

Not revealing like the eyelids of the sleepy-eyed

وَكَيفَ يُجدي مَلامٌ في هَوى رَشأ

سَبى الوَرى بِحلاه اليوسفيات

How can blame help with passionate love

That has enchanted the world with its beauty like Joseph

أَم كَيفَ يَسلوه مُفتون بطرته

وَعَنبرٍ في خُدود عَندَمِيّات

Or how can it console him, besotted with her charm

And ambergris on the cheeks of a tender maiden

وَمبسم جَوهَري طَيبُ نكهته

مِن طيب أَخلاق وَالينا الزَكيات

And a natural smile, sweet in its flavor

From the goodness of manners and pure morality

هُوَ الحَفيد حَليف العَدل ناصره

عَباس الآصفي رب المبرات

He is the grandson, ally of justice, its defender

Abbas Al-Asefy, Lord of the dunes

صَدر صدارته العُظمى لَهُ صَدَرَت

مِن ذي المآثر سُلطان البريات

His grand vizierate was granted to him

By the Sultan of the lands, the doer of great deeds

عَزيز مصر وَمَولاها الَّذي قَمعت

أَسياف آرائه خَطب الملمات

The mighty one of Egypt and its patron

Whose decisive views subdued adversaries

فَيا لَهُ مِن أَمير طاب عنصرُه

أَذلَّ بِالعَزم آنافاً أَبيّات

What an excellent prince he is

Who humbled the arrogant with determination

دار الخِلافة لما زارها فرحت

وَقابلته بِأَنواع التحيات

The caliph's court rejoiced when he visited

And welcomed him with all greetings

ونال ما نال من عز وَمِن شَرَف

أَربى سَناه عَلى الزُهر المُنيرات

He attained what he attained of honor and nobility

Nourishing his years with brilliant flowers

وَهنِّئت مَصرنا الغرّا بطلعته

وَبرّه وَسنيه الكسرويات

Egypt congratulated itself for his rising

With his righteousness, age and cypress-like stature

هذا الوَزير الَّذي أَنسى ابن زائدة

وحاتماً بالمبرّات الجَزيلات

This minister who outshone Ibn Za'ida

And Hatim in abundant generosity

هَذا الَّذي لَم يَزل لِلعَدل ينشره

حَتّى غَدا الجور مطويّ السجلات

He who always spread justice

Until injustice folded up its registers

يا مَصر تِيهي برب المَجد وَاِغتَفِري

لِلدَهر مِن أَجله كل الإساآت

O Egypt, repent to the Lord of Glory

For all the wrongs, because of him

لإن تشرَّف أَقوامٌ بمرتبة

لَمّا رَقوها وَسادوا بِالمَقامات

For some people were ennobled with a position

When they attained and settled into high office

فَأَوحَد العَصر مَولانا بِهِ شرفت

مَناصب قَد سمت فَوق السَموات

Our patron uniquely honored it, so it was ennobled

With positions that rose above the heavens

وَالدَهر جاد عَلى مَصر وَساكنها

بِأَسمَح الناس مِن ماض وَمِن آت

And time was generous to Egypt and its inhabitants

With the most lenient of past and future people

وَأَصبَحت مَصر في عز وَفي شَرَف

بَعدل رَبّ السَجايا العادليات

And Egypt found itself in honor and nobility

Through the justice of the Lord of sublime justice

وَأَنشدت صَدرها لَما أَلم بِها

هُنِّئت بِالفَوز مِن دار السَعادات

And it joyfully sang his praises when he took care of it

Congratulated for winning the Abode of Happiness

وَهاكَ مني عروساً بالحُلَى ابتهجت

مِن حُسن مَدحك لا حُسن الجناسات

And here I offer you a bride adorned with jewelry

Delighted by your excellent praise, not by trite rhymes

وَكَيفَ لا ولها يا سَيدي شبهٌ

بِطيب أَخلاقك الغر النديّات

And how could she not, my master, when she resembles

Your sweet manners, so gentle and refined

تَرجو القبول وَقد جاءَتكَ مُنشدةً

هاتَ اسقني مِن شِفاهٍ سُكَّريات

She hopes for acceptance, having come to you singing

Give me a drink from your sugary lips