يا غُصنَ بانٍ لَهُ بِالفَرض وَالسننِ

قامَ المُتيَّمُ في سرٍّ وَفي عَلَنِ

O branch inclined to duties and traditions

The lover arose in secret and in public

بِاللَه يا أَيُّها المَيّاس صل دنفاً

لَم تَدرِ مُقلتُه ما لذة الوَسَن

By Allah, O cupbearer, pour a drink nearby

Your tilted goblet knows not the joy of intimacy

وَاعطف عَلَيهِ فِداك النَفسُ مِن رَشأٍ

عَهدي بِهِ أَنَّهُ لِلعَهد لَم يَخُن

And show him favor, your soul its ransom from evil

My pledge to him is that he has not betrayed a pact

فَأَنتَ لِلحُسن يا شَمس الضُحى ملكٌ

بَل أَنتَ رُوح وَذاكَ الحسن كَالبَدن

So you are to beauty, O sun of morn, a king

Rather, you are spirit and that beauty the body

وَلائِمي فيكَ ما أَجدت مَلامتُه

وَكَيفَ أُصغي لِواش غَير مؤتمن

And I blame you for what I have found no fault

And how can I heed a slanderer not to be trusted?

هَيهات أَسلو وَلي في الحُب مَنزلةٌ

مِن دُونِها كُل صَبّ فيه مفتتن

Far from me! I have in love a station

Beside which any other love is confused

وَلَيسَ لي شاغل عَن حسن طَلعته

إِلا اِمتِداح شَريفٍ في العُلا حسن

And I have no distraction from the beauty of his visage

Save praising a noble one, beautiful on high

تاج الإِمارة أَسنى مَن لَهُ رُفِعَت

راياتُ مكرمةٍ مِن سالف الزَمَن

The crown of rule adorns one to whom were lifted

Banners of honor from generations past

بَيت السَيادة عَن جدّ لَه وَأَب

قَد عَمَّ مِن قَبله الأَيتام بِالمنن

The house of mastery over ancestry for him and father

Has always cared for orphans with kindness