دَعَانِيَ مِن ذكرِ السًّقام دَعانيَا

وهَاتِ اسقِني كأسَ المَسَّرةِ صافِيا

He called me from the remembrance of sickness, he called me

And bring me a cup of pure joy to drink

وكَرِّر على سَمعِي أَناشيدَ أُنسِه

مَثالِثُها في لَحنِها والمثَانِيا

And repeat to my hearing his songs of intimacy

With rhythms in threes and eights

فَهذي أُوَبقاتُ السُّرورِ تَراجَعت

ودَوما اُوَيقاتُ السُّرور كمَا هِيَا

So these are the times of joy that have passed

And often the times of joy as they were

نَعم غَشِىَ البدرُ السِّرارُ هُنيهةً

وهَاهو بدرُ التَّمِّ قد لاَح ضَاويا

Yes, the full moon covered the crescent in shyness

And here is the full moon of completion shining brightly

وما كَان قلبُ الخَافِقينِ بخافِقٍ

سِوى لحظةٍ من بعدِها صَار هَادِيا

And the heart of the two was not beating

Except for a moment after which it became calm

قدِ ابتلَّ طرفُ المجدِ والجودِ والعُلاَ

وما ابتلَّ حتَّى صار يضحَكُ عَاليا

The eye of glory, generosity and highness was tested

And it was not tested until it started laughing out loud

ومَا اكتأبت منا القُلوبُ سِوى لكَى

يكُونَ سرورٌ للكَآبةِ تَالِيا

And our hearts were not saddened except so

That joy becomes following sadness

وإِن عَبَسَت منا الوُجوهُ فإِنما

لِيُضحى بها نورُ التهلُّلِ باديَا

And if our faces frowned, it was only

So the light of joy appears clearly

تَنَهُّدُ مَحزونٍ ورَجعُ تَنَهُّدٍ

بفرطِ سُرورٍ عادَ في القلبِ هَاويا

The sigh of a grieving one and the return of a sigh

With excessive joy returned in the heart collapsing

فيا شاديا يشدو بنَيلِ مُنَائِيا

أعِدهُ علَى الأسمَاع حُيِّيتَ شَاديا

So oh happy one who sings with the tunes of my pleasures

Repeat it to the ears, you have revived happy one

فها وَجهُ مولاَنا التِّهامى مُشرِقٌ

وَحَسبُ الورَى إشراقُ وجهِ التَّهاميا

For here is the face of our coveted one shining

And it suffices the world the shining of the face of the coveted one

وأضحَى رجاءُ العالمينَ مُحقَّقا

وقبلَ رجاءِ العالمِين رجَائِيا

And the hope of all worlds has been realized

And before the hope of all worlds, my hope

وليسَ عَجِيبا أن عُبَيدٌ مُمَلَّكٌ

تَذكَّرَهُ مولاَهُ مولَى المَوَالِيا

And it is not strange that devoted servants

Remember their Master, Master of the loyal ones

نَعم كلُّ ما في الأمرِ مِن عجَبٍ إذا

بَدا لكُمُ واللهِ ما قَد بَدا لِيا

Yes, all that is strange in the matter, if

It appeared to you, by God, as it appeared to me

تَذَكَّرَهُ من دُون ما ألمٌ به

فكانَ حَبيبا عندَ ربِّه غَاليا

He remembered Him without any pain to Him

So He was a beloved near his Lord, precious

وكانَ به بَراًّ شَفوقاً لأنَّه

بخُلُقِهِ ذو بِرِّ شَفوقٍ مُوَاسيا

And He was righteous and compassionate to Him because

By his nature, He is of righteous compassion, comforting

وللهِ في هَذا الوُجودِ ظَوّاهِرٌ

وللِه في هَذا الوُجودِ خَوافِيا

And for God in this existence there are apparent things

And for God in this existence, hidden things

ألاَ انظُر وُفودَ التَّهنئاتِ تلاَحقَت

حَواضِرها من مَغربٍ وبَواديا

Behold, the processions of congratulations came in succession

Their cities from west and valley

أتوا كقِلاَصٍ في الفِجَاجِ تَواخَذت

يحثُّهمُ قلبٌ لهم صار حَادِيا

They came like madmen in the deserts competing

With a heart that became their guide

فَمِن ناطِقٍ بالحمدِ يَشكُرُ ربَّهُ

وآخَرَ يرجُوه وآخر دَاعيا

So from one praising and thanking his Lord

And another supplicating Him and another praying

ويلقَونَ قبلَ النُّطق من بِشر وَجهِه

دَليلا على شُكرِ العَواطِف كَافيا

And they find before speaking from the good tidings of His face

Evidence of the gratitude of feelings sufficient

وقد جَاء سُلطانُ البلادِ مُهنِّئاً

وكانت تَهانيه أعزَّ التَّهانِيا

And the sultan of the country came congratulating

And his congratulations were the dearest congratulations

أتاهُ يُحَيِّي الودَّ فيه مُبَرهِنا

علَى أنَّ ذاك الودَّ يزدادُ نامِيا

He came to greet affection in it proving

That this affection grows vigorously

فشُكراً لِهَاتيكِ الشَّمائِل والنُّهَى

وأكرِم بِهَاتيك المَبادي مَبَادِيا

So thanks for those praiseworthy traits and morals

And honor through them these righteous principles

تَباركَ مَن أولَى التهامَى رُتبَةً

على النَّجمِ تسمُو وهوَ في القلبِ ثَاويا

Blessed is He who gave the coveted one status

Above the stars, rising while He is settled in the heart

إذا نحنُ أثنينَا عليه فإِنَّما

نُحيِّي به جِيدَ العُلاَ والمعَاليا

When we praise Him, we only

Greet the excellence of highness and ascendance

ورُوحاً لها رَوحُ العَبير تأرُّحاً

ومِن نَسمةٍ هبَّت أرقَّ حَواشِيا

And a spirit whose spirit is the soul of fragrance fluttering

And from a breeze that blew, the gentlest surroundings

وكُنتُ أقولُ الرُّوحُ مني فِداؤُهُ

ولكنَّ رُوحي ما عرَفتُ القَوافيَا

And I used to say my soul is his ransom

But my soul did not know rhymes

فلولا أَمانٌ في مُحَيَّاهُ إِن سَطا

عَليَّ زَمانِي ما عَرفتُ القَوافيا

So were it not for safety in his life, if

My time had power over me, I would not have known rhymes

ولولاَه طلَّقتُ القريضَ ولم أعُد

لِقولِهِ إِلاَّ شاكِيا مِن زمَانِيا

And were it not for Him, I would have abandoned poetry and returned

To speak it only complaining of my time

ولا سيَما مَن يَجهلُون مكَانَه

لَدَّى ولَم يَدرُوا لَديه مَكَانِيا

Especially those who do not know his

Status to me and did not know my status to him

ألاَ سُبَّةً للجاهلين وضِلَّةً

لِسَعيهُمُ يرجونَ منه ابتِعَاديَا

Alas stupidity for the ignorant and misguidance

For their efforts, hoping to distance me from him

وما لَهُمُ ثَأرٌ علىَّ وإن يكُن

فَوَالله ما أدريه مُذ كنتُ دَارِيا

And they have no vengeance upon me, and if

They do, by God I have not known it since I was conscious

إذا كَان فقرُ الحبِّ ذنبِي لَديهِمُ

فما ضَرَّهم إن كنتُ بِالفَقرِ راضِيا

If the poverty of love was my sin to them

Then how did it harm them if I was content with poverty

وفَقرُ نفُوسٍ لو هُمُ يعلَمُونَه

بِحقٍّ لَدام الطَّرفُ منهُمُ دامِيا

And the poverty of souls, if they knew it

Truly, their eyes about it would be teary

إلَهي أنا راضٍ بِحَالي وشَاكرٌ

لِنُعمَاكَ هذِي عن رِضَائي بِحَاليا

My God, I am content with my state and thankful

For Your blessings, this is beyond my contentment with my state

وما طِلبِتي إلا التِّهامِي تُديمُهُ

وتُبقِيه لي ما دام جُودُكَ باقِيَا

And my request is only to perpetuate the coveted one

And keep him for me as long as Your generosity remains