يا طيِّبَ الإسمِ والأفعالِ والشَّيَمِ

والأصلِ والذِّكرِ والأخلاقِ والذِّمَمِ

O you of good name, deeds, traits

And origin and fame and morals and honors

لأنتَ في سَقَمٍ والناسُ في أَلمٍ

كأنَّما هىَ رِجلُ الناسِ كلِّهِمِ

You are ill and people are in pain

As if it is the foot of all people combined

والقومُ ما بين مسؤولٍ وسائِلِهِ

والطَّرفُ في بلَلٍ والقلبُ في ضَرمِ

And the people are between the questioned and his questioner

And the eye is in tears and the heart is in agony

لا غَيَّرَ البدرَ كفٌّ للسِّرارِ ولا

نُكِّسَت لِلعلمِ والآدابِ من عَلَمِ

The full moon was not changed by a palm for the happy one, nor

Were the flags reversed for science and morals

ولا تَرَوَّعَ سِربُ المًَكرُماتِ ولا

تلكَ الدماثةُ مَسَّتها يدُ السَّقَمِ

Neither did the flock of generous ones get terrified, nor

Did that sickness touch them by the hand of illness

وشوفِيَت أَلسُنُ الأقلامِ مِن خَرَسٍ

فالقولُ ماب ينَ منثورٍ ومُنتَظِمِ

And the tongues of pens became mute from silence

So words stopped between scattered and organized

ذاكَ نتيجةُ أخلاقٍ لكم حَسُنَت

وفاوحت أرَجَ الأزهارِ في الأَكَمِ

That is the result of morals you made good

And the scent of flowers emanated in bouquets

لم أنسَ إذ قال لي يوما خَليفَتُكُم

هاتِ اسقِنيها إلى أن لا يُطيقَ فَمي

I do not forget when your successor said to me one day

Give it to me, let me drink it until my mouth can no longer

فقلتُ ماذا جرى فقال مُبتَهِجاً

تَخَفَّفت عن حَبيبي وطأَةُ الأَلمِ

So I said what happened, he said happily

The burden of pain was relieved from my beloved

بِتنا نُعاقرُها حتى افتَرَقنا وما

عُدنا نُفَرِّقُ بين الرَّأسِ والقَدَمِ

We kept drinking it until we parted and we did not

Distinguish between head and foot

لَبَّى بها قَلَمي داعي مديحِكُمُ

وقَلَّما بالثَّناءِ قد جَرى قَلمي

My pen answered the call to praise you

And rarely did my pen flow with praise

وفي شفاكَ شفاءُ الرأيِ من خَطَلٍ

وفي شِفاكَ شفَاءُ العدلِ والهِمَمِ

In your lips is the healing of opinion from error

In your lips is the healing of justice and resolve

وضمَّ بُعدُكَ والأحكامُ تُخبِرُنا

خوفَ البَريءِ إلى رجاءِ مُجتَرِمِ

And your absence tells us, and the rulings inform us

The fear of the innocent to the hope of the offender

أو قدَمٍ لم تزل لِلمَجدِ ساعيةً

هيهاتَ يُغبَنُ فيها المَجدُ مِن قَدَمِ

Or a foot that has not ceased to strive for glory

Alas, glory is never absent from a foot

فالحمدُلِلَّهِ قد حلَّ الشِّفاءُ وفي

ذاكَ الشِّفاءِ شفاءُ المَجدِ والكَرَمِ

So praise be to God, recovery has come and in

That recovery is the recovery of glory and nobility

فلا ترى أمسِ وجهاً غيرَ مُكتَئِبٍ

ولا تَرى اليومَ وجهاً غيرَ مُبتَسمِ

You no longer see a face other than delighted

Nor do you see today a face other than smiling