أطوادُ عزّك لا تُرامُ

ولَصِيقُ بيتك لا يُضامُ

Your glory never wanes,

and attachment to your home never fails.

ولك المكارمُ قصّرتْ

عن نيل غايتها الكرامُ

Generosity has fallen short,

of attaining the pinnacle of nobility.

وإذا حللتَ ببلدةٍ

فكأنّما حلَّ الغمامُ

And when you settle in a land,

it is as though the clouds have arrived.

ولقد درى كلّ الملو

كِ بأنّك الملك الهمامُ

All kings are aware,

that you are the intrepid king.

وإذا هُمُ قِيدوا إلي

ك فأنت رضوى أو شَمامُ

And when they are bound to you,

you are either pleasure or decisive.

وكأنّما أنتَ الضّيا

ءُ لمبصرٍ وهمُ الظّلامُ

It is as though you are the light,

for one who sees while they are darkness.

وَإِذا اِقتَسمتم فالشَّوى

لهُمُ وحصّتُك السّنامُ

And when you share,

theirs is the leftovers while yours is the choice meat.

وسلا الملوكُ عن العَلا

ءِ وأنت صبٌّ مستهامُ

Kings have asked about supremacy,

while you are a pouring rain.

فمتى رأوك مشمّراً

لعظيمةٍ قعدوا وقاموا

So when they saw you prepared,

for a mighty deed, they sat and stood.

ولربّ معضلةٍ يُقَض

ضُ لبُعدِ مطلبها المنامُ

And many a perplexity is resolved,

due to the loftiness of its aim.

ضاقوا بها ووسعتَها

ورأوك يقظاناً فناموا

They were straitened by it while you gave it expanse,

and saw you vigilant while they slept.

للَّه دَرُّك في مُقا

مٍ لا يطيب به المقامُ

God give you goodness in a position,

that does not allow comfort.

والرّمحُ يَنطُفُ في يمي

نِك من نجيعٍ والحسامُ

The spear drips from your right hand,

from the sheath while the sword from the scabbard.

والخيلُ تعثر في الجما

جم والشّفيع لها القَتامُ

The horses stumble in the battlefield,

and the intercessor for them is the darkness.

لم يبقَ فوق جلودها

بالطّعنِ سرجٌ أو لجامُ

No saddle or bridle remains on them,

from being stabbed.

والدمّ ملءُ فروجها

وإهابُهُ موتٌ زُؤامُ

Their inner sides filled with blood,

and their neighing is death and grief.

والأرضُ حمراءُ القَرا

حصباؤها جُثَثٌ وهامُ

The ground is red from the slain,

their corpses strewn about randomly.

يهتزّ فوقهمُ وقد

طُرحوا ثُغامٌ أو بَشامُ

They convulse atop one another,

having been thrown as carrion or cargo.

لهمُ بطونُ الطّير أج

داثٌ وأكفانٌ رَغامُ

The bellies of birds are their coffins,

and their shrouds are down.

لاموك في حسدٍ وكمْ

من لائمٍ فيه الملامُ

Do not blame yourself for the envious,

and the critic full of blame.

ورأوا قعودَك في أمو

رٍ والصّوابُ بها القيامُ

They saw your sitting in matters,

while standing is proper in them.

وتوهّموا جهلاً بأن

نك مغمداً سيفٌ كَهامُ

And ignorantly imagined,

that you were a sheathed sword.

حتّى رأوك وقد نَهضْ

تَ بِعبْئِها وهمُ رغامُ

Until they saw you rise up,

with its burden while they lie as carrion.

وركبتها متوفّراً

خرقاءَ ليس لها زِمامُ

And you rode it readily,

bareback with no bridle.

وملكت منها ما وهبْ

تَ وفي يديك لها اِنتِقامُ

And you possessed what you granted victory,

and in your hand is vengeance for it.

لك من إلهكِ والعُلو

قُ بِحَبلِهِ جيشٌ لُهامُ

For you from your God,

is an army terrible in battle.

والنّصرُ منه وحده

إنْ خان نُصَّارٌ وخاموا

And victory is from Him alone,

if supporters disappoint and resign.

كَم أَخرَجَتك عَن المضا

ئقِ منه أفعالٌ كرامُ

How often has He delivered you,

from straits with honorable deeds.

كم ذا أجار ولا مجي

رٌ أو أذمّ ولا ذمامُ

How often one granted asylum yet no grantor,

or censured yet no critic.

كم أوْقدوا ناراً لها

في كلّ ناحيةٍ ضَرامُ

How often they ignited a fire,

raging in every direction.

فنجوتَ منها وهي بَرْ

دٌ لا يَضيرك أو سلامُ

Yet you were saved from it,

while it is cold and does not harm.

إنّي أودّك والمود

دَةُ خيرُ ما حُبِيَ الأنامُ

I love you while love,

is the best that people can be loved with.

وولايتي لك عروةٌ

وثُقى فليس لها اِنفِصامُ

And my loyalty to you is a bond,

unbreakable.

وإذا ذكرتُك عرّجتْ

عن ساحتي الخططُ العظامُ

And when I mention you,

great inspirations turn away from my mind.

وقصائدٌ لِي في أبي

ك وفيك زين بها الكلامُ

And I have poems about your father and you,

that adorn speech.

راقتْ فجُنّ بها رُوا

ةُ الشّعر أوْ غنّى الحَمامُ

The pinnacle of poetry has sung with it,

or the doves have cooed.

فكأنّما هي روضةٌ

بالحَزْنِ جاد بها غَمامُ

It is as though it is a meadow,

that grief has generous rain upon.

أو دِيمةٌ وطْفاءُ ضا

حكها نسيمٌ مُستهامُ

Or a settlement on which,

the blowing of a gentle breeze spreads fragrance.

ولها بكلّ مفازةٍ

رَتَكٌ كما رَتَكَ النّعامُ

And it has burdens like the ostrich,

just as the ostrich carries burdens.

وصحائحٌ وَلَرُبَّ شِع

رٍ لا يفارقه السَّقامُ

And noble pages that illness,

does not depart from.

فاِفطرْ فَقد أثني بما

أوْلَيْتَه ذاك الصّيامُ

So have your meal for you have fasted,

what that day requires.

شهرٌ يمرّ وليس في

ه نزاهةً فعلٌ حرامُ

A month passes with no integrity,

of forbidden deeds.

وصحائفٌ يرفعنها ال

أملاك ليس بها أَثامُ

And pages raised by angels,

with no sins.

وكأنّما أَرَجُ الجمي

لِ بها عَبيرٌ أو مُدامُ

As though the beautiful houris,

have perfumed it with scent or wine.

فدُمِ الدّهورَ فبعض ما

ذخر الإلهُ لك الدّوامُ

So continue the ages,

with some of what God has stored for you forever.

وبناؤك المرفوع في ال

عَيّوق ليس له اِنهِدامُ

And your towering building in loftiness,

will never collapse.

وعليك تجتاز الشُّؤو

نُ مخلّداً عامٌ فعامُ

And you will pass through tribulations,

eternally honored year after year.

وإذا ألمَّ ردىً فلي

س له لداركُم لِمامُ

And if an abject person imagines,

there is no protector of your homes.

وَكَفى به اللَّه الكفا

يةَ كلّما فَغَرَ الحَمامُ

God suffices you whenever,

the dove coos.