سل جيرة البان عن حسناء ناديه

وانشُد فؤادي فعلمي أنه فيه

Ask the neighbor of dew about the beautiful girl of his camp

And recite to my heart, and let it know that it is in it

واعذر عواطل وادي الشيح إن نفرت

عني فقد نقلت معنى حواليه

And excuse the one who averts from the valley of thorns if she gets annoyed with me

For she has moved the meaning of my situations

واستخبر الأيك هل صبَّ البكا كبدي

فنالها فبُكاها زاع من فيه

And ask the bushes if my liver shed tears

So it obtained it, so its crying gave rise to what was in it

وانجِدْ بأرواح نجدٍ روح مكتئبٍ

كادت من الشوق ترقى عن تراقيه

And help with the souls of Najd the anguished soul

That was about to climb from longing over its climbing

وإن توارى الحيا عن حي كاظمةٍ

عرِّض بذكر النوى فالدمع يبديه

And if the gazelle disappears from a silent beloved

Display with the mention of intent, so the tears show it

واذكر محاسن أيامي التي سلفت

في السفح إن شئت أن نبكي فنرويه

And recall the beautiful days of mine which passed

On the lowland if you want us to cry and narrate it

واشكر مهى جيرة المسعى وإن تركت

روح المتيَّم تسعى من أماقيه

And thank the bend of the racecourse even if she left

The soul of the lover roaming from its cribs

واثبت على عهد جيران العقيق وإن

جاروا فأصبح دمع العين يجريه

And stick to the covenant of the neighbors of Al-Aqeeq even if

They changed so the tears of the eyes flow it

وادٍ إذا ما أضل الليلُ قاصدَه

لا يهتدي بسوى ريّا غوانيه

A valley, when the night makes its visitor go astray

It is not guided by anything other than the visions of its songs

نابت ثغور العذارى عن كواكبه

وبارقات الغيارى عن مذاكيه

The lips of the chaste women sprouted over its planets

And the flashes of singing girls over their pens

تغيب شمس الضحى من نقع فتينه

إذا تراءت لصبٍّ من مغانيه

The sun of morning disappears from the dimples of his flexuosities

When it appears to a poured drink from his melodies

يزوره والسيوف البيض تضحكه

وينثني والعيون السود تبكيه

He visits him while the white swords make him laugh

And it bows while the black eyes cry him

وا حيرةَ التائه الراجي هدايته

من عينه فعيون العين تغويه

O the perplexity of the lost hoping for its guidance

From his eyes so the eyes of the eye seduce it

ما كان أملح عصراً مرَّ فيه وما

أحلى كؤوس عصيرٍ كنَّ لي فيه

No day was more wholesome than it passed in it and no

Sweeter cups of juice there were for me in it

وربة الحسن توري باللمى كبدي

كأنها بلهيب الخد تذكيه

And the mistress of beauty clads my liver with sorrows

As if with the flame of her cheek, she kindles it

أصبحت بعد بعادي عن شمائلها

أعانق البان مغروراً بتشبيه

After my estrangement from her features, I became

Hugging the dew deludedly comparing it to her

وأسأل الراح عن ريا مراشفها

وأُكرمُ الريمَ من شوقي لحاكيه

And I ask the winds about the fragrance of her pillows

And I honor the beautiful women due to my longing for their depictions

فيا رعى اللَه روضاً من محاسنها

لا يجتنيه بغير العين جانيه

So O may Allah water a garden of her charms

Which cannot be harvested except by an eye that violates it

ويا سقى اللَه ورداً كان يغرسه

في خدها بصري والدمع يسقيه

And O may Allah water a rose that he used to plant

On her cheek with my sight and the tears irrigate it

لا شمس مثلك يا ليلى ولا سمِحٌ

برٌّ كخرشيد بحرٌ في معاطيه

There is no sun like you O Layla and no

Righteous man like Al-Kharshid and sea with its coasts

لا ينظم الدر إلّا من فواقره

ولا يُفرَّق إلّا من أياديه

The gems are not threaded except from her necklaces

And they are not dispersed except by her hands

والٍ سرى لذرى القدس الشريف فكا

د القدس من فرح يسعى لواليه

To Al-Walid who set out to the offspring of the Noble Sanctuary thus

The Nobe Sanctuary was happy running to its ruler

لولا رواسخ حلم منه تمسكه

مادت لهيبته أرسى رواسيه

Had it not been for the pillars of forbearance that hold him back

His wrath would have demolished the firmest foundations

يسعى فتسعى المنايا من مناصله

ورحمة اللَه تسعى في مساعيه

He runs so the deaths run from his weapons

While the mercy of Allah runs in his pursuits

ما أمرعت بقعٌ إلّا بنائله

واستُنزِعت بدعٌ إلّا بماضيه

No spots flourished except by his attainments

And no innovations were eradicated except by his endeavors

يقضي ويمضي ولا شيءٌ يؤازره

إلّا القضاء وخوف اللَه قاضيه

He rules and passes away while nothing assists him

Except destiny and fear of Allah his judge

العزم بارقه والحزم بيرقه

والبأس فيلقه فيما يعانيه

Resolve is his lightning, prudence is his standard

And might his platoon regarding what preoccupies him

والعدل حلته والفضل حليته

والفصل كلمته والبذل راويه

While justice is his mantle, favor is his jewelry

The judgment is his word and generosity his narrator

ساد البرية ماضيها وحاضرها

وليس يوجد فيها من يساويه

He excelled the past and present of the land

And none equal to him is found in it

من مثله ودمشق الشام تغبطه

والشام أجمع من أعدى أعاديه

The likes of him while Damascus envies him

And all of Damascus from his fiercest enemies

وما غدت بحقوق اللَه قائمةً

في صدِّ فُجَّرِها إلّا أياديه

The land did not stand by the rights of Allah

In deterring its immorality except through his hands

وكم وكم بعثت شمساً لترشيه

وردَّها بهلال من مواضيه

And how much he ignited a sun to sprinkle it

Then extinguished it with a crescent from his dwellings

وعاد عنها بقلب غير منقلبٍ

للظالمين ونفس ذات تنزيه

He returned from it with an unperturbed heart

To the wrongdoers and a soul characterized with purification

خلالُ أصدقِ قمقامٍ وأعرقِ مق

دامٍ وأرفقِ ضرغامٍ براجيه

The most truthful striding place and most honorable assembly

And most merciful embrace are his wishers

إذا تعدى حقوقَ اللَه مادحُه

أجرى القصاص عليه قبل شانيه

If one who praises him transgresses Allah’s rights

He executes retaliation upon him before his antagonist

يروح عنه كليلَ الطرفِ حاسدُه

كأنه بشعاع الشمس يرميه

His envious critic departs like the one with impaired vision

As if he throws him with the rays of the sun

فيا له بطلاً ما شانه زللٌ

بل زانه عملٌ يرضاه باريه

So what a hero whose status has no sin

Rather his deeds adorn him that satisfy his Creator

أذكى العباد وأدراهم وأدركهم

للمكرمات وألواهم عن التيه

He is the most ardent of worshippers, most knowledgeable and comprehension of them regarding favors

And most cognizant of them of the deviations

ما استقدح العالمُ الحيرانُ فكرتَهُ

إلّا رأى ما بصدر الغيب يخفيه

The bewildered world has not deduced his idea

Except that it saw what the unseen conceals in it

كأن آدم بالأيتام وكَّلَه

فما يقاتون إلّا من معاطيه

It is as if Adam entrusted him with the orphans

So they do not lack except from his coasts

لو لم تكن في كتاب اللَه ناهيةٌ

عن الحرام لكانت من مناهيه

Had it not been prohibited in Allah’s scripture

It would have been among his prohibitions

سبحان واهبه من نسله قمراً

تمّاً وشمس رغاديدٍ تحاكيه

Glorified is the Giver who gave him from his descendants a perfect and completed moon

And a sun of happiness that resembles it

إخوان صدقٍ ولكن لا أخاً لهما

في اللطف والظرف لا قلت ذراريه

Brothers of honesty but they have no brother to them

In kindness and grace, if I said their seeds

إن يدع باسمهما المطرودُ ربَّهما

أثابه وتخلَّى عن مساويه

If the expelled one invokes with their names his Lord

He would reward him and avoid his equals

فما سليمان إلّا مثل فاطمة

في حسنها وهي بالتقوى تساويه

For Suleiman is not but like Fatima

In her beauty while she equals him in piety

أعطاهما اللَه حظ اسميهما فعسى

يعطيهما طول عمرٍ ليس يشقيه

Allah gave both of them the fortune of their names, may He

Give them long lives that do not make them wretched

أبا الفراقد بل قطب المحامد ته

وافخر بحوزة قدس أنت ثانيه

O father of the outstanding and pole of praise pay attention

And take pride in the sanctity you possesses

واقبل مخدرة حسناء ما لفظت

حرفاً وأشكل معنى من معانيه

And accept the drunk woman; no letter did she utter

That obscures a meaning from its meanings

تغادر الشاعر النحرير من عجبٍ

يقول كم ترك الماضي لتاليه

Forgiving the poor poet of wonder saying

How much the past left for its sequels

نادت ونورك يهديها مؤرخةً

يا كوكب القدس دم فخراً لناديه

She called and your light guides her dating

O planet of sanctity, shed blood of pride for its club