بَنَيتَ بِذارَةِ القَمَرَينِ دارا

فَدَع غُمدانَ أَو إيوانَ دارا

You built with the seeds of two moons a house

So leave the scabbards or the hall as a house

بِطَودٍ مُشرِفِ الجَنَباتِ عالٍ

كَأَنَّ عَلى النُّجومِ لَهُ مدارا

With a towering side overlooking high

As if it has an orbit among the stars

وَقَد غَرَسَت أَياديكَ المَعالي

حَفافَيهِ وَأَعبُدُكَ الثِّمارا

And your hands have planted glories

Its banks, and I worship you for the fruits

فَمَن يَكُ سائِلاً عَنّي فَإِنّي

نَزَلتُ بِأَكرَمِ الثَّقَلَينِ جارا

So whoever asks about me, I

Settled in the most generous of the two burdens as a neighbor

أَبي الحَسَنِ بنِ حَسُّونَ الَّذي لا

يُجارَى في السَّماحِ ولا يُبَارى

My father Al-Hasan ibn Hassoun, whom

None can compete with in generosity or vie against

وَقامَ لَنا مَقامَ البَدرِ ظَبيٌ

رَآهُ البَدرُ فَاِلتَزَمَ السِّرارا

And he took the place of the full moon, a gazelle

The full moon saw him so it hid in darkness

قَضَى قاضِي هَواهُ عَلى فُلانٍ

وَقالَ لَهُ فُلانٌ لا اِنتِصارا

The judge of his passion ruled against so-and-so

And so-and-so told him no victory

صَغيرٌ هامَ فيهِ كَبيرُ قَومٍ

وَمَن عَرَفَ الهَوى عَشِقَ الصِّغارا

A little one in whom a great one of a people became infatuated

And whoever knows passion falls for the little ones

وَفَوقَ الدَّوحَةِ الغَنّا غَديرٌ

تَلَألَأَ صَفحَةً وَصَفا قَرارا

And above the pond the singing bird

Glittered across a page and stilled waters

إِذا ما اِنصَبَّ أَزرَقَ مُستَقيماً

تَدَوَّمَ في البُحَيرَةِ وَاِستَدارا

When the blue water flows straight

It eddies in the lake and rounds

يُجَرِّدُهُ فَمُ الأُنبوبِ صَلتاً

حُساماً ثُمَّ يَفتِلُهُ سِوارا

The pipe’s mouth strips it as a pendant

A sword and then undresses it as a bracelet