أَظُبى سُيوف أَم عُيون العَينِ
وَسِقامُ جِسم أَم سِقامُ جُفونِ
Are they swords of rain or eyes of the eye
And sickness of body or sickness of eyelids?
يا ظَبيَةَ الحَرمِ البَخيلة ما أَرى
ذاتَ التَكرُّم عَنكم تُسليني
O stingy maiden of the shrine, I see not
Those with generosity console me.
حتّامَ يَسفحُ كُلُّ سَفحٍ مَدمَعي
والامَ لا تُقضى لديك دُيوني
Until every plain pours forth my tears
And my pain is not fulfilled, your debts to me.
طَرقَت وَقَد نامَ الخليُّ وَبيننا
جَبَلا زَرودَ وَبُرقَتا يَبرينِ
You knocked when the darkness slept, between us
A rugged mountain and flashes of lightning.
طرق الخَيالَ فَلَستُ مَن يَقوى عَلى
طَيفين طَيفِ كرى وَطَيفِ جُنونِ
The ways of illusion, I cannot endure
The specter of past and specter of madness.
كَفّي كفى بالفَقرِ دونك شاغِلاً
وَسُرايَ بَينَ سُهولِهِ وَحُزون
Enough my palms are busied by poverty beyond you
And my dwelling between its plains and sorrows.
فَقَلائِصُ الهَمِّ الَّتي حَمَّلتُها
جُمَل المَديحِ إِلى جَمالِ الدينِ
The shirts of worry I carried
Caravans of praise to the beauty of faith.
سَمِحٌ إِذا قالَت شَواهِدُ جودِهِ
أَرجوه قالَ عَقائِد
Forgiving when witnesses of his generosity said
I hope, he said convictions.
يَرضى بِدون الشُكرِ مِن سُؤالِهِ
كَرَماً وَلا يَرضى لَهم
He is pleased without thanks from his asking
Generously and is not pleased for them.
فالعِرضُ كالحَرَمِ المَصون بِبَذلِهِ
وَنَوالُه وَالمالُ غَيرُ مَصونِ
So honor is like the protected sanctum in his giving
And his bestowal and wealth are unprotected.
لا نَيله كَدرٌ بِكَثرَةِ مَطلِهِ
أَبَداً وَلا ما مَنَّ بالتَموينِ
No attaining him is accompanied by much requesting
Never and nor what he favored with provisions.
قاضٍ يَرُدُّ الحقَّ أَبيضَ واضِحاً
إِن ضَلَّ رأيُ الحاكِمِ المأفونِ
A judge who returns right, clear white
If the opinion of the misguided ruler erred.
يا عيد كُلِّ مُعيِّدٍ وَرَجاءَ كُلِّ
مُؤَمِّلٍ يا فَرحَةَ المِسكينِ
O feast of every congratulator and hope of every
Expectant, O joy of the poor.
فَرضانِ شُكرِكَ وَالصَلاحُ يليهُما
عيدان عيدُ نَدىً وَعيدُ الدينِ
Your favor's pleasure and righteousness succeeding them
Two feasts, feast of dew and feast of faith.
فاِسلم عَلى رَغمِ الحَسودِ مُخَلَّداً
ما غَنَّتِ الأَطيار فَوقَ غُصونِ
So submit despite the envious, immortalized
As long as birds sang atop branches.
