يا مِنّةً لذّ بها السُّكْرُ
لا ينقَضي منّي لها الشُّكْرُ
O delight intoxicated by bliss
My gratitude to it will never cease
فلَقَ الدُجى بعَمودِه الفجرُ
وبكى النّدى وتبسّمَ الزّهرُ
Dawn has cleaved the darkness with its pillar
The dew wept while the flowers smiled
وتنفّسَ النّسرينُ عن عبقٍ
منهُ بأذيالِ الصَّبا عِطْرُ
The breeze breathed the fragrance
Carried by the train of the morning breeze
والوقتُ قد لطُفَتْ شمائِلُهُ
فصَفا ورقَّ وراقَتِ الخَمْرُ
The atmosphere has become gentle
Clear, delighted, refined is the wine
فاِنهَضْ على قدمِ السّرورِ إلى
شمسٍ يَطوفُ بكأسِها بَدْرُ
So rise on the foot of joy to
A sun orbiting which a full moon revolves
بِكْرٌ إذا ما الماءُ خالَطَها
منها تولّدَ لؤلؤٌ نَثْرُ
A virgin whom when water mixes with
Pearls are born and scattered from her
عَذراءُ ما لبَني الخلاعةِ عنْ
خَلْعِ العِذارِ بحبُّها عُذْرُ
An untouched beauty whom the slyness of men
Cannot tempt, her chastity their excuse
نفسٌ من الياقوتِ سائِلةٌ
روحٌ ولكنْ جِسمُها تِبْرُ
A soul of ruby pouring forth
A spirit though its body is gold
تَبدو براقِعُها فتحسَبُها
برداً تلظّى تحتَهُ جَمْرُ
Her veil appears then you'd think
It's ambers burning behind it embers
نورٌ يكادُ فؤادُ شارِبِها
للعَينِ منها ينجَلي السّرُّ
A light that nearly burst the heart of its drinker
From it the secret is revealed to the eye
لطُفَتْ فخِلنا ذات جوهرِها
فنِيَتْ وقامَ بنفْسِها السُّكْرُ
Her essence distilled its delicacy
It evanesced and inebriation took its place
تذَرُ الزُّجاجَ بلَونِها ذهَباً
فلها بعِلْمِ الكيميا خبَرُ
She makes glass with her complexion gold
She's versed in the science of alchemy
وكأنّ سرَّ المومياءِ لها
فيها لكَسْرِ قُلوبِنا جَبْرُ
As if she knows the secret of the elixir
To mend our broken hearts she has skill
وكأنّما راوُوقُها دَنِفٌ
أجرى عَقيقَ دموعِهِ الهَجْرُ
As if her saliva is wine
Whose fermentation is the tears of separation
ومُهَفهَفٍ كالشمسِ طلعَتُه
بالجيدِ منهُ كواكبٌ زُهْرُ
A crescent whose rising adorns his forehead
With stars like flowers gracing his mane
شُغِفَتْ بقامَتِه القَنا فلِذا
ألوانُها لشحوبِها سُمْرُ
The branches lean crazily towards his stature
Hence their hues turned pale in yearning
ورأى البهار شَقيق وجْنَتِها
فخُدودُها كَلَفاً بهِ صُفْرُ
The blossoms saw his red rose cheeks
Thus their complexion turned yellow in jealousy
بوِشاحِه معنى عِبارتِه
رقّتْ ودقّقْ شرْحَها الخَضْرُ
His expression explains his words
Subtleties clarified by the green
وبلحظِه وفؤادِ وامقِه
سُكْرٌ له بكِلَيْهِما كَسْرُ
His glances, heart, and tender heart
For both a drunk infraction
باتَتْ تُضاحِكُني براحتِه
راحٌ كأنّ حَبابَها ثَغْرُ
She laughs to me in relaxation
Winds as if their drafting amusement
فأرضته بعدَ الجِماحِ بها
حتّى تسهّلَ خُلقُه الوَعْرُ
So I pleased him after defiance with her
Until his strictness turns amenable
نظمَ الهوى عقدَ العِناقِ لنا
ومنَ العَفافِ تضمّنا أُزْرُ
Passion has knitted for us the necklace of embrace
And from chastity we took dress
رفعَ الشّبابُ حِجابَ أوجهنا
ومن الفتوّةِ بينَنا سِتْرُ
Youth raised the veil from our faces
And nobility was drape between us
ولكم عرجتُ إلى محلِّ عُلاً
فوقَ السِّماكِ وتحتَهُ الغَفْرُ
And how often I frequented the abode of highness
Above the lofty and beneath it forgiveness
بمطهَّمٍ مثلِ الظّليمِ إذا
ما شدّ قُلْتُ بأنّهُ صَقْرُ
With a steadfastness like darkness
When I called it an eagle
تَدري المَها أن لا نَجاةَ لها
منهُ ويعلَمُ ذلكَ العُفْرُ
The prey knows it has no escape
From it and so does the rat
فإذا له آجالُها عرضَتْ
عرضَتْ لها آجالُها الحُمرُ
So when its death presented itself
The red death presented itself
مثلُ الرّياحِ رواحُ أربعةٍ
شهرٌ وسَيرُ غُدوّها شَهْرُ
Like the blowing of the four winds
A month, and the going of its tomorrow a month
كمُلَتْ صِفاتُ الصّافِناتِ به
فبذاتِه لجميعِها حَصْرُ
It perfected the qualities of removers
Thus by its essence all have limitation
يجري ويجري الفِكرُ يتبَعُهُ
فيَفوتُ ثمّ ويحسَرُ الفِكرُ
Thought goes on following it
I miss then thought regrets
ويكاد أن يرِدَ السّماءَ إذا
ظنّ المجرّةَ أنّها نَهْرُ
It nearly returns the sky if
It thinks the galaxy is a river
أطلَعتُ منه سَهمَ حادثةٍ
يرمي به عن قوسِه الدّهْرُ
I drew from it the arrow of an event
That time shoots from its bow
حتّى بلغْتُ أبا الحُسين به
فبلغْتُ حيث يُرَفرِفُ النّسرُ
Until I reached Abu Al Hussein with it
Until where the eagles flutter
حيث العُلا ضربَتْ سُرادقه
فيه وحلّ المجدُ والفخرُ
Where glory has pitched its pavilion
In it settled glory and pride
حيث التُّقى والفضلُ أجمعُهُ
تأوي إليه ويأمَنُ البرُّ
Where piety and all virtue reside
To it repairs and in it trusts the righteous
فوثِقْتُ منذُ حلَلْتُ ساحتَهُ
أن لا يحِلَّ بساحَتي فَقْرُ
Since I stepped into his yard
Poverty will never afflict my abode
ما زالَ يقذِفُ لي جواهرَهُ
حتّى علِمْتُ بأنّه بحرُ
He continues to fling at me his gems
Until I knew he is an ocean
يُجدي ندىً ويُفيدُ مسألةً
فنوالُه وكلامُه دُرُّ
Benefiting dew and aiding inquiry
Thus his bestowal and speech are pearls
فوقَ الخصيبِ محلُّ رِفعتِهِ
وبهِ الخَويزةُ دونَها مِصْرُ
Above the fertile his elevated station
And below it Egypt
كم من أيادِيه لديّ يدٌ
ما ينقَضي منّي لها الشُّكْرُ
How many hands do I have from him
My gratitude to them will never cease
