قلبٌ ذلول وغادة صعبَه

كم لك يا دمعَ صبها صبَّه

A tender heart and a difficult separation

How much tears have you shed, O my tears

أفدي بقلبيَ المغلوبِ لاعبةً

حالية الوجنتينِ كاللعبه

I ransom my defeated heart to the flirt

The state of my two cheeks is like a game

هيفاءَ لا ضمة أفوز بها

إلا إذا النوم كانَ لي نَصبه

Haifa, I can't win her without a union

Except when sleep was intentional for me

أعضايَ في كسوةِ السقامِ بها

ولمتي في المشيب في شهبه

My limbs in the dress of sickness for her

And my rendezvous in old age is still in embers

حاولَ لثمِي خيلانُ وَجنتِها

فقال مسكيها ولا حبه

Her two cheeks tried to kiss mine

She said, "Hold them without love"

قلتُ وقلبي في الصدغِ منتشبٌ

ألثمُ قلبي قالت فذي نَشبه

I said and my heart is burning with passion

"I kiss my heart," she said, "here is the passion"

وابْتسمتْ فابْتدرت من ظمإي

قيا لها من رضابها شَرْبه

She smiled and I perceived from my thirst

What a pleasant drink her mouth is

ويا لها عضبة أثرت بها

نقطة دمعٍ فأصبحت عضبه

What a bite that left behind

A tear drop that turned to harm

وعاتبتْني فقلت من أنسِ

وقتك لا تجعليه عن عَتبه

I blamed her, so I said, "From intimacy

Do not make your time one of reproach"

فودُّنا المستقيمُ يسندُ عن

سهلٍ فلا تسنديهِ عن شعبه

Our straight love supports more than

An easy route so do not support it on a cliff

قالتْ فخذْها تعذيبةً لحشىً

فقلتُ هذي تعذيبةٌ عذبه

She said, "Take it as torment to your senses"

I said, "This is a sweet torment"

فقلتُ مدح العلاءِ أعذبُ من

تغزُّلي واقتضيتها رتبه

I said, "Praising the eminent is sweeter than

Flirting," and I asked for her rank

ذو العلمِ والفضلِ مع شبيبته

ليسَ لهُ في سواهُما طَرْبه

The man of knowledge and virtue with his youth

Has no joy in other than those two

والسؤدد المحض يجتليه على

عطفيهِ لحظ النابل الأنبه

Serenity suits him, shining on

The sides of his gaze like an alert fawn

والحمد والأجر من بضائعهِ

فكم له كسبة على كسبه

Thanks and reward are of his goods

So how much profit he has over his profit

بينا يوفي حقوق مكرمة

في اليوم أقضى غداً إلى قربه

While he fulfills the rights of honor

He spends tomorrow closer to his Lord

فباب نعماه في الإباحةِ من

سهل وباب الأضداد من ضبه

The door of his blessings in permissibility

Is easy, and the door of adversity is difficult

كم بسطتْ راحتاهُ من أمل

ونفستْ بالجميلِ من كربه

How much his comfort expanded from hope

And his self felt relief from anguish

كم دلَّنا بشرهِ على كرمٍ

وساقنَا ذكرهُ إلى رغبه

How much his cheerfulness showed generosity

And his mention led us to desire

أخلصَ في حبِّه ذَوُوا رَغب

واعتدل الرَّائغون بالرهبه

The desirous were sincere in their love of him

And the inclined were balanced with awe

وأوضح الخير في دمشق فتى

كم قامَ في الخيرِ قومةً غضبه

The best of Damascus is a young man

Who stood up for good with angry determination

قومٌ زكا في الأنامِ أصلهمو

وفرعهم والغمامُ والتربه

A folk whose origin and branches were pure

And the clouds and the soil

أنصارُ دينِ الإسلام عبية خ

ير الخلق أهل الإيواءِ والصُّحبه

Supporters of the religion of Islam, disciples

Of the best of people, the people of shelter and companionship

أما ترَى في دمشقَ نجلهمو

قد خطبتهُ أمورُها خِطبه

Do you not see in Damascus their son

Whose affairs have taken him by storms

ما بينَ معروفِها ومنكرِها

نهيٌ وأمرٌ يرضي بهِ ربَّه

Between her knowns and her unknowns

Prohibition and order that satisfies his Lord

مباركُ الكعبِ أن يسرّ بهِ ال

شآمُ فقد سرَّ قومه الكعبه

Blessed is Ka'b that Damascus rejoices in him

Just as his people rejoiced in Kaaba

يا كافِلَ الحسبة التي شهدت

بأنَّها فوقَ قدرِها رُتبه

O guardian of the authority that testified

To be above its position in rank

أحسن بها رتبةً تكفلها

من هوَ بعدَ البها بهِ أشبه

Do well with it, with a position whose guarantee

Is the one who, after God, is most like it

شهادة الفرضِ في سيادتِه

تمَّتْ وزادَت شهادةُ الحسبه

The testimony of the obligation in his leadership

Is complete and the testimony of authority has increased

هَنأت علياءَها ومثلكَ من

به تهنى مطالعُ الهضبه

Its glory was congratulated and the likes of you

Congratulations come from the summits of the plateau

ومدحة أنت أنت أجدرُ من

تحدِثُ للخيرِ فيها جَذبه

And you deserve more than anyone else

To talk about the good in it and pull towards it

جاءتكَ معمول حسبة صنعت

فيها المعاني حلاوة رطبه

The authority came to you, made with meanings

That made their sweetness like fresh dates

يسأل ذاك الكتاب جائزةً

فإنَّني فيه من ذوي الإرْبَه

That book asks for a prize

I am among those hoping for it

عشقته مع خَفا كتابته

فاقبل سؤالي وعدّها كتبه

I loved it despite the lightness of its writing

So accept my request and count it as books

وعش مبيحاً لكلِّ مطلب

علماً وجوداً جاآ على نسبه

And live allowing every demand

Knowledge and generosity constantly of noble origin

لم يتقدَّم دهر الكرام على

دهرك يا سيِّدي سوى حجبه

Time has not preceded over your time

Except for barriers, my master