عافَ سمعي ذكرَ المحلِّ العافي

واصطفاءَ البكاءِ بالمُصْطافِ

My hearing is delighted by mention of the pleasing abode,

And quenching of tears at al-Mustafa.

ووقوفاً بنونِ نُؤيٍ تلاهُ

في رباهُ إعجامُ ثاءِ أثافي

And standing at the nun of Nu'ay once it was recited,

In its recitation the inimitability of the doubling tha's.

آنفٌ أن أروضَ بالدارِ قَلْباً

مستهاماً بروضةٍ مئنافِ

I almost wish to tame a heart with the house,

Preoccupied with a small garden.

نارُ وجْدي خبَتْ بمُنعرَجِ الخَبْ

تِ وولّى تأسُّفي بأسافِ

The fire of my love has faded at the twisting of sadness,

And my sorrow has turned away with disappointments.

فسلامٌ على العواذلِ والأط

لالِ والعيسِ والسُرى والفَيافي

So peace be upon the unmarried women, the youthful men,

And the fawns, the does, and the young gazelles.

سكرةٌ قد صحوتُ عنها وبُدِّلْ

تُ بسُكْري سوالف وسلاف

An intoxication from which I have awoken,

And replaced with my intoxication: conversations and drinks.

فاسقنيها قبلَ اتفاقِ أولي العل

مِ فإني رأيتُهم في اختِلافِ

So serve it to me before the concurrence of the first scholars,

For I saw them in disagreement.

قهوةٌ ما وصَفْتُ بعضَ حُلاها

لكَ إلا سكِرتُ بالأوصافِ

A coffee whose description, some of its dissolvement,

I have not described to you except I was intoxicated by the descriptions.

أنهكتْ جسمَها السنينُ فلَوْلا

عرْفُها لم تكنْ بهذا اعترافِ

The years have weakened its body, so were it not

For its fragrance, it would not have been acknowledged.

فأحَيّي في الكأسِ كِسْرى براحٍ

تبعثُ الروحَ منه في الأعطافِ

So revive in the goblet a Chosroes with a breeze

That sends the spirit through breaths into limbs.

ما تَرى الصبحَ كيف جهّزَ جيشاً

آذنَ الليلَ عنه بالإنصِرافِ

Do you see the dawn, how it has prepared an army?

The night heralded its departure.

وعقودُ النجومِ قد نثرَتْها

راحةُ النورِ من طِلى الأسْدافِ

And the necklaces of stars, tranquility of light

Has scattered them from the rising of the Lion.

ونضَتْ حُلّةَ الغَمامِ عن الأفْ

قِ رُبىً في غلائلٍ أفوافِ

And the dress of clouds was removed from the horizon,

A pastureland in rolling dunes.

فاقترفْ واعترفْ فثمّ كريمٌ

يهَبُ الاقترافَ للإعْتِرافِ

So accomplish and admit, for there is a generous one,

Who grants accomplishment for admission.

وامدحِ الحافظَ المُمَدَّحَ تلْبَسْ

حُلَلَ النُسْكِ عندَهُ والعَفافِ

And praise the preserved, the praised one, wearing

The garb of devotion in his presence and chastity.

أيُّ حَبْرٍ لآل ساسانَ أضحى

كنبيِّ الهُدى لعبدِ مَنافِ

What ink for the family of Sasan that has become

Like the prophet of guidance for the servant of Manaf?

سَلفيٌّ مُخايلُ الفضْلِ دلّتْ

أنه من بقيةِ الأسْلافِ

Salafi, pretentious of virtue, signs showed

That he is from the remainder of ancestors.

يعلَقُ الامتحانُ منهُ بفرْدٍ

يعْتلي عن مطارِحِ الآلافِ

The examiner hangs on to him alone,

Rising above the discarded thousands.

طاهرُ العِرْضِ والملابس والآرا

ءِ والمأرباتِ والألاّفِ

Pure of honor, dress, views and manners,

And companionships and friendships.

لو غَدا الدهرُ صورةً لتجلّى

من علاهُ بأفخَرِ الأشْنافِ

If the days were to become an image, it would appear

From his ascent the most glorious of peaks.

أجمعَ الناسُ أنّهُ أوحدُ العَل

ياءِ من مُثْبِتٍ هناكَ ونافِ

The people altogether agreed that he alone is the summit of

The resolute, there is no doubt.

ربْعُهُ الكعبةُ التي افترضَ السُؤ

دَدَ حجّى لركنِها وطَوافي

Its fourth part is the Kaaba which is obligated for prostration,

I performed its pilgrimage and circumambulated its corner.

أخلصتْ نيتي وشكّ أناسٌ

لو صفَوْا أُنْزِلوا على الإنصافِ

My intention became sincere, and some doubted,

If treated fairly, they would have been brought to justice.

فتبوأتُ جنّةَ العُرْفِ منها

حين لم يحصَلوا على الأعرافِ

So I obtained the garden of intimacy from it,

When they did not achieve the heights.

فتهنّ الشهرَ الأصمَّ وإن كا

نَ سميعاً لمُحكَماتِ القَوافي

Congratulations on the deaf month, even if

It was hearing to the rulings of meters.

وابقَ في العزِّ ما بقِيْتَ فإنّ الل

هَ يكفيكَ وهو أعظمُ كافِ

And remain in honor what remains while you continue,

For God will suffice you and He is the greatest Sufficer.