طارَ عَنْ بَرْقَةِ بَرْقٍ فَشِمِ

ضَمَّ سِقْطَيْهِ بِسِقْطَيْ إِضَمِ

A lightning bolt flashed from the brightness of lightning, inhaling

Its two sides with my two sides in an embrace

عارَضَ العارِضَ فافترَّتْ به

شفتاهُ اللُّعْسُ عَنْ مُبْتَسَمِ

The reproacher reproached so his lips smiled open

And he went asking about the valley of Ghada

وَسَرَى يَسْأَلُ عن وادِي الغَضَا

وهو يَسْتَنُّ هِضابَ الْمَوْسمِ

While craving the highlands of the season

Whenever he strayed, his tears flowed

كلما ضَلَّ جَرَتْ أدْمُعُهُ

في حواشِي وَجَنَاتِ الأَكَمِ

In the margins and gardens of oppression

What necklace for scattered pearls

أَيُّ عِقْدٍ للحيا مُنْتَشثرٍ

قَلَّدَ الدَّوْحَ حِلَى مُنْتَظِمِ

Adorned the sand dunes with aligned jewels

The courageous one sipped from his chalice

جَرَّعَ الأَجْرَعَ من مُزْنَتِهِ

ضَرَبًا مُنْبَعِثاً عن ضَرَمِ

A draft awakened from embers

And in the slopes are eyes that have been wounded

وعلى السَّفْحِ عيونٌ جرحت

فَهْيَ لا تَسْفَحُ إِلا بالدَّمِ

Weeping only with blood

And a heart where the fire of passion

وفؤادٍ لم تَزَلْ نارُ الجوى

فيه تُذْكَى برياحِ اللُّوَّمِ

Is kindled by the winds of blame

Yearning stood in battle with it

وقف الشوقُ به في مَعْرَكٍ

نازحِ الأَجْرِ بعيدِ المَغْنَمِ

Fighting glory, far from bounty

The glances of desire spanned only

إنما جَسَّر أَلْحَاظَ المَهَا

أَنها تُتْلِفُ ما لَمْ تَغْرَمِ

What was not covered in ignorance

Its heroes clanked with clamor

قَعْقَعَتْ أَبطالُه شِنْشِنَةً

وَجْدُهُ يَعْرِفُها من أَخْزَمِ

And fervor recognized this from hot coals

Ask the anemones in their fingers

فسلِ العَنْدَمَ في أَنْمُلِها

إِنْ تَوَصَّلْتَ إِليهِ عَنْ دَمِي

If you reach them despite my blood

And a greeting the morning breeze carried

وَسَلامٍ حَمَلَتْ رِيحُ الصًّبا

منه ما هَزَّ فروعَ السَّلَمِ

That shook the branches of peace

It pulled the edges of the meadows

جاذَبَ الأَحْدَاجَ أَطرافَ البُرَى

فاستجارَتْ بالرَّسِيمِ المِيسَمِ

So they sought refuge in the gentle breeze

The moon visited me in the wing of night

زارَني والبَدْرُ في جِنْحِ الدُّجَى

مَلَكٌ من فَوْقِ طِرْفٍ أَدْهَمِ

An angel above a reddish eyelid

He removed his necklace in donation

وضعَ النَّثْرَةَ عنه نَثْرَةً

واكْتَفَى رَزْمَ سِنانِ المِرْزَمِ

And sufficed with the bundle of his hoard

So my resolves awakened responsive

فاستجابَتْ هِمَمِي مُوقِظَةً

طَرْفَ عزمٍ بَعْدَها لم يَنَمِ

To a determination after which they did not sleep

And I let my soul taste the sweetness of death

وأَذقتُ النفسَ من شُهْدِ المُنَى

ثم عرَّضْتُ لها بالعَلْقَمِ

Then displayed to it the deadly poison

So it recoiled, scattering from its stars

فانْثَنَتْ تُنْثَرُ من أَنْجُمِهِ

دُرَرٌ لولا العُلَى لم تُنْظَمِ

Pearls that without high ideals are not aligned

With meanings that even Zuheir in his prime

بمعانٍ ماتَأَتَّى حَوْكُها

لِزُهَيْرٍ في مَعَالِي هَرمِ

Did not have the skill to gather

Their value increased when linked

عَظُمَتْ قِيمَتُهَا مُذْ عَلِقَتْ

بأَميرِ المؤمنينَ الأَعظمِ

To the Commander of the Faithful, the Greatest

Like the House of Sustenance, those who visit it

كَعْبَةِ المَنِّ التي مَنْ زارَها

باتَ في أَمْنِ حَمَامِ الحَرَمِ

Spend the night safely in the Sacred Mosque

The direction of the faith to which

قِبْلَةِ الدينِ التي يأْتَمُّها

عندما ينزِلُ عِيسى مَرْيَمِ

Jesus, son of Mary, will descend

The essence of light which Moses

جَوْهَرِ النورِ الذي آنسَهُ

لَحْظُ موسَى في سوادِ الظُّلَمِ

Glimpsed in the darkness of the unknown

The proof of God by which

حُجَّةِ اللِه التي حَجَّ بها

خَلْقُهُ من كافرٍ أَو مُسْلِمِ

His creation made pilgrimage, believer or not

The palm tree of excellence, its branches

دَوْحَةِ الفضلِ التي أَغصانُها

مثمراتٌ ببديعِ الحِكَمِ

Bearing fruits in the amazing wisdom

The leader of the army, he who follows it

قائِدِ الجَيْشِ الذي مَنْ راعَهُ

باسْمِهِ قَبْلَ التَّلاقِي يُهْزَمِ

Wins by mentioning his name before clashing

An army attacks but has no power

عسكرٌ جالَ ولا نٌَْعَ له

أَيُّ نَقْعٍ والثَّرَى بَحْرُ دَمِ

What gain when the ground is an ocean of blood?

The bats built a sky above it

بَنَتِ السُّمْرُ سماءً فوقَهُ

شُهْبُها ما حَمَلَتْ مِنْ لَهْذَمِ

Its meteors carrying only debris

And the swords' tongues were unleashed

وشَدَتْ أَلْسُنُ أَغمادِ الظُّبَا

بِفَصِيحٍ في ثُغورِ العِمَمِ

By an eloquent one at the reins

The sun beneath it shook, how much

طرِبَتْ من تحتِها الشمسُ فكَمْ

نَثَرَتْ من نُورِها من دِرْهمِ

Light it shed from its gold pieces

And the flag of victory through it

وَتَبَدَّى عَلَمُ النَّصْرِ بهِ

خافِتًا كالنَّارِ فَوْقَ العَلَمِ

Faintly appeared atop the standard

From his creation, his banners fluttered

حَلَّقَتْ من خَلْقِهِ راياتُهُ

فَهْيَ أَمثالُ الحَمَامِ الحُوَّمِ

Like protective turtledoves

Fine gold playing in them

عّذَبٌ يَلْعَبُ فيها ذَهّبٌ

لَعِبَ البَرْقِ بذَيْلِ الدِّيَمِ

Sporting lightning in the tail of mist

And beckoning which made the air

وينودٌ جَعَلَ الجَوُّ بها

مَسْكَنَ الفَتْخاءِ مَأْوى الضِّيْغَمِ

A dwelling for pride, refuge for tyranny

With cadavers whose soul is the wind, never

من نُعُوشٍ رُوحُها الريحُ فما

تَأْتَلِي تَفْغَرُ أَرْجَاءَ فم

Closing their gaping mouths

Every rising mane in ascension

كلُّ لُبٍّ صاعدٍ في صَعْدَةٍ

قابضٍ منها بِلِيْتَيْ أَرْقَمِ

Grasping with its two claws

And a falcon, whenever it circles

وعُقابٍ كُلَّما حَوَّمَهَا

عارِضٌ رَوَّعَ سَيْرَ الأَنْجُمِ

A challenger terrifies the orbit of stars

In the hands of each fencer bearing his name

في يَدَيْ كلِّ كميٍّ باسمِهِ

يخدُمُ الموتُ شِفارَ المِخْذَمِ

Death serves the edge of the sharpened blade

Charging in fury without

يَعْتَلِي من طَرْفِهِ في مَهْمَهٍ

دونَ أَنْ يُكْلَمَ مَعْنَى الكَلِمِ

Need for words to be spoken

So when it hastens into battle

فإِذا اسْتَطْرَدَ في معرَكَةٍ

عَلَّمَ الفارِسَ ما لك يَعْلَمِ

It teaches the knight what he does not know

And when a breeze of vigor blows

وإِذا ريحُ نشاطٍ نَفَحَتْ

نَفَخَتْ منهُ بأَذْكَى ضَرَم

It breathes from him the most fragrant scent

That army, if its heroes threw

ذاك جيشٌ لو رَمَى أَبطَالَه

بالصّروفِ الدَّهْرُ لم تَنْهَزِمِ

The dice of fate, would not be defeated

It is by him wherever it turns with him

هُوَ منه حيثُ ما دارَ بهِ

حيثُ حَلَّتْ غُرَّةٌ من أَدْهَم

Wherever the advantage appears from Bay Dhahab

It stands for birds and beasts with what

قام للطيرِ وللوحشِ بما

عهدَتْهُ عنده من مَطْعَمِ

They know to expect from it as provision

So you see the wolf in its den

فترى الذئبَ على لُوثَتِه

مُسْتَهَاماً بإِخاءِ القَشْعَمِ

Brotherly in disposition to the eagle

Happy, its enemies dreading

فَرَحٌ سِيئَتْ له أَعداؤُهُ

رُبَّ عُرْسٍ كائنٍ عن مَأْتَمِ

Many a wedding turned to mourning

Oh Imam, time submitted to him

يا إِماماً خضع الدهرُ له

وأَطاعَتْهُ رِقابُ الأُمَمِ

And the necks of nations obeyed him

A call which the steadfast restored

دَعْوَةً رَجَّعَهَا مُسْتَمْسِكٌ

بِعُرَى القَصْدِ التي لم تُفْصَمِ

To the path of purpose that was not severed

Whenever it tried to rise, the saying of slander checked it

كُلَّمَا رامَ نهوضاً حَصَّهُ

قَوْلُ زُغْبٍ عندَهُ لا تَرمِ

With you, not permitted to throw

Affliction has overwhelmed it, so it complains

قد سَطَا الخَطْبُ عليه فاشْتَكَى

من أَيادِيكَ لأَوفي حَكَمِ

To your hands for the most just judgment