رحَلوا فالسَقامُ عندي مُقيمُ

ولقلبي من الغرامِ غريمُ

They left, and sickness stays with me,

And my heart is lovesick and pained.

وبطَرْفي نظرتُ لمّا استقلّوا

في نُجومِ الحُمولِ إنّي سَقيمُ

I glanced with my eyes when they departed,

Indeed I am sick in the stars of transportation.

يا رسومَ الديارِ علّ شفاءً

لفؤادٍ لم يبْقَ منهُ رُسوم

O shapes of the abode give me healing,

For a heart that has no shapes left of it.

بين غيثِ الدموعِ وهيَ أُجاجٌ

ورياحِ الزفيرِ وهي سُمومُ

Between the rain of tears which is turbulent,

And the winds of sighing which are poisons.

لم يدعْ منه موقفُ البينِ إلا

كبِداً يستكنّ فيها الهُمومُ

The standing of separation did not leave of it

Except a liver in which sorrows settle.

فهو مُثْرٍ من الصبابةِ والوجْ

دِ ولكنْ من السُلوّ عَديمُ

It is fresh with youth and passion but

Deprived of intimacy and tranquility.

أينَ ذاكَ الكِناسُ يفتِكُ منهُ

عبثاً بالأُسودِ ذاك الريمُ

Where is that hunter who protects himself

In vain from the black, that ostrich.

رشأٌ عندَه حُشاشةُ نفسِ

يرتَعيها لا الشيحُ والقيصومُ

Who has the audacity of a reckless soul

That neither dignified nor vile can deter.

من ظباءِ الصريمِ حبلُ وِصالي

أبداً من حبالِه مَصْرومُ

The rope of my connection from the does of Subairim

Is eternally unraveled from his ropes.

ما أقلّ انتصارَ مَنْ ظلمَتْهُ

ولها شافعُ الجَمالِ ظَلومُ

How little is the victory of one oppressed

While the beauty itself argues unjustly.

دعْ رماحَ الشَذا تمنّعَ عنها

فرضي أنّني بها مَكلومُ

Let the thorns of glory refuse it

As I am satisfied to be wounded by it.

وسُروري منها إذا أهضَمَتْني

أنّني مثلُ خَصْرِها مهضومُ

And my happiness if it disregards me

Is that I am like its waist destroyed.

آمري بالمُقامِ وهو مُماتٌ

يُخلِقُ العرضُ دونَه والأديمُ

I command settlement while it is death

The ground creates it without tents or shelter.

قائل إنما المعالي حظوظٌ

والفَتى كلُّ رِزْقِه مقْسومُ

Saying that glories are only luck

And the youth, all his sustenance is destined.

القِلاصُ القِلاصُ يلطُمُ منها

وجنةَ البيدِ منسمٌ مرْثومُ

The wood grouse, the wood grouse complains of it

And the gardens of permanence are forbidden and barred.

نصّ رسمَ العُلى لعينِك فاطلبْ

هُ تجدْ حيثُ نصُّها والرُسومُ

Copy the inscription of glory for your eye and seek it

You will find it where its inscription and depictions are.

لستَ بالمُقْتِرِ القديمِ ولكنّ

زماناً أقْترْتَ فيهِ العديمُ

You are not the old destitute but

For a time you were deprived and poor.

ما أرى لي عندي الليالي انتِصاراً

أترجّاهُ والليالي خَصومُ

I do not see for myself victory in the nights

Which I long for while the nights are opponents.

قد أراني نقصَ القبائلِ منهنّ

تمامٌ توارثَتْهُ تَميمُ

I see the lack of perfection of the tribes in them

It is a completeness Tamim has inherited.

قلنَ لمّا قامَ الأثيرُ دليلاً

ليس إلا الإقرارُ والتسليمُ

They said, when the brilliant one stood as evidence,

There is nothing but admission and surrender.

من بني الأغلبِ الكرامِ وما خلّ

فَ ذاك الكريمَ إلا كريمُ

From the generous honorable members but

That generous one did not lack generosity.

نسبٌ ما رأتْهُ عينُك إلا

قلتَ لا شكّ جوهرٌ منظومُ

A lineage that your eye has not seen

Unless you said there is no doubt a composed jewel.

جمعَ الفضلَ مُلتَقى طرَفَيْهِ

فتساوى حديثُه والقَديمُ

It collected virtue the meeting point of its two edges

So its speech became equal to the ancient.

خوّلَتْ كفُّه خُصوصَ مَعالٍ

في جميعِ الملوكِ منها العُمومُ

His palm authorized the exclusivity of glorious deeds

So for all kings it became general.

قام من دونها ببذْلِ عطايا

هُ فصِينَتْ كما يُصانُ الحريمُ

He stood without it to give away gifts

So it was protected as the inviolable ones are protected.

كرمٌ لو تقسّمَتْهُ بنو الدنْيا

جميعاً ما كان فيها لئيمُ

Generosity, if the people of the world,

All shared it, there would not be an ignoble one among them.

وأيادٍ تفجّرَ الجودُ منها

ما شكَكْنا في أنهنّ غُيومُ

And hands that generosity gushes from

We never doubted they were rain clouds.

آمرٌ تأمُرُ السماحةُ منهُ

عادلُ الحكمِ في العطاءِ ظَلومُ

One who commands nobility from him,

The just one in judgment in giving injustice.

فهو من ألسنِ المَفاخِرِ محمو

دٌ ولكنْ من مالِهِ مذْمومُ

He is from the tongues of pride erased

But from his money he is dispraised.

وله مَفخَرانِ حِيزا إليه

نسبٌ طاعنٌ ومجدٌ مُقيمُ

And two matters of pride he owns

A lineage that makes one despair and steady glory.

وشَبا عزمةٍ يردُّ بها الخط

بَ وفيه من شفرتَيْها كُلومُ

And the determination of youth with which

He repels adversity, and in its two edges are Indian swords.

يصطَلي حاجِمُ الخُطوبِ وما بي

نَ عِطافَيْ بُردَيْهِ ابراهيمُ

The attacker of misfortunes takes precautions, and not between

The flying ends of his coats is Abraham.

ربَّ ريحينِ بين شدٍّ وليْنٍ

ذي سُمومٍ تُرْدي وتلك نَسيمُ

Lord of the scent, between intensity and gentleness,

That has poisons that destroy and this is a soft breeze.

ومحلّيْنِ بين سِلْمٍ وحربٍ

ذا نعيمٌ وذا عذابٌ أليمُ

And two places, between peace and war,

This is bliss and that is painful torment.

يفرَقُ المُقدِمونَ منهُ إذا ما

صالَ فيهم ويأمنُ المهزومُ

The advancing from it separate when he

Infiltrates them while the defeated feels safe.

حفظَ المسلمونَ عنهُ أحادي

ثَ أبَتْ أن يرضى بهنّ الرومُ

The Muslims have preserved from him

Reports that the Christians have refused to accept.

ذو صفاتٍ لما تقسَّمها الشعْ

رُ أتاهُ التجْنيسُ والتقْسيمُ

Of qualities, when the poetry divided them,

The approach of simile and division came to it.

يا هلالَ السرورِ لُحْ إنّ قلبي

ليسَ ينفكّ أو يراكَ تصومُ

O crescent of joy, shine, indeed my heart,

Does not cease unless it sees you become slim.

كيف لا أعتَبُ الزمانَ وأشْكو

لك أني يا خيرَهُ محْرومُ

How can I not blame time and complain to you?

That I, its best am deprived.

قطّبَ الدهرُ لي مُحيّا فهلْ يَقْ

رُبُ مني ذاك المُحيّا الوَسيمُ

Time has adversities for me frequently, so will

That frequent handsome one come close to me?

فألاقي عيدَيْنِ يضحكُ عن شا

رقِ نورَيْهِما الزمانُ البَهيمُ

And so I meet two holidays laughing

From the shining light of both the brutal time laughs.

ولَعَمْري لولا محمدُ المح

مودُ قُلْنا هذا زمانٌ أليمُ

By my life if not for praiseworthy Muhammad

We would have said this time is painful.

خلَفٌ نابَ عنك لي وعن الأق

مارِ للمُهتَدي تَنوبُ النُجومُ

A successor acted for you and for me instead of the planets

For the guided one, the stars take turns.