لو أنها سمحَتْ بطيفٍ عائدِ

نصبَ الرُقادُ لها جِبالةَ صائدِ

If she had allowed a returning apparition

The insomniacs would have set up a hunter’s traps for it

لكنها حجَبَتْهُ فاحتجبَ الكرى

عن شاهدٍ وافى بدمعِ شاهدِ

But she veiled it, so the universe was veiled

From a loyal witness with the tears of a witness

يا ليتَهُ متعاهِدٌ ذا صبوةٍ

لم يُبقِ منه الحبُّ غيرَ مَعاهَدِ

Oh if only he were a dedicated, energetic suitor

Love would have left him with nothing but pacts

عدِم السُلوّ وما أراهُ بواجدٍ

سبباً يبلّغُهُ لقلب واجِدِ

The lack of intimacy and I don't think he has

A reason that conveys to a loving heart

ومريضةُ الأجفانِ إلا أنها

أعدَتْ شكايتُها فؤادَ العائدِ

And the sickness of eyelids except that

She directed her complaint to the heart of the returnee

أهدى إليّ البينُ وصلَ وداعِها

فمنحتُه ذمّاً بألسُنِ حامدِ

Absence brought us together, so look

At two opposites gathered into one state

ما زِلْتُ أخدعُها على علاّتِه

حتى قرنْتُ حمائلاً بقلائدِ

I kept deceiving her about her illness

Until I joined bracelets with anklets

ولقد ظمِئْتُ وما ظفِرْتُ ببلّةٍ

من ذاكَ العذْبِ الشنيبِ الباردِ

And I was thirsty without getting a sip

Of that fresh, icy sweet water

كان الفراقُ هو التلاقي فانظُروا

ضدّيْنِ قد جُمِعا بحالٍ واحدِ

I have given the sun beneath its stars

A full moon that shines on a clear horizon

ونديِّ أُنْس وشّحَتْ أعطافَه

دُرَرُ الكؤوسِ فهزّ معطَفَ ناهِدِ

And I obtained from the gold of wine, some

That dissolves in the water of cups like solid

عاطيتُ فيه الشمسَ تحت نُجومِها

بدراً تبلّجَ في قضيبٍ مائدِ

In the shade of the days of happiness, an allusion

To the shade of the days of splendid fate

وظفرْتُ من ذهبِ المُدامِ بسائلٍ

يحتلّ من ماءِ الكؤوسِ بجامِدِ

The life of wars is not long-lasting

While good repute is indeed everlasting

في ظلِّ أيامِ السُرورِ كنايةً

عن ظلِّ أيام الأجلِّ الماجدِ

Traits that divide favors so he becomes

The joy of the loyal and spite of the envious

عمرو الحُروبِ لديه غيرُ معمِّرٍ

بل خالدُ المعروفِ ليس بخالدِ

He seized the stars and describing them so for his glory

In the raid of Mars is the capacity of Mercury

شيمٌ تقسّمتِ المكارمَ فاغتدتْ

فرحَ الوليّ ورُغْمَ أنفِ الحاسدِ

Possessor of fury and sweetness, both of which

Took on cutting veins and donor of the influx

غصبَ الكواكبَ وصفُها فلمجدِه

في صولةِ المرّيخِ ظرفُ عُطاردِ

From a group who contracted pacts for the fight

And took charge in it with the limit of contractors

ذو العَضْبِ والعذْبِ اللذَيْن تكفّلا

قطعَ الوريدِ ووصْلَ ريِّ الوارد

They rode the short-haired steeds and confined the spears

As if they were a lion accompanied by cubs

من معشرٍ عقَدوا المعاقِدَ للوغى

وتكفّلوا فيها بحدِّ مَعاقِدِ

The spears made them carry besieged ones

And the armors sufficed them to wear coats of mail

ركبوا الجيادَ الجُرْدَ واعتقلوا القنا

فكأنّهمْ أُسْدٌ سطَتْ بأساوِدِ

They were victorious because the father of victories is

Hunting among them with the longest arm and aid

أغنَتْهُمُ الأرماحُ حملَ مَخاصرٍ

وكفتْهُمُ الأدراعُ لبس مجاسِدِ

And the wittiness of exhalations, your spreading it

Added more fragrances over the long distance

ظفَروا لأن أبا المظفّرِ صائلٌ

فيهم بأطولِ ساعدٍ ومُساعدِ

Of one heading to you while the abodes are desolate places

With poems being whispered into poems

وذكيةُ النفَحات زادَك نشرُها

أرَجاً على طولِ المدى المُتباعِدِ

They have crossed through a mouth that gladdens you

Passing through the expanses of mosques and churches

من قاصدٍ لك والمنازلُ غُربةٌ

بقصائدٍ ملقنّةٍ بقصائدِ

You have let justice water flow through them in streams

And allowed them the best springs from it

وارَتْكَ من ثغرٍ يسرّكَ أهلُه

عبَروا رُبوعَ جوامعٍ ومَساجدِ

And you have clothed them in the garments of affection

Thus you have become more compassionate to them than a father

أجريتَ ماء العدْلِ فيهمْ سَلْسَلاً

وأبحْتَهُم منهُ أجلّ موارِدِ

With your praise and all their praise

They unanimously agree in one tongue

وكسوتَهُم حُللَ الحُنوّ عليهمُ

فغدوتَ أشفقَ فيهمُ من والدِ

منهم بحمدِك والثناءِ جميعهمْ

متوافقون على لسانٍ واحدِ