قَمَرٌ تَطَلَّعَ والهَوَاءُ سماؤُه

مَلأَ النَّواظِرَ والنّفوسَ بَهاؤُه

A moon peered out, and the sky was its air

It filled the sights and souls with its splendor

يَرتَاعُ مِنهُ مَسيرُه ومُقامُهُ

وَيَضيقُ عنه أمامُهُ وَوَراؤُهُ

Its journey and stay are disturbed by it

Its front and rear are too narrow for it

وَيَكَادُ يَستَلِبُ الخَوَاطِرَ حُسنُهُ

وَيَكَادُ يَختَطِفُ العُيُونَ ضِيَاؤُهُ

Its beauty nearly captures thoughts

Its light nearly snatches eyes

وَإذَا الأَهِلّةُ عُيّرَت لِمُحاقِها

أَرضَى وزَادَ كَمالُه وَنَماؤُهُ

When the crescent was blamed for its deficiency

It was pleased and its perfection and growth increased

تَشتاقُه حَرَكَاتُهُ وَسُكُونُ

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Its movements and stillness yearn for it

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لِتَتِه بَلَنسِيَةٌ بِسَيِّدِهَا الَّذِي

حَاطَ الثُّغُورَ دِفَاعُهُ وَغََناؤُهُ

A Valencian lady for her master, who

His defense surrounded borders, and his singing overflowed

يَرقي فَيَشفِي الثَّغرَ مِن لَمَمِ العِدا

إلمَامُهُ فَجِوارُهُ وَنِداؤُهُ

He rises, so he heals the border from the harms of enemies

His leadership, his neighborliness, and his call

يُزهَى بهِ بَلَدٌ حَوَاهُ لأنَّهُ

تَجلُو غياهِبَ لَيلِهِ لألأُؤُهُ

A country is adorned by him, for he

Dispels the darkness of its night with his brilliance

فَتَبينُ في أَقطارِهِ أَوصافُه

وَتَفيضُ في أَرجائِهِ نَعماؤهُ

So his traits become clear in its regions

And his blessings pour into its corners

وَيُطيلُ سُورَ النَّصرِ فِيهِ مُؤَيَّدٌ

تُغنِيهِ عن أسوَارِهِ آراؤُهُ

And a supported one makes its victory walls long in it

His opinions enrich it beyond its ramparts

مُتَبِّرِّعٌ يُعطي الخِيَارَ عُفَاتَهُ

فَكَأنَّهُم فِي مَالِهِ شُرَكَاؤُهُ

A volunteer who gives the elite his chastity

It's as if they are his partners in his money

يا ابنَ الإِمَامَينِ اللّذَينِ إِلَيهِمَا

نُسِبَ الفَخارُ نِجَارُهُ وَوَلاؤُهُ

Oh son of the two Imams, to whom

Pride of ancestry, its carpentry, and loyalty are attributed

النّاصِبَينَ عَلَى الهُدَى أعلامَهُ

حَتّى تَبيّنَ قَصدُه وَسَوَاؤُه

He erected flags against the hostile misguidance

Until his purpose and moderation became clear

وأخا الإِمامِ خَلِيفَةِ اللهِ الَّذِي

أدَّى إلَيهِ مَا رَعَت خُلَفاؤُهُ

And brother of the Caliph of Allah, who

His successors conveyed to him what they had pledged

وَسِعَ البَرِيَّةَ عَدلُهُ وَاستَوسَقَت

لِغَنِّيهِم وَفَقِيرِهِم لآلاؤُهُ

His justice encompassed the lands and his singing watered

Both their rich and poor with his kindness

كُفلاءُ نَصرِ الحَقِّ هُم أحلافُهُ

وحُمَاةُ حَوزَتِهِ وَهُم أُمَنَاؤُهُ

The supporters of the victory of truth are his confederates

And the protectors of his territory, they are his trustees

أبنَاءُ إسمَاعِيلَ فِيهِم عَهدُهُ

باقٍ وَصَادِقُ وَعدِهِ وَوَفَاؤُهُ

The sons of Ishmael, his covenant is with them

Remaining, and his promise and loyalty are true

مِن قَيسِ عَيلانٍ وَمَا أدرَاكَ مَا

قَيسٌ سَنَا دِين الهُدَى وَسَنَاؤُهُ

From Qais 'Ailan, and what do know what

Qais is, it refined the religion of guidance and its loftiness

رَبّوه منتشئاً فَهُم آباؤُهُ

وَرَعَوهُ مُكتَهِلاً فَهُم أبنَاؤُهُ

They raised him as a cub, so they are his fathers

They looked after him grown, so they are his sons

وَعَلَيهِمُ حَتَّى القِيَامَةِ نصرُهُ

وَلَدَيهِم رَايَاتُهُ وَلِوَاؤُهُ

And theirs until the Day of Resurrection are his victory

And with them are his banners and governance

وَهُم الَّذينَ يُقَاتِلُونَ عُداتَهُ

حَتَّى تَذِلّ لِعِزِّه أعدَارُهُ

They are those who fight his enemies

Until they are humiliated before his might

وهُمُ استَرَدّوا رُوحَه مِن بَعدِمَا

أشفَى عَلَى الحَيَاةِ ذَماؤُهُ

And they restored his soul after

His life had despaired of getting better

فَالدّينُ مَعصوبٌ عَلَيهِ تَاجُهُ

شَرَفاً وَمُنسَدِلٌ عَلَيهِ رِدَاؤُهُ

So the religion is turbaned upon him, its crown

Is honor, and its cloak drapes over him

وَدَعَائِمُ التَّوحِيدِ سَامِيَةُ البِنا

وَالشِّركُ قَد أهوَى وَخرّ بِنَاؤُهُ

And the pillars of monotheism are the towering structure

And polytheism has collapsed and its building crumbled

نَفسَ العَدُوِّ وَأرضَهُ أَو هَزمَهُ

تَبغُونَ لا نَعَمُ العَدُوِّ وشاؤُهُ

The selves and land of the enemy you seek

Not the enemy's bounty and settlement

فَإِذَا أطَاعَكُمُ فَأنتُم سَعدُهُ

وَإِذَا تأَبّى فَالإِبَاءُ شَقَاؤُهُ

So if he obeys you, then you are his bliss

And if he refuses, then refusing is his misery

وَلَدَيكُمُ بِالمَشرَفِيّ دَوَاؤُهُ

مَهمَا تَتَابَعَ في الضلالَةِ دَاؤُهُ

And with you, the Glorious one is his remedy

No matter how his illness persists in misguidance

تُغوِيهِ كَثرَةُ قَضَةِ وقَضِيضِهِ

وتمدّهُ فِي غيّهِ غَوغَاؤُه

The abundance of his lies and fraud drive him astray

And his delusion prolongs him in his lostness

هَيهَاتَ لا يَثنِي بِذَلِكَ عَزمَكُم

فَالسَّيلُ أهوَنُ مَا عَلَيهش غُثَاؤُهُ

Never will that lessen your resolve

For the flood is easier than its foam

أيَصُدّ أمر اللهِ عَنكُم فِي الّذي

يَختارُهُ مِن نَصرِكُم وَيَشَاؤُهُ

Can the command of Allah be blocked from you in what

He chooses of your victory and wills?

أرخَى لَه طولَ المُنَى إِمهَالُكُم

كَيما يَفِيءَ بِغمرِهِ إِرخَاؤُهُ

He gave it the lifetime of wishes in your postponing

So that it may return in its flooding with calm

فَرًمَت لَجاجَتُه بِهِ في لُجّةٍ

وَهَوَت بِهِ مِن حالِقٍ أهوَاؤُهُ

So his obstinacy threw him into quicksand

And his delusions caused him to plunge into abysses

أمهَلتُمُوهُ لِيَومِهِ وَغدا لَكُم

عَيناً عَلَيه صَبَاحُهُ وَمَسَاؤُهُ

You postponed him for his day, and tomorrow is for you

Watching him morning and evening

وَلَقَد نَروعُ أذَى الخُطوبِ وَصَرفَهَا

بِكَ رَوعَةَ الهِندِيِّ حُدّ مَضَاؤُهُ

And we surely shake off the harm of disasters, and you averted them

With the deterrence of the Indian sword, its edge blazing

وَنَقُولُ لِلدُّنيَا بِصَوتٍ بَالِغٍ

أَسمَاعَ مَجدِكَ لَفظُهُ وَدُعَاؤُهُ

And we say to the world in a reaching voice

The words of your glory, its utterance and call

صُونِي أبَا يَحيَى لَنَا وَتَشَرّفِي

بِلِقَائِهِ مادَامَ فِيكِ بَقَاؤُهُ

Protect Abu Yahya for us and honor yourself

With meeting him as long as he remains in you

فَهَناكَ عِيدٌ زَانَ قَصرَكَ جَالِباً

وَفدَ البَشَائِرِ وَفدُهُ ولقاؤهُ

For there is a celebration that adorned your palace, bringing

Caravans of good news, their arrival and meeting

وَإلَيكَهَا مِن عَبدٍ قِنٍّ شَاكِرٍ

ما إِن يغِبُّكَ حَمدُهُ وَثَنَاؤُهُ

And to you from a grateful, satisfied servant

Whose praise and commendation of you never fade

أهدَى الصّحيفَةَ بالقَرِيضِ وَوَدّ لَو

كانَت مكان سُطورِها حَوبَاؤُهُ

He gifted the ode with the poem, and wished that

Instead of its lines were its dots