قُلْ لِمَنْ يُرْجِعُ الحَوَائجَ لِلْخَلْ

قِ ويَرْجُو نَوَافِلَ المَعْرُوفِ

Tell those who fulfill wishes for all creatures,

And hope for supererogatory kind acts -

إنَّ لِي حَاجَةً إلى خَالِقِ الخَلْ

قِ ومَوْلَى الشَّرِيفِ والمشْرُوفِ

I have a need from the Creator of creatures

And the Patron of the noble and eminent -

حَاجَتِي أن يَمُدَّ سُبْحَانُهُ لِي

في بَقَاءِ الشَّرِيفِ عَبدالرَّءُوفِ

My need is that He - Glory be to Him - extend for me

In the survival of the noble Abdurra'oof -

فَبَقَاءُ الشَّرِيفِ خَيْرٌ لِمثْلِي

من مِئِينٍ أَنَالُهَا وأُلُوفِ

For the survival of the noble is better for the likes of me

Than a hundred I might attain and thousands -

عِنْدَهُ مُجْتَنَى النَّدَى ولَدَيهِ

شَجَرُ المَكْرمَاتِ دَانِي القُطُوفِ

With him is the choicest of dew, and with him

Is the tree of favors, near to plucking -

فَلَئِنْ قُلْتُ فِيهِ ما قُلْتُ بالأَمْ

سِ فَهذِي الأَيَّامُ ذَاتُ صُرُوفِ

So if I spoke of him as I spoke in the evening, then these are days

Of fickleness -

ولَئِنْ سَاءَهُ هِجَايَ فَهَذَا الْ

بَدْرُ يُرْمَى في تَمِّهِ بالخُسُوفِ

And if my satire displeased him, then this

Full moon is pelted in its darkness with eclipse -

ثمَّ يَستَقْبِلُ الضِّيَاءَ كَمَا كَا

نَ ويَنْجَابُ عَنْهُ ثَوْبُ الكُسُوفِ

Then it meets light again as it was

And its robe of eclipse is stripped from it -

وحُدُودُ السُّيُوفِ تُمْهَى لِتَمْضِي

حَيثُ ما وُجِّهَتْ حُدُودُ السُّيُوفِ

And the edges of swords are blunted that they might go

Wherever the edges of swords are directed -

والقَنَا اللُّدْنُ لا تُسَدَّدُ للطَّعْ

نِ بِغَيرِ التَّقْوِيمِ والتَّثْقيفِ

And crooked spears are not straightened for stabbing

Except by calibration and training -

وكَذَاكَ الأقْلامُ يُرْهِفُهَا الكَا

تِبُ حَتَّى تُجيدَ وَضْعَ الحُرُوفِ

And so too pens, the writer hones them

Until they excel in placing letters -

هَكَذَا تُوقَظُ الكِرَامُ بِوَخْزِ ال

قَوْلِ من نَوْمِهِمْ عن المَعْرُوفِ

Thus are the generous roused from their sleep of kind acts

By the prick of words -

يا أَخَا هَاشِمَ بنِ عبد مَنَافٍ

أنْتَ دِفْءُ الشِّتَاءِ بَرْدُ المَصِيفِ

O brother of Hashim son of Abd Manaf -

You are the warmth of winter, the coolness of summer -

لا تَكلْنِي إلى ثَنَائِي فَمَا عِنْ

دَكَ مُوفٍ علَى الثَّنَاءِ الموفِي

Do not leave me to my own praise, for with you

There is no lack in praising the fulfiller -

يا فَدَينَاكَ بالنُفُوسِ وبالأَمْ

وَالِ مِنْ تَالدٍ لَنَا وطَريفِ

O you who ransom us with souls and wealth

From a lineage abounding and delightful -

خَلِّنَا من خَلاَئِقٍ سَبَقَتْ مِنْ

كَ دَعَتْنَا للَّومِ والتَعْنِيفِ

Free us from dispositions that preceded you

And called us to blame and rebuke -

واقْتَبِلْ ودَّنَا وخُذْ من ثَنَانَا

حِبَراً كالبُرُودِ في التَّفْوِيفِ

And accept our love and take from our intimacy

Ink like brochures in binding -