أسرت بدور أم بدت هالات
أهلال سعد بدره مشكات
She captivated me with her eyes that appeared like crescents
A beautiful full moon, her sorrows have vanished
أنسيم صبح أم وصال أحبه
أفتاة حي حسنها جنات
The morning breeze or the ecstasy of love
A lively girl, her beauty like paradise
أرياض زهر أم بنفسج شاده
أهزار غصن ذكره لذات
Gardens of flowers or charming violet
Thousands of branches, their memories are pleasures
أعبير أنس أم فسيح أجنة
أشموس بدر ديره حانات
The scent of intimacy or the vastness of gardens
Suns rising, visiting taverns
أعقود نحر أم ثياب مطارق
أصبوح شرب ما له غايات
Necklaces or clothes with fasteners
Mornings of drinking without limits
أجموع شمل أم جنان أهلة
أحمام أيك وكرها خلوات
A gathering of loved ones or delightful gardens
Your baths and their private chambers
أكميت ظلم أم عقار سلافة
أمرام خل عندها راحات
Injustice accumulated or clear generosity
Bitter vinegar or places of comfort
عمري نعم بدر بدا في مجلس
متمايلا في روضه روضات
My life, yes the full moon appeared in a gathering
Swaying in a garden of gardens
لمعت قبالة ناظري إنسانة
تزري بسعدي بالبها درجات
Before my eyes appeared a woman
Increasing my happiness with her steps
خطفت بلابل خاطري من حسنها
بجبينها في برقه حلوات
She captivated the birds of my thoughts with her beauty
With her forehead's radiance and dimples
طلعت تنادي يا عليلا بلحظها
وتلفتت في مرطبها ومضات
She called out saying "my beloved" with a glance
And turned with dewy softness and flashes
ملكت فؤاد كئيبها ملك
تختال بين آتلات
She conquered my longing heart with her possession
Strolling between her couches
فسألت بدر الأفق هل لها حيلة
أطفي بها جمرا به سطوات
So I asked the full moon of the horizon if she had a solution
To extinguish with it burning embers
فأجابني تبغي الوصال لحيها
كم عاشق سلبته ذا هفوات
It told me she wants union with her cheek
How many lovers she deprived with her whims
تركتهم هلكي بسيف لحاظها
مت بالعباد فحالها حضرات
She left them destitute with her alluring glances
Dying for people, so her state is caution
فاغاثني رب العباد بوصلها
في ديرها في حانها كاسات
So the Lord of people had mercy on me and united me with her
In her convent, in her tavern, cups
فخطبتها من آلها قطب النهى
يسمى لدينا جعفراها صفات
So I proposed to her from her family, the pivot of prohibition
Among us called Ja'far, his traits are purity
روض العلوم هزبره يسمى به
فوق السماك فقدره هضبات
The garden of knowledge, its expanse is called
Above the sky, its value is plateaus
يا من شفائي من كؤوس وداده
ربا مصبر من حلاه نجات
O you who cured me with cups of love
My Lord, the Patient, your solutions are salvation
وله شمائل لا يحيط بوصفها
نظم البديع فشأوه اللمعات
He has traits beyond any description
The compositions of rhetoric are beneath its gleams
وبه الفتى يقضي لبانته وإن
بعدت فضوء سراجه بثات
With him, the young man fulfills his yearning even if
The light of his lamp is distant in the dark
وله عزائم كالسيوف بوائد
قدت قميص عواذل هاشمات
He has resolves like swords with sheaths
That have shredded the shirts of the Hashimite heroes
زالت به بدع وسوء مناكر
منها غدت تسدي لنا الشبهات
With him passed innovations and objectionable matters
From which subsequently arose for us suspicions
ما الروض في نواره غب الحيا
منه بأبهج جوده ساحات
The garden does not lack life in his light
With his most beautiful generosity its fields
نجم النجوم وكوكب المجد الذي
فاق النفوس فحلمه نشآت
The star of stars, the planet of glory that
Surpassed souls, so his dream is growth
حق الكواكب أن تزورك مرسما
وتعود كالأسأد هذا فتات
It is fitting for the planets to visit you frequently
And return like lions, this is my advice
فارقص فإن الكون فيه ثلاثة
لا غيرها وجدت علاك هدات
So dance, for in the universe there are only
Three, nothing else I found as guidance
مستحيل أو جاهل أو ماسد
فافخر على كل
The impossible, the ignorant or the transgressor
So take pride over all
ولقد سموت فيما تبالي بعدما
علموا أتمدح أو تذم عدات
You have certainly risen above caring after they
Knew I praise or blame enemies
عبقت سماء النهر من أردانه
عند الضحى فسهاده نسمات
The sky of the river was fragrant from its meadows
At dawn, so its breeze is blows
فالأرض ترفل في مطارق سندس
فرحا بختم نده نغمات
The earth adorns itself in garments of silk
Rejoicing in the seal of his melodies
كلفت طيور الجو في أوكارها
بسماعه فسهادها ميقات
I tasked the birds of the air in their dens
To listen, so their time of rising is to hear him
سجعت بلابل دوحة فوق النقا
لجواب ورق ساجعها جهات
The bulbuls of the grove sang in response
To the rustling of leaves answering directions
صرحت بساتين آسنا من وصلة
وقت الأصيل فعذرها حسرات
The gardens of Asna exclaimed in joy at his union
At the proper time, so their excuse is regrets
ضحك الصباح بمبسم من الدجى
عند الهمام فصبحه ردات
The morning laughs with a smile from the darkness
In the presence of the protector, so its morning returned
بشرى بعقد جواهر منحكس
عند الختام بجيده
Good tidings of a necklace of interlocked gems
At the conclusion, with his head held high
ناهيك من درس غدت تشدو لنا
در السنوسي فضوعها نفحات
Not to mention the study has made us recite
In the Sanusi style, its breezes are breaths
لا سيما صغراه بنت خزائن
أسر المصون فهاكها آيات
Especially his little daughter, the treasure chests' prisoner
The protected one, so these are her signs
كالمسك مختوم بجوهر لؤلؤ
وعبيره من نشره ثمرات
Like perfume sealed with a gem
And its scent from its buds are fruits
أو كالعقود زرت بسعدى في البها
يوم الزفاف فشكلها ترهات
Or like necklaces decorated with my joy on our wedding day
Its shape is delights
أو كالمخدر سبت قليب كئبيها
وقت الضحى فعنجها سكرات
Or like intoxication that captivated my ardent heart
At dawn, so its trouble is sugars
فاجعل بضوء سراجنا عين
صبح الدجى فأمراته عذبات
So make our lamp's light an eye
That sees through the darkness of dawn, its matters are sweet
وإليك من أبكار فكدي حرة
بهنانة هيفا هي غدات
And to you are the prime pick of free women
Bahananah, Hayfa, she has become
في خدرها تجلى كما تجلى العرو
س فلحظها لمحات
In her cheeks the new moon appeared as it appeared to the bride
So her glances are glimpses
