نَبِّه نَديمَكَ قَد نَعِس

يَسقيكَ كَأساً في الغَلَس

Wake your boon companion, for he has nodded off,

To serve you a cup in the lingering darkness of dawn,

صِرفاً كَأَنَّ شُعاعَها

في كَفِّ شارِبِها قَبَس

Pure wine, as though its radiant beams

Were a burning torch in the hand of its drinker,

مِمّا تَخَيَّرَ كَرمَها

كِسرى بِعانَةَ وَاِغتَرَس

From a vintage whose vine was chosen

By Chosroes in 'Anah, where he planted it.

تَدَعُ الفَتى وَكَأَنَّما

بِلِسانِهِ مِنها خَرَس

It leaves the young man in such a state

That his tongue seems struck with muteness;

يُدعى فَيَرفَعُ رَأسَهُ

فَإِذا اِستَقَلَّ بِهِ نَكَس

He is called, so he attempts to lift his head,

But the moment he raises it, it droops back down.

يَسقيكَها ذو قُرطَقٍ

يُلهي وَيُعجِلُ مِن حَبَس

He who serves it to you is clad in a tunic,

Beguiling the soul and hurrying those who delay,

خَنِثُ الجُفونِ كَأَنَّهُ

ظَبيُ الرِياضِ إِذا نَعِس

With languid eyelids, as if he were

A gazelle of the meadows when it grows drowsy.

أَضحى الإِمامُ مُحَمَّدٌ

لِلدينِ نوراً يُقتَبَس

Imam Muhammad has become

A light for the faith from which illumination is drawn;

وَرِثَ الخِلافَةَ خَمسَةً

وَبِخَيرِ سادِسِهِم سَدَس

He inherited the Caliphate from five before him,

And as the noblest sixth, he completed their count.

تَبكي البُدورُ لِضِحكِهِ

وَالسَيفُ يَضحَكُ إِن عَبَس

The full moons weep at the beauty of his laughter,

While the sword laughs whenever he frowns.