لا أَنتَ أَنتَ وَلا الدِيارُ دِيارُ

خَفَّ الهَوى وَتَوَلَّتِ الأَوطارُ

You are not you, nor are the dwellings still dwellings

Love has diminished and the times have turned

كانَت مُجاوَرَةُ الطُلولِ وَأَهلِها

زَمَناً عِذابَ الوِردِ فَهيَ بِحارُ

Being neighbors with the hills and their people

Was once painful like being pierced by thorns, and now they are seas

أَيّامَ تُدمي عَينَهُ تِلكَ الدُمى

فيها وَتَقمُرُ لُبَّهُ الأَقمارُ

Days that make their eyes tearful, those tears

In which their hearts moon and the moons are eclipsed

إِذ لا صَدوفُ وَلا كَنودُ اَسماهُما

كَالمَعنَيَينِ وَلا نَوارُ نَوارُ

When neither As-Sadouf nor Al-Kanoud we named them

Like two meanings without any light or illumination

بيضٌ فَهُنَّ إِذا رُمِقنَ سَوافِراً

صُوَرٌ وَهُنَّ إِذا رَمَقنَ صِوارُ

White, so when they get up at dawn they are images

And forms when gazing at them in the darkness

في حَيثُ يُمتَهَنُ الحَديثُ لِذي الصِبا

وَتُحَصَّنُ الأَسرارُ وَالأَسرارُ

Where the conversation is tested for the youth

And the secrets are fortified and the secrets are secrets

إِذ في القَتادَةِ وَهيَ أَبخَلُ أَيكَةٍ

ثَمَرٌ وَإِذ عودُ الزَمانِ نُضارُ

When in barren ground, the most barren dale

There is fruit and the passing days are verdant

قَد صَرَّحَت عَن مَحضِها الأَخبارُ

وَاِستَبشَرَت بِفُتوحِكَ الأَمصارُ

The news has openly declared about its essence

And the cities were glad for your openings

خَبَرٌ جَلا صَدَأَ القُلوبِ ضِياؤُهُ

إِذ لاحَ أَنَّ الصِدقَ مِنهُ نَهارُ

A luminous news that rusted the hearts from its brilliance

When it shone that it was true daylight

لَولا جِلادُ أَبي سَعيدٍ لَم يَزَل

لِلثَغرِ صَدرٌ ما عَلَيهِ صِدارُ

If not for the resolve of Abu Saeed, the throat (frontier)

Would still grieve, having no breastplate upon it

قُدتَ الجِيادَ كَأَنَّهُنَّ أَجادِلٌ

بِقُرى دَرَولِيَةٍ لَها أَوكارُ

You led the steeds as if they were

Warriors over the lands of Darouliyeh, seeking their dens

حَتّى اِلتَوى مِن نَقعِ قَسطَلِها عَلى

حيطانِ قُسطَنطينَةَ الإِعصارُ

Until the neighing from hoofs of his cavalry

Reached the walls of Constantinople like a storm

أَوقَدتَ مِن دونِ الخَليجِ لِأَهلِها

ناراً لَها خَلفَ الخَليجِ شَرارُ

You ignited, from beyond the Gulf, a fire for its people

That has embers beyond the Gulf

إِلّا تَكُن حُصِرَت فَقَد أَضحى لَها

مِن خَوفِ قارِعَةِ الحِصارِ حِصارُ

Unless it was besieged, it has now become

Out of fear of the attack of the siege, a siege

لَو طاوَعَتكَ الخَيلُ لَم تَقفُل بِها

وَالقُفلُ فيهِ شَباً وَلا مِسمارُ

If the horses had obeyed you, you would not return with them

With shackles - and shackles contain no nail

لَمّا لَقوكَ تَواكَلوكَ وَأَعذَروا

هَرَباً فَلَم يَنفَعهُمُ الإِعذارُ

When they met you, they entrusted themselves to you and apologized

Fleeing, but the apology did not benefit them

فَهُناكَ نارُ وَغى تُشَبُّ وَهاهُنا

جَيشٌ لَهُ لَجَبٌ وَثَمَّ مُغارُ

So there is the fire of war kindling and here is an army

That has fury and cunning shelters

خَشَعوا لِصَولَتِكَ الَّتي هِيَ عِندَهُم

كَالمَوتِ يَأتي لَيسَ فيهِ عارُ

They submitted to your assault that is like death to them

Which comes with no dishonor

لَمّا فَصَلتَ مِنَ الدُروبِ إِلَيهِمِ

بِعَرَمرَمٍ لِلأَرضِ مِنهُ خُوارُ

When you isolated them from the paths to them

With a desolate ground that has no vegetation

إِن يَبتَكِر تُرشِدهُ أَعلامُ الصُوى

أَو يَسرِ لَيلاً فَالنُجومُ مَنارُ

If he travels early the abodes guide him

Or travels at night so the stars are lanterns

فَالحَمَّةُ البَيضاءُ ميعادٌ لَهُم

وَالقُفلُ حَتمٌ وَالخَليجُ شِعارُ

Thus, the white eminence is an appointment for them

And the shackle is destiny and the Gulf is a banner

عَلِموا بِأَنَّ الغَزوَ كانَ كَمِثلِهِ

غَزواً وَأَنَّ الغَزوَ مِنكَ بَوارُ

They knew that the invasion was like it

An invasion, and that invasion from you is supreme

فَالمَشيُ هَمسٌ وَالنِداءُ إِشارَةٌ

خَوفَ اِنتِقامِكَ وَالحَديثُ سِرارُ

So walking is whispering and calling is signalling

Fearing your revenge and speech is secrets

إِلّا تَنَل مَنويلَ أَطرافُ القَنا

أَو تُثنَ عَنهُ البيضُ وَهيَ حِرارُ

Unless Minuel, edges of the spear, turns away

Or the white one turns from it, and it is heated

فَلَقَد تَمَنّى أَنَّ كُلَّ مَدينَةٍ

جَبَلٌ أَصَمُّ وَكُلَّ حِصنٍ غارُ

He wished that every city was

A deaf mountain and every fortress a cave

إِلّا تَفِرَّ فَقَد أَقَمتَ وَقَد رَأَت

عَيناكَ قِدرَ الحَربِ كَيفَ تُفارُ

Unless you flee, you have resolved, and your eyes have seen

The extent of war, how it can be fled

في حَيثُ تَستَمِعُ الهَريرَ إِذا عَلا

وَتَرى عَجاجَ المَوتِ حينَ يُثارُ

Where you hear the commotion when it intensifies

And see the birds of death when they flap

فَاُنظُر بِعَينِ شَجاعَةٍ فَلَتَعلَمَن

أَنَّ المُقامَ بِحَيثُ كُنتَ فِرارُ

So look with the eye of courage and you will know

That remaining where you were is fleeing

لَمّا أَتَتكَ فُلولُهُم أَمدَدتَهُم

بِسَوابِقِ العَبَراتِ وَهيَ غِزارُ

When their remnants came to you, you gave them

Earlier tidings, and they were plenty

وَضَرَبتَ أَمثالَ الذَليلِ وَقَد تَرى

أَن غَيرُ ذاكَ النَقضُ وَالإِمرارُ

And you gave examples of the disgraced, and you can see

That other than this is breach and passage

الصَبرُ أَجمَلُ وَالقَضاءُ مُسَلَّطٌ

فَاِرضَوا بِهِ وَالشَرُّ فيهِ خِيارُ

Patience is more beautiful, and destiny is imposed

So consent to it, and the evil in it is good

هَيهاتَ جاذَبَكَ الأَعِنَّةَ باسِلٌ

يُعطي الأَسِنَّةَ كُلَّ ما تَختارُ

How the ear has pulled you to listen to the slanderers

It gives the tongue whatever it wants

فَمَضى لَو اَنَّ النارَ دونَكَ خاضَها

بِالسَيفِ إِلّا أَن تَكونَ النارُ

He would have passed even if the fire was before him

With the sword, unless the fire was an ally

حَتّى يَؤوبَ الحَقُّ وَهُوَ المُشتَفي

مِنكُم وَما لِلدينِ فيكُم ثارُ

Until the truth returns, and it is the only demand

From you, and the religion has no vengeance in you

لِلَّهِ دَرُّ أَبي سَعيدٍ إِنَّهُ

لِلضَيفِ مَحضٌ لَيسَ فيهِ سَمارُ

Praise be to Abu Saeed, he is pure

Hospitality for the guest, no deficiency in it

لَمّا حَلَلتَ الثَغرَ أَصبَحَ عالِياً

لِلرومِ مِن ذاكَ الجِوارِ جُوارُ

When you liberated the frontier, it became high

For Rome from that neighborhood, a neighborhood

وَاِستَيقَنوا إِذ جاشَ بَحرُكَ وَاِرتَقى

ذاكَ الزَئيرُ وَعَزَّ ذاكَ الزارُ

And they were certain when your sea raged and that

Roaring reverberated and the visiting was dear

أَن لَستَ نِعمَ الجارُ لِلسُنَنِ الأولى

إِلّا إِذا ما كُنتَ بِئسَ الجارُ

That you are not a good neighbor for the old ways

Unless you were a terrible neighbor indeed

يَقِظٌ يَخافُ المُشرِكونَ شَذاتَهُ

مُتَواضِعٌ يَعنو لَهُ الجَبّارُ

Awake, fearing that the polytheists would assail him

Humble, so even the tyrant yields to him

ذُلُلٌ رَكائِبُهُ إِذا ما اِستَأخَرَت

أَسفارُهُ فَهُمومُهُ أَسفارُ

Meek, his riding animals when his journeys

Delay, so his worries are journeys

يَسري إِذا سَرَتِ الهُمومُ كَأَنَّهُ

نَجمُ الدُجى وَيُغيرُ حينَ يُغارُ

He travels when worries travel as if he is

The star of darkness, attacking when attacking

سَمَقَت بِهِ أَعراقُهُ في مَعشَرٍ

قُطبُ الوَغى نُصُبٌ لَهُم وَدَوارُ

Their veins have carried him in a group

The axis of calamity, a pillar and revolving for them

لا يَأسَفونَ إِذا هُمُ سَمِنَت لَهُم

أَحسابُهُم أَن تُهزَلَ الأَعمارُ

They do not mind if they fatten while

Their lifespans diminish and the years descend

مُتَبَهِّمٌ في غَرسِهِ أَنصارُهُ

عِندَ النِزالِ كَأَنَّهُم أَنصارُ

Frowning in his planting, his supporters

When battling as if they are supporters

لُفُظٌ لِأَخلاقِ التِجارِ وَإِنَّهُم

لَغَداً بِما اِدَّخَروا لَهُ لَتِجارُ

Rude in the manner of traders, and they

Tomorrow, with what they hoarded for him, are traders

وَمُجَرِّبونَ سَقاهُمُ مِن بَأسِهِ

فَإِذا لُقوا فَكَأَنَّهُم أَغمارُ

And tested, given to drink of his might

So when they meet it is as if they are floods

عُكُفٌ بِجِذلٍ لِلطِعانِ لِقاؤُهُ

خَطَرٌ إِذا خَطَرَ القَنا الخَطّارُ

Insistent with steadfastness for the critic, meeting him

Is a grave danger when the brave one endangers

وَالبيضُ تَعلَمُ أَنَّ ديناً لَم يَضِع

مُذ سَلَّهُنَّ وَلا أُضيعَ ذِمارُ

And the white ones know he did not waste a debt

Since he gave it to them, and no bridle was lost

وَإِذا القِسِيُّ العوجُ طارَت نَبلُها

سَومَ الجَرادَ يَسيحُ حينَ يُطارُ

And when the stiff-necked, twisted one flew, their arrows

Slaughter locusts, the arrows fly when flown

ضَمِنَت لَهُ أَعجاسُها وَتَكَفَّلَت

أَوتارُها أَن تُنقَضَ الأَوتارُ

Their bow-strings guaranteed and their strings pledged

To snap the strings

فَدَعوا الطَريقَ بَني الطَريقِ لِعالِمٍ

أَنّي يُقادُ الجَحفَلُ الجَرّارُ

So leave the path, O son of the path, to a scholar

Indeed, the huge caravan is steered

لَو أَنَّ أَيدِيَكُم طِوالٌ قَصَّرَت

عَنهُ فَكَيفَ تَكونُ وَهيَ قِصارُ

If your hands were long, they would fall

Short of him, so how can they be while short

هُوَ كَوكَبُ الإِسلامِ أَيَّةَ ظُلمَةٍ

يَخرِق فَمُخُّ الكُفرِ فيها رارُ

He is the star of Islam, what darkness

Does he pierce that the disbelief therein is pustules

غادَرتَ أَرضَهُمُ بِخَيلِكَ في الوَغى

وَكَأَنَّ أَمنَعَها لَها مِضمارُ

You left their land with your horses in the calamity

As if their most invincible had a racecourse

وَأَقَمتَ فيها وادِعاً مُتَمَهِّلاً

حَتّى ظَنَنّا أَنَّها لَكَ دارُ

And you stayed in it, slowly, until we thought

It was your abode

بِالمُلكِ عَنكَ رِضاً وَجابِرُ عَظمِهِ

أَرضى وَبِالدُنيا عَلَيكَ قَرارُ

With the kingdom pleased from you, sustainer of its greatness

Satisfied, and the world settled upon you

وَأَرى الرِياضَ حَوامِلاً وَمَطافِلاً

مُذ كُنتَ فيها وَالسَحابُ عِشارُ

And I saw the meadows laden and fertile

Since you were in them and the clouds were rain

أَيّامُنا مَصقولَةٌ أَطرافُها

بِكَ وَاللَيالي كُلُّها أَسحارُ

Our days are burnished, their edges

By you, and all the nights are daybreak

تَندى عُفاتُكَ لِلعُفاةِ وَتَغتَدي

رِفقاً إِلى زُوّارِكَ الزُوّارُ

Your chastity guides the chaste, and you have breakfast

Gently with your visitors, the visitors

هِمَمي مُعَلَّقَةٌ عَلَيكَ رِقابُها

مَغلولَةٌ إِنَّ الوَفاءَ إِسارُ

My resolves are suspended upon you, their necks

Bound, indeed loyalty is fetters

وَمَوَدَّتي لَكَ لا تُعارُ بَلى إِذا

ما كانَ تامورُ الفُؤادِ يُعارُ

And my love for you is not shamed, but when

The full moons of the heart are shamed

وَالناسُ غَيرَكَ ما تَغَيَّرُ حُبوَتي

لِفِراقِهِم هَل أَنجَدوا أَو غاروا

And people other than you, if my love for them

Changed when they departed, did they help or protect?

وَلِذاكَ شِعري فيكَ قَد سَمِعوا بِهِ

سِحرٌ وَأَشعاري لَهُم أَشعارُ

And for that my poetry about you - they have heard of it

Magic, and my poems to them are poems

فَاِسلَم وَلا يَنفَكُّ يَحظوكَ الرَدى

فينا وَتَسقُطُ دونَكَ الأَقدارُ

So be safe, and do not cease, may you be fortunate

Among us, and may the destinies fall short of you