قولا لِإِبراهيمَ وَالفَضلِ الَّذي
سَكَنَت مَوَدَّتُهُ جُنوبَ شَغافي
Tell Ibrahim and his excellence, whose affection
Resides in the depths of my innermost being,
مَنَعَ الزِيارَةَ وَالوِصالَ سَحائِبٌ
شُمُّ الغَوارِبِ جَأبَةُ الأَكتافِ
That the clouds have prevented visiting and union,
With their rain-laden bellies and hunched shoulders.
ظَلَمَت بَني الحاجِ المُهِمِّ وَأَنصَفَت
عَرضَ البَسيطَةِ أَيَّما إِنصافِ
They have wronged the pilgrims, yet been fair
To the wide plain of Al-Buseirah equally.
فَأَتَت بِمَنفَعَةِ الرِياضِ وَضَرِّها
أَهلَ المَنازِلِ أَلسُنُ الوُصّافِ
So they brought benefit and harm to the dwellers
Through the tongues of the rain-describers.
وَعَلِمتُ ما لَقِيَ المَزورُ إِذا هَمَت
مِن مُمطِرٍ ذَفِرٍ وَطينِ خِفافِ
And I knew what the frequenter met when the clouds
Intended to pour from a rainy, muddy downpour.
فَجَفَوتُكُم وَعَلِمتُ في أَمثالِها
أَنَّ الوَصولَ هُوَ القَطوعُ الجافي
So I shunned you and learned in the likes of it
That arrival itself is the barren severance.
لَمّا اِستَقَلَّت ثَرَّةً أَخلافُها
مَلمومَةَ الأَرجاءِ وَالأَكنافِ
When its fertile offspring gained independence,
شَهِدَت لَها الأَثراءُ أَجمَعُ إِنَّها
مِن مُزنَةٍ لَكَريمَةُ الأَطرافِ
Scattered, with curved and straight limbs,
The nobility altogether testified that it
ما يَنقَضي مِنها النِتاجُ بِبَلدَةٍ
حَتّى يُسِرَّ لَهُ لَقاحَ كِشافِ
Was from a revered stock, honorable in deeds.
Its yield does not end in any country
كَم أَهدَتِ الخَضراءُ في أَحمالِها
لِلأَرضِ مِن تُحَفٍ وَمِن أَلطافِ
Until pollination is facilitated for it by an unveiler.
How much has the green land offered up
فَكَأَنَّني بِالرَوضِ قَد أَجلى لَها
عَن حُلَّةٍ مِن وَشيِهِ أَفوافِ
Of gifts and refinements in its loads!
عَن ثامِرٍ ضافٍ وَنَبتِ قَرارَةٍ
وافٍ وَنَورٍ كَالمَراجِلِ خافِ
It is as though I see the meadow cleared
Of a garment of its wind-blown refuse,
وَكَأَنَّني بِالظاعِنينَ وَطِيَّةٌ
تَبكي لَها الأُلّافُ لِلأُلّافِ
Of ripe fruit and soothing vegetation,
And light like the glowing embers of a brazier.
وَكَأَنَّني بِالشَدقَمِيَّةِ وَسطَهُ
خُضرُ اللُهى وَالوُظفِ وَالأَخفافِ
It is as though I see ath-Tha’neen while around it
Is the greenness of meadows, marshes, and lowlands.
إِنَّ الشِتاءَ عَلى جَهامَةِ وَجهِهِ
لَهُوَ المُفيدُ طَلاقَةَ المُصطافِ
Verily winter in the gloom of its face
Is what facilitates the strolling of the walker.
وَكَأَنَّما آثارُها مِن مُزنَةٍ
بِالميثِ وَالوَهَداتِ وَالأَخيافِ
And it is as though its traces are from reverence
In the swamps, ponds, and creeks.
آثارُ أَيدي آلِ مُصعَبٍ الَّتي
بُسِطَت بِلا مَنٍّ وَلا إِخلافِ
Traces of the hands of the clan of Mus’ab
That stretched out without stinginess or holding back.
حَتمٌ عَلَيكَ إِذا حَلَلتَ مَغانَهُم
أَلّا تَراهُ عافِياً مِن عافِ
It is inevitable that when you seek refuge with them,
You will not see it free of an intimate friend.
وَكَأَنَّهُم في بِرِّهِم وَحَفائِهِم
بِالمُجتَدي الأَضيافُ لِلأَضيافِ
And it is as though in their righteousness and protection
They are hosts entertaining guests with hospitality.
