مَلِكَ السَماءِ بَهَرتَ في الأَنوارِ
فَفَداك كُلُّ مُتَوَّجٍ مِن ساري
O King of the Heavens, you dazzled in the lights,
So every crowned one ransomed you with the highest.
لَمّا طَلَعتَ عَلى المِياهِ تُنيرُها
سَكَنَت وَقَد كانَت بِغَيرِ قَرارِ
When you rose over the waters lighting them up,
They calmed, though before they were restless.
وَزَهَت لِناظِرِها السَماءُ وَقَرَّ ما
في البَحرِ مِن عُبُبٍ وَمِن تَيّارِ
The sky became adorned for its viewer, and the
Currents and passions in the sea settled.
وَأَهَلَّ لِلَّهِ السُراةُ وَأَزلَفوا
لَكَ في الكَمالِ تَحِيَّةَ الإِكبارِ
The women's apartments praised God and drew near
To you in perfection with reverent greetings.
وَتَأَمَّلوكَ فَكُلُّ جارِحَةٍ لَهُم
عَينٌ تُسامِرُ نورَها وَتُساري
They contemplated you, and for each of their senses
Was an eye conversing with its light companion.
وَالبَدرُ مِنكَ عَلى العَوالِمِ يَجتَلي
بِشرَ الوُجوهِ وَزَحمَةِ الأَبصارِ
The moon through you illuminates all the worlds
With radiant faces and dense gazes.
مُتَقَدِّمٌ في النورِ مَحجوبٌ بِهِ
موفٍ على الآفاقِ بِالأَسفارِ
Advancing in light, veiled by it,
Enveloping horizons with journeys.
يا دُرَّةَ الغَوّاصِ أَخرَجَ ظافِراً
يُمناهُ يَجلوها عَلى النُظّارِ
O pearl of the diver, he came out triumphant,
Waving it in his right hand for viewers.
مُتَهَلِّلاً في الماءِ أَبدى نِصفَهُ
يَسمو بِها وَالنِصفُ كاسٍ عارِ
Frolicking in the water, he showed half of it,
Rising with it while the other half hid shyly.
وافى بِكَ الأُفُقُ السَماءَ فَأَسفَرَت
عَن قُفلِ ماسٍ في سِوارِ نُضارِ
The horizon fulfilled meeting the sky, so it unveiled
A hidden treasure in the bangle of blossoms.
وَنَهَضتَ يَزهو الكَونُ مِنكَ بِمَنظَرٍ
ضاحٍ وَيَحمُلُ مِنكَ تاجَ فَخارِ
And you rose while the universe glimmered from you
With cheerful splendor and wore your crown proudly.
الماءُ وَالآفاقُ حَولَكَ فِضَّةٌ
وَالشُهبُ دينارٌ لَدى دينارِ
The water and horizons around you are silver,
And the stars are dinars next to each dinar.
وَالفُلكُ مُشرِقَةُ الجَوانِبِ في الدُجى
يَبدو لَها ذَيلٌ مِنَ الأَنوارِ
The planets' edges shine in the darkness,
Revealing a tail made of lights for them.
بَينا تَخَطَّرُ في لُجَينٍ مائِجٍ
إِذ تَنثَني في عَسجَدٍ زَخّارِ
While you saunter in turbulent waves,
Folding into a soft, noisy bed.
وَكَأَنَّها وَالمَوجُ مُنتَظِمٌ وَقَد
أَوفَيتَ ثُمَّ دَنَوتَ كَالمُختارِ
As if you and the waves are arranged, and you
Kept your promise, then approached deliberately.
غَيداءُ لاهِيَةٌ تَخُطُّ لِأَغيَدٍ
شِعراً لِيَقرَأَهُ وَأَنتَ القاري
A flirtatious gazelle frolicking and tracing
Poetry for her lover, and you are the reciter.
فَليَهنِ بَدرَ الأَرضِ أَنَّكَ صِنوُهُ
وَنَظيرُهُ قُرباً وَبُعدَ مَزارِ
So the full moon of earth should rejoice that you are its peer,
And match in nearness and remote pilgrimage.
وَحَلاكُما ما البَدرُ إِلّا أَنتُما
وَسِواكُما قَمَرٌ مِنَ الأَقمارِ
You two are the only moons among all moons.
None but you are a moon among the moons.
أَنتَ الكَريمُ عَلى الوُجودِ بِوَجهِهِ
وَهيَ الضَنينَةُ بِالخَيالِ الساري
You are generous to existence through its essence,
While she is imaginative with roaming thoughts.
هَيفاءُ أَهواها وَأَعشَقُ ذِكرَها
لَكِن أُداري وَالمُحِبُّ يُداري
She captivated my passion and I love remembering her,
But I pretend, and lovers always pretend.
لي في الهَوى سِرٌّ أَبيتُ أَصونُهُ
وَاللَهُ مُطَّلِعٌ عَلى الأَسرارِ
I have a secret in passion I refuse to reveal,
Yet God is aware of all secrets.
