عَصى العَواذِلِ إِذ لَجَّت عَواذِلُهُ

وَواصَل الهَمِّ فيمَن لا يُواصِلُهُ

He disobeyed the coquettes when their coquetry intensified,

And kept worrying about one who doesn't worry about him,

وَطالَ لَيل مُحِبٍّ في تَفَكُّرِهِ

فيمَن لِمَوعُودِهِ أَضحى يُماطِلُهُ

And the night of a lover lengthened in his thinking,

Of one whose promised meeting now evades him,

وَكانَ سَمحاً جواداً بِالوِصالِ لَهُ

إِن ضَنَّ يَوماً بِوَصلِ الحُبِّ باخِلُهُ

He used to be kind and generous in uniting with him,

If one day he was miserly in connecting the love.

لِلَّهِ أَيامُنا تِلكَ الَّتي سَلفَت

وَالدَهرُ في غفلة عَنّا نُماحِلُهُ

By God, those days of ours which have passed,

And time is heedlessly mocking us,

وَالدَهرُ في غَفلَةٍ عَنّا يَلذُّ لَنا

عَيش الصِبا وَأَلَذ العَيش غافِلُهُ

And time is heedlessly enjoying for us,

The life of youth, and its most enjoyable life is heedless,

وَكأَسُنا كَنَسيم المِسكِ عاطِره

يُديرها شادنٌ حُلوٌ شَمائِلُهُ

Our cup is like the fragrant breeze of musk,

Stirred by a tender, sweet hand with its gestures,

سَقى النَدامى مُداماً مِن لَواحِظِهِ

من سحر طَرفٍ كساهُ السِحر بابِلُهُ

The regretful were quenched with wine from his joys,

From the magic of a glance it adorned with its magic,

يَهتَزُّ كالغُصنِ مَيّاس الرِياض غَدا

بِمثله كل ذي عَقلٍ يُماثِلُهُ

Like a willow branch, the boughs of gardens will waver tomorrow,

So too every sensible being who rivals it,

أَبا العَلاء الَّذي جلَّت راحَتِهِ

فَلَيسَ في المَجدِ من خَلقٍ يُطاوِلُهُ

O Abu Al-Alaa, whose comfort is majestic,

None among the created can match his glory,

ومن له سُحبٌ من غيث راحَتِهِ

عَلى الوَرى بِالنَدى تَهمي هَواطِلُهُ

And one who has clouds of his comfort's rain,

Upon the land with dew, its rivers gush forth,

فَيا عطا اللَهِ يا ابن الأَكرَمينَ وَمَن

بِوَصفِهِ في العُلى قامَت دَلائِلُهُ

So O gift of God, O son of the most generous two, and who

With his description the proofs have risen high,

أَنتَ الَّذي غمرت بِالجودِ راحته

كُلَّ الأَنامِ وَعَمَّ الخَلق نائِلُهُ

You are the one whose open hand covered,

All the people, and its attainment encompassed creation.