عَفى طَلَلٌ بِالرّامَتينِ وَمنهَجُ

يَجودُ لِعَينٍ لا تَفيضُ وَتَنهَجُ

Talal has recovered at the meadows and trail

Generous to an eye that does not overflow and wanders

وَبُعداً لِقَلبٍ لا يَذوبُ صَبابَةً

وَلا كَبدٍ إِلّا وَتُكوى وَتُنضَجُ

And misery to a heart that does not melt with youth

And any liver except being seared and cooked

تَناوحَتِ الوَرَق الحَمامُ فَهِجنَ لي

وَساوِس وَجدٍ في الفُؤادِ تَهيَّج

The doves have rustled the leaves so it longs for me

And awakened passions in the heart that kindled

وَقَفَت بِهِ وَالمقلَتانِ كَأَنَّما

أَفادهما صَوبٌ مِنَ الغَيث زَيرَجُ

And stopped with it and the eyelids as if

A downpour from the rain has benefited them

تَذَكَّرتُ عَيناً كُنَّ فيها بِعَينها

عَشِيَّة تَدنو كُلَّ عَيناء تَحرجُ

I remembered an eye we were in it with her eye

An evening every bashful one comes near and withdraws

وَرامَ العَزا لَمّا تَذَكَّرَت ريمها

لِرَبّاتِ أَجيادِ الغَلاصِم تولَجُ

And he wanted consolation when it remembered its friend

For the chaste mistresses of heroes it tosses

فَقُلتُ وَقَد كانَ الفُؤادُ يطيره

بَلابِل أَحياهُنَّ شَوق يُؤَجَّجُ

So I said and the heart was flying with it

Yearnings that revived it, a longing that flames

لتهنَ رياض الحُزنِ لَمّا حلِلنَها

كَرائِمَ بِكرٍ جادَهُنَّ المُثَجَّجُ

The gardens of sorrow relaxed when they lodged in it

Like the virtues of an untouched virgin they were stuffed

عَزائِزَ لَم يَخدمنَ بَعلاً ولا أَباً

يُجاذِبهنَّ العَبقَريُّ المدَلَّجُ

Dear ladies who have not served a husband or father

The ingenious flirt woos them

وَيُخجِلنَ إِن باسمنُ مُبتَسِم الرُبى

أَقاحيهِ مِنهُنَّ الأَقاحِ المُفَلَّجُ

And shames if their smile, smiling, is bashful

Its brilliance makes them blink from it

وَيكسبها نَشراً ذَكياً كَما كَسا

مَجاسِدهُنَّ العَنبرَ المُتأرِّجُ

And gives it a bright awakening as if

Their bodies were covered in fragrant amber

خَليليَّ هَذا مَنهل الهزل فارشُدا

فَلي في طَريق الجَدِّ وَالهَزَل مَنهَجُ

My friend this is the source of jest so guide

For I have in the path of seriousness and jest a trail

وَقائِلَة لَمّا رَأتني مُشَمِّراً

وَقَد رابني ريب الزَمانِ المُسَرِّجُ

And a woman when she saw me preparing

And the vicissitudes of time startled me

أَفي أَيِّ وَجهٍ تَبتَغي لَكَ ناصِراً

أَما تَرعوي عَمّا عزمت وَتفرج

In what way do you seek a supporter for yourself

Do not you fear what you are determined to do and see

أَفي الحَقِّ أَن تَعدو عَلى الدهر إن سَطا

فَقُلتُ لَها مَهلاً فَأَينَ المفرجُ

Is it true that you will transgress on fate if it was unfair

So I said to her wait where is relief

بِمَنهَجٍ بيت اللَهِ وَالحَرَم الَّذي

تقاد لَهُ البَدَنُ العُلاكِم تَبلجُ

With the trail the house of God and the sanctuary which

The sublime bodies are led to it in throngs

وَحَيثُ اِلتَقَت شُحب المطي بَعدَها

سَواجِم ما بَينَ الضَعائِن وَلَّجوا

And where the thinness of Miti met after it

The bridges of what is between the valleys and they mingled

لَئِن بلغتنيه اللَيالي وَجادَ لي

نِداهُ الَّذي في جودِهِ لا يُهَجهِجُ

If the nights bring me its echo and he generously gave to me

He whose generosity does not diminish or decrease

لِيَرجِعُ دَهري صاغِراً عَن مَساءَتي

وَيَرجِع مِنَ بعد الهَرير يُحشَرِجُ

My fate will return belittled from harming me

And it will return after the commotion moaning

وَأَنّي يَطيقُ الدَهر إِذ حَشَّ مَن رَجا

بِظِلِّ أَبي الذَوّادِ يَزهى وَيَهدُجُ

And I can endure fate when it has filled with hope

In the shadow of Abul Thawad he recovers and thrives

يكشفه عَن ذي الغَرارين عزمة

وَمِن درعِهِ بدر الذُجى يتبلَّجُ

It uncovers him from Thul Ghararayn his determination

And from his shield Badr Al-Thuja shines

إِذا الرّأي مِن ذي التاجِ هامَ بِمُلكِهِ

فَأَرواهُ في المكرمات تَبلُّجُ

When opinion from Thul Taqi prides itself with his kingdom

So he showed it in venerations coagulating

فَتىً قَلَدَّتهُ المكرمات تَمائِماً

مِنَ الحَمدِ تَنمو كُلَّ يَوم وَتبهَجُ

A young man whom venerations collared with amulets

Of praise growing every day and thriving

وَمَلَّكهُ بيض الأُمورِ وجوهها

يَداهُ وَرأيٌ في المُلِمّاتِ مُسرَجُ

And made him own the purity of matters and their essence

His hand and an opinion in dilemmas penetrating

حَوى طُرقات المَجدِ في كُلِّ مَشهَدٍ

فَلَيسَ لَهُ إِلّا إِلَيهِ معرَّجُ

It contained the paths of glory in every scene

So it has no one except Him as a place to ascend

فَلَولا إِمرؤ نالَ الثُرَيّا بِسؤدد

لأَصبحَ ما بَينَ السماكين يَعرُجُ

So if it were not for Imru’ who got the throne with his luck

What is between the two skies would ascend

إِلَيكَ أَبا الذَوّادِ رَمَت مِن الرَجا

رِكابٌ هَداها واضِحٌ لَكَ أَبلَجُ

To you Abu Thawad the feet of hope rode towards you

Guided by a clear guide for you congealing

قطعت بِها حَرَّ الهُمومِ فَأَصبَحَت

بِبَحر نَدىً مِن راحتَيكَ تأجُجُ

I have cut through the heat of worries so they became

With a sea of dew from your comfort kindling

وَلَم تَكُ حَتّى استَيقَنَت أَنَّ قصدها

مَنازِل رَوّاد العُلى تَتأَرجُ

And it did not stop until it was certain that its destination

Was the abodes of the visitors of the Most High coagulating

وَعَزوى لِدَهرٍ يا ابن جَرّاحَ ساءَني

وَأَنتَ بِقُربي لا تَغار وَتحرجُ

And consolation for a fate that has treated me badly, O Son of Jarrāḥ

While you are near me neither jealous nor withdrawing