تذكّرَ الوصْلَ فارْفَضّتْ مَدامِعُهُ

واعْتادَهُ الشّوقُ فانْقَضّتْ أضالِعُهُ

He recalled their union so his tears flowed

And longing seized him so his ribs collapsed

وبَرْقَعَ الدّمعُ عينيهِ لِذي هَيَفٍ

نمّتْ على القمَرِ السّاري بَراقِعُهُ

And tears patched his eyes for one panic-stricken

Its patches crept on the crescent moon

فَباتَ يَرْقُبُهُ والليلُ يخْفِرُهُ

والقلبُ تَهفو إِلى حُزوى نَوازِعُهُ

So he stayed up watching while the night guarded him

And his heart fluttered to the coaxing of his passions

ولاعِجُ الوَجْدِ يَطْويهِ وينشُرُهُ

حتى بَدا الصُّبْحُ مَوشِيّاً أكارِعُهُ

And the agony of love bent and spread him

Until dawn shone embellishing its fringes

فزارَهُ زَوْرَةً تَعيى الأُسودُ بِها

أغَرُّ زُرَّتْ على خِشْفٍ مَدارِعُهُ

So he visited him wearily, exhausted by his black night

The most delicate fragrance on a gentle cheek are its patches

وراحَ ينْضَحُ حرَّ الوَجْدِ منْ نُغَبٍ

في مَشْرَبٍ خَصِرٍ طابَتْ مَشارِعُهُ

And he went oozing the heat of passion from a lip

In a slender waist whose paths were beautiful

كأنّها ضَرَبٌ شِيبَتْ لِذائِقِها

بعاتِقٍ نَفَحَتْ مِسْكاً ذَوارِعُهُ

As if it were a blow that had whitened to its taster

With shoulders that diffused musk in its breadths

والليلُ مَدَّ رِواقاً منْ غَياهِبهِ

على فتًى كَرُمَتْ فيهِ مَضاجِعُهُ

And the night extended a corridor from its obscurities

Upon a young man whom its beds had honored

ثمّ افتَرَقْنا وقد بَثَّ الصّباحُ سَناً

جابَتْ رِداءَ الدُّجى عنّا لوامِعُهُ

Then we parted as morning disseminated beauty

Its flashes uncovered us from the darkness

يجري منَ الدّمعِ ما يَرْضى المَشوقُ بهِ

ويرتَقي نَفَسٌ سُدَّتْ مَطالِعُهُ

Tears flow that please the longing one

And a soul ascends sealed are its horizons

هذا ورُبَّ فَلاةٍ لا يُجاوزُها

إلا النّعامُ بها تَخدي خَواضِعُهُ

Except the ostrich with its submissive young

I likened it to the resolves of my brother Thiqa

قَرَيْتُها عَزَماتٍ منْ أخي ثِقَةٍ

تَفْتَرُّ عنْ أسَدٍ ضارٍ وقائِعُهُ

That relax on a hostile injurious lion

And al-Arhabiya overflows in her crisis

والأرْحَبيّةُ تَطْغى في أزِمّتِها

إذا السّرابُ ثَنى طَرْفي يُخادِعُهُ

When the mirage bends the glance that deceives him

And today it threw him with its twisting sands

واليومَ ألْقَتْ بهِ الشِّعْرَى كَلاكِلَها

وصوّحَتْ منْ رُبا فَلْجٍ مَراتِعِهُ

Shrieking from a muddy swollen stream

So he remained shaded for the caravan and war

فظلّ للرّكْبِ والحِرْباءُ مُنتَصِبٌ

بَيْتٌ على مَفْرِقِ العَيّوقِ رافِعُهُ

A house erect at the crossroads raising it

Its fringes divert the poisons from us

تَلوي طَوارِفُهُ عنّا السَّمومُ كما

تُهدي النّسيمَ إِلى صَحْبي وشائِعُهُ

As the breeze conveys to my friends and its rumors

Its pillars are spears watered when kindled

عِمادُهُ أسَلٌ تَرْوى إذا اضْطَرَمَتْ

نارُ الوغى منْ دَمِ الجاني شَوارِعُهُ

The fire of turmoil with the blood of the transgressor its streets

And the wind is a perplexed goddess who takes refuge in it

والريحُ والِهَةٌ حَيْرى تَلوذُ بهِ

حيثُ النّسيمُ يَروعُ التُّرْبَ وادِعُهُ

Where the breeze frightens the soil and its docile one

You made its ropes the reins of `Adiy

جَعَلْتَ أطْنابَهُ أرْسانَ عاديةٍ

يَشْجى بها مِنْ فَضاءِ الأرضِ واسِعُهُ

With which he drives from the expanse of the earth, its breadth

It was visited by Nasir al-Din whom she frequented

زارَتْ بِناصِرَ الدّينِ الذي نَهَجَتْ

إِلى العُلا طُرُقاً شتّى صَنائِعُهُ

The myriad paths to ascendancy, diverse are his talents

Sweet of traits, bitter of calamity, noble lineage

حُلْوُ الشّمائِلِ مُرُّ البأسِ ذو حَسَبٍ

منْ مَجْدِهِ مُكْتَسٍ عارٍ أشاجِعهُ

From his glory, warded off all shame are his protectors

Favor does not follow the tracks of its obtainer

والمَنُّ لا يَقْتَفي آثارَ نائِلِهِ

إذا تَقرّاهُ منْ عافٍ مَطامِعُهُ

If his hopes lead him to be satisfied from his pursuits

Time took him to the farthest limit to nobility

أفْضى بهِ الأمَدُ الأقصى إِلى شرَفٍ

ضاحٍ لهُ منْ سَنامِ العِزِّ يافِعُهُ

Dazzling for him from the insignia of honor, its climber

Were it not for you O son of Abu `Adnan, it would not have presented

لولاكَ يا بْنَ أبي عَدْنانَ ما عَرَضَتْ

شُوسُ القَوافي لِمَنْ بارَتْ بَضائِعُهُ

The meters of poetry to one whose goods have diminished

I composed your praise as hopes shouted at me

ألِفْتُ مَدْحَكَ والآمالُ تَهتِفُ بي

وراضَ جودُكَ أفكاراً تُطاوعُهُ

While your generosity satisfied thoughts that obey it

And poetry does not flourish for the likes of me though strayed

والشِّعْرُ لا يَزْدَهي مِثْلي وإن شَرَدَتْ

أمثالُهُ وثَنى الأسْماعَ رائِعِهُ

Have its like and the ears turned away its prominent

But your ascendancy entices me with praising you

لكنّ مَدْحَكَ تُغْريني عُلاكَ بهِ

فالدّهْرُ مُنْشِدُهُ والمَجْدُ سامِعُهُ

For fate sings it and glory hears it

And independent through it from the people, a man

ومُسْتَقِلٌّ به دونَ الأنامِ فتًى

تَضْفو على نَغَمِ الرّاوي بدائِعُهُ

Who adds to the melody of the narrator, his masterpieces

I came to you, and the attainer, fulfilled are his wants

أتاكَ والنّائِلُ المَرْجوُّ بُغْيَتُهُ

لدَيْكَ والأدَبُ المَجْفُوُّ شافِعُهُ

Through you, and poetry, though dry, its intercessor

Sincere brotherhood, flowing verse, and love

خِلٌّ كَريمٌ وشِعْرٌ سائِرٌ وهَوىً

ثَوى على مُنْحَنى الأضْلاعِ ناصِعُهُ

That dwelt on the curve of the ribs, its prominent

And how can the seeker not attain his needs

وكيفَ لا يَبْلُغُ الحاجاتِ طالِبُها

وهذه في مَباغيهِ ذَرائِعُهُ

When for him in his pursuits are its paths?

So pull me closer for the generous have what is acquired

فاجْذِبْ بضَبْعي ففي الأحرارِ مُصطَنَعٌ

وحِلْيَةُ السّيّدِ المَتْبوعِ تابِعُهُ

And the ornament of the master followed is his dependent