وَمَنزِلٍ بِرداءِ العِزَّ مُتَّشِحٍ

وَقَد رَضيناهُ مُصطافاً وَمُرتَبَعا

In a dwelling robed with the garb of honor

We have accepted it as a chosen and frequented resort

تَكسو عُلوميَ عِرنينَ التُقى شَمَماً

في حافَتَيهِ وَأَجيادَ العُلا تَلَعا

My glories are clad with the perfumes of piety

On its edges and the glories of height intertwined

لَمّا تَسَنَّمَ أَعلاهُ هَوى بِفَتىً

يُطَبِّقُ الأَرضَ تيهاً وَالسَّماءَ مَعا

When he reached its summit, he yearned for a youth

Who brings together earth and sky alike

وَكَيفَ يَحمِلُ سَقفٌ مِثلُهُ هِمَماً

لَم يَستَطِع حَملَها السَّقفُ الَّذي رُفِعا

And how can a roof like it bear ambitions

That even the elevated roof was unable to bear

وَاللَهُ دافَعَ عَنِّي إِذْ رَأَى شَرَفاً

لَو لَم أُطِل باعَهُ بالفَضلِ لا تَّضَعا

And God defended me when He saw nobility

If I had not made it long with favor it would have collapsed

وَلَو قَضى بِالَّذي نادَى الأَنامُ بِهِ

لَم يُلْفَ بَعديَ شَملُ المَجدِ مُجتَمِعا

And if He had decreed what the people proclaimed

The mantle of glory would not have remained whole after me

فاللَهَ أَسأَلُ عُمراً كُلَّما بَلَغَتْ

مَدى القُروحِ سِنوهُ فُرَّ لي جَذَعا

So I ask God for a life, whenever wounds reached

Their extent in years, He relieved me with a strong body