أذاكرةٌ يومَ الوَداع نَوارُ

وقد لَمَعتْ منها يَدٌ وسِوارُ

Memories on the day of farewell, the light of Anwar

And a hand and bracelet gleamed from it

عَشِيّةَ ضَنّوا أن يَجودوا فعلَّلُوا

وخافوا العِدا أن يَنْطِقوا فأشاروا

In the evening they were stingy to be generous, so they made excuses

And they feared the enemy, so they gestured

حدَوْا سُفْنَ عِيسٍ لم تزَلْ بصُدورِها

تُخاضُ من اللّيلِ البهيم غِمار

They prepared the ships of Jesus which always

Plow through the ignorant night darkness

فَحلُّوا قِفاراً مَرّتِ الظُّعْنُ فوقَها

وخَلَّوا ديارَ الحَيِّ وهْيَ قِفار

So they left as ruins passed over them

And they left the settlements of life as ruins

غدَوا دُرَراً أصدافُهنّ هوادِجٌ

وليس لها إلاّ السّرابَ بِحار

They went as precious pearls, their shells are tents

And they have nothing but mirages in the sea as guides

وأثمانُها الأرواحُ تُبذَلُ والوغى

لَهُنّ عُكاظٌ والرِّماحُ تِجار

And their prices are souls that are sacrificed, and the clamor

Ukaz belongs to them, and spears are their trade

أعِدْ نظَراً يا رائدَ الحَيِّ قاصداً

إلى أينَ من حُزْوَى المَطِيُّ تُثار

Take another look, O guide of life, heading

To where the horses are agitated from the stables

أما همْ إلى قلبي من العينِ غُدْوةً

يَسيرون أن زَمُّوا الجِمالَ وساروا

As for them, to my heart from the eyes in the morning

They walk to gather the camels and journey

إلى كَبِدٍ تَشكو الغرامَ جديبةٍ

سَروْا من جفونٍ سُحْبُهنّ غِزار

To a liver that complains of the love of a barren woman

They traveled from eyelids whose clouds are abundant

وما رَحلوا إلاّ انتجاعاً فلو دَرَوْا

بِما بي لَحاروا في المَسيرِ وجاروا

And they only left to regain strength, and if they knew

What was inside me, they would be confused in the journey and return

بنَفْسي غزالٌ أَعرضَ البُعدُ دونَه

فعادَ رَبيبُ الوَصْلِ وَهْوَ نَوار

With my soul a gazelle whom distance came between us

So the beloved of union returned while he was light

تُعاتَبُ عيني حين يَعلَقُ خاطري

ولَومُ المَشوقِ المُستهامِ ضِرار

My eye blames when my thoughts are distracted

And the blame of the obsessed, enamored one is harm

ويَقْلَقُ قلبي حين يَطْرُقُ ناظري

فَبعْضِيَ من بَعْضي عليه يَغار

And my heart is restless when my gaze wanders

So some of me is jealous of some of me

فهل نَهْلةٌ تَشْفي الغليلَ لمُدْنَفٍ

ففي الصّدْرِ من نارِ الفراقِ أُوار

Is there a drink to quench the thirst of an outcast?

For in my chest from the fire of separation there are embers

يُواصِلُ قلبي وهْو للعين هاجِرٌ

لَصيقُ فؤادٍ شَطَّ منه مَزار

My heart keeps company while to the eye it is a deserter

The heart of the passionate one who has deviated from its course

فليت ديارَ النّازحاتِ قلوبُنا

لِتسلُوَ أم ليت القلوبَ دِيار

If only the homes of the displaced were our hearts

In order to find solace, or if only hearts were homes

أبى القلبُ إلاّ ذِكْرَهُنّ وقد بَدا

معَ الصّبحِ أشْباهاً لَهنَّ صُوار

My heart insisted on remembering them after

Their likenesses appeared with the dawn

وليلةَ أهْدَيْنَ الخيالَ لناظري

وبالنّومِ لولا الطّيفُ عنه نِفار

And one night imagination gave me visions

And in sleep, if not for fantasies it would have fled

تَقنَّصْتُه والأُفْقُ يجتابُ حُلّةً

من الوَشْيِ يُسدَى نَسْجُها ويُنار

I hunted it while the horizon was wearing

A dress of darkness, its weaving ignited and illuminated

فلا يَحسَبِ الجوزاءَ طَرْفُك أنّها

هَدِيٌّ لها شُهْبُ الظّلامِ نِثار

So do not think the Gemini, your gaze assumes

It is a gift for it, the shooting stars are scattered

وأنّ الثُريّا باتَ فِضّيُّ كأسِها

بأيدي نَدامَى الزَّنْجِ وهْو يُدار

And that the Pleiades in its silver cup

Is in the hands of the drunk Zanj while it spins

فليس الدُّجَى إلاّ لنارِ تَنَفُّسي

دُخانٌ تَراقَى والنُّجومُ شَرار

For it is nothing but the breath of my longing

Smoke that rises and the stars are embers

رُوَيْداً لقَلْبي بالهوَى يا ابنَ حامدٍ

وإلاّ فلَيْلِي ما بَقيِت نَهار

Hold back, my heart, from passion, O son of Hamid

Or else my night will remain day for what is left of it

إذا طَلَعتْ في بلدةٍ لكَ رايةٌ

فللظُّلْمِ منها والظّلامِ فِرار

If a banner for you rises in a city

Then for darkness and gloom there is escape

فِدىً لعزيزِ الدّينِ في الدّهرِ عُصبةٌ

أجارَ من الخَطْبِ الجسيمِ وجاروا

A group that protects the precious religion in time

Who seek refuge from great adversity and take shelter

منَ البِيضِ أمّا بَحرُه لعُفاتِه

فَطامٍ وأمّا دُرُّه فكِبار

From the eggs, as for its sea due to its chastity

It is pure, and as for its pearls they are big

فتَى الدّهرِ ما ثار امْرؤٌ لِيَؤمَّه

فَيْبقَى له عند المطالِبِ ثار

The young man of time, no man rose to support him

And vengeance remained for him during adversities

يُلِمُّ بمَغْشِيِّ الرِّواقَيْنِ للِنّدَى

وللبأسِ يوماً إن أظَلَّ حِذار

He meets the extending porches with moisture

And for might, one day, if it is shaded with precaution

عِراصٌ تَرى رُسْلَ الملوكِ تَحُلُّها

كما انتثَرتْ فوق الرِّياضِ قِطار

A couch which you can see the missions of kings frequenting it

As groups scattered above the gardens

إذا سار وَفْدٌ زائرون فَودَّعوا

تَناهَى إليها آخَرونَ فَزاروا

When a delegation of visitors bid farewell

Others came to the end and visited

هُمامٌ إذا ما شاء صَبَّحَ مارِقاً

بأرْعَنَ عينُ الشّمسِ منه تَحار

Ambitions, if he willed, he traveled by night

At dawn, the eyes of the sun from him are dazzled

وكُلُّ فتىً للعينِ والسّيفِ إنْ غَزا

يَعِزُّ بجَفْنٍ أنْ يُلِمَّ غِرار

And every young man, for the eye and sword, if he conquers

He is too proud for his eyelid to meet the ignorant

مشيحٌ إذا الجَبّار صَعّرَ خَدّه

أعاد دَمَ الجَبّار وهْو جُبار

A lever, when the tyrant's cheek became enraged

He returned the blood of the tyrant while he was a tyrant

ورَدَّ طِوالَ السّمهريّ قصيرةً

غداةَ لجَيْن المَشْرفيَ نُضار

And he repelled the thin lofty ones with short ones

The next morning for the soft, elegant lean ones

بحيثُ دنانير الوجوهِ مَشوفة

بنَقْرِ بنانِ المرهَفاتِ تُطار

To the extent that the gold coins of the faces are revealed

By the pecking of the delicate, elegant beaks they are tossed

وحيث وَقور الطَّودِ من هَوْلِ يَومِه

يَرَى وهْو نَفْع في السّماء مُثار

And where the majesty of his heavyset stature from the horrors of his day

He sees while he is an advantage in the sky, aroused

وإن شاء نابَتْ عن رماحٍ بكَفّهِ

أنابيبُ حتّى لا يُشَنّ غِرار

And if he wished, tubes sprouted from spears in his grip

Until the ignorant cannot be rebuked

حديداتُ خَرْقِ السَمْعِ إنْ صَمّتِ القنا

تَغلغلَ فيه للقَضاء سِرار

Swords that penetrate the hearing, if the channels are silent

It penetrates them for fate in secrecy

إذا غرسَتْها كَفّه في صحيفةٍ

غدَتْ ولها غُرّ الفتوح ثِمار

If his hand plants them in a paper

They become, and they have the arrogance of the openings as fruits

ايا مَن تَفوقُ النّجمَ غُرّةُ طِرْفِه

إذا انشَقَّ عنه للعيونِ غُبار

O you who the greenness of your glance surpasses the stars

When darkness separates from it for the eyes

تَخيَّركَ السّلطانُ للنُّصحِ صاحياً

فشابهَ سِرّاً من هَواكَ جِهار

The Sultan chose you for advice while awake

So he paired a secret from your love openly

غدا كاشتقاقِ اسمَيْكُما مَعْنَياكُما

صفاءً فحَبْلُ الائتِلافِ مُغار

It became like the derivation of both your names is your qualities

Clarity so the rope of accord is woven

وهل يَتّقي رَيْبَ الزّمانِ ابنُ حُرّةٍ

وأنت له مِمّا يُحاذِرُ جار

And does the son of Hurrah fear the stain of time

While you are for him what he needs to be wary of

وما كان يَغشَى البدْرَ لو كنتَ جارَهُ

خُسوفٌ يُغَطّي وَجهَهُ وسِرار

The full moon would not be eclipsed if you were its companion

An eclipse covering its face and secrecy

ولكنّه من نورِ غَيرِك قابسٌ

فلا غَرو إن لَوَّى خُطاهُ عِثار

But it borrows from the light of other than you

So no wonder if it falters in its steps

حَسودُك تُمسي طارقاتُ همومِه

وهنّ له دون الشِّعارِ شِعار

Your envious enemies, the comings of their worries at night

And they are adversities upon the emblem

كتطْبيقِ سَيْفٍ فيه إطباقُ جَفْنِه

فأشفارُ عينَيْهِ عليه شِفار

Like the sheathing of a sword in which is the closing of its eyelid

So the lashes of its eyes are blades upon it

إذا ضافَهُ هَمٌّ يصافِحُ قَلّبَه

ورَتْ منه ما بين الأضالعِ نار

When a worry sits with it, it shakes its heart

And fire spreads between its ribs

وجاءتْ لأدْنَى مِسحةٍ فكأنّما

له الصَدْر مَرْخٌ والبَنانُ عَفار

And with the slightest touch, it is as if

For it, the chest is fragile and the fingertips are embers

طلعْتَ ثَنِيّاتِ المناقبِ كُلَّها

فما في العُلا إلاّ إليكَ يُشار

You rose with all the qualities of glory

So there is nothing higher except to you it is pointed

وما الدّهْرُ لولا أنّه لك خادِمٌ

وما الأرضُ لولا أنّها لكَ دار

And time would not be if it were not your servant

And the earth would not be if it were not your home

تَواضَعُ عن عُظْمٍ وتُزْهَي بنَظرةٍ

بمُؤْخَرِ عَينٍ منك حينَ تُعار

You are humble despite your greatness and you are adorned with a glance

With the corner of an eye from you when it is exposed

فعندك إن جَفّ الغمائمُ نُجعةٌ

وفيك إذا خَفَّ الجبالُ وَقار

For with you if the clouds run out there is comfort

And in you if the mountains' dignity abates there is composure

دُعيتَ عزيزَ الدّينِ أْيمَنَ دَعوةٍ

فباسْمِك من رَيْبِ الزّمانِ يُجار

You are called the champion of religion, auspicious is the prayer

So by your name one is protected from the evils of time

بمَحْكيَ عَيْنٍ منه إذ يَسِمُ الثَّرَى

لك الخيلُ يَضحِي للبلادِ قَرار

By the narrative of an eye from him when it marks the ground

For you the horses sacrifice settling the lands

وفي الأُفْقِ يَحكيه الهلالُ فَيزدَهِي

به الدّهرَ إذ يَعلوهُ منك شِعار

And in the horizon the crescent describes it so

Through you it grows as your emblem rises above it

مَلكْتَ إذَنْ أرضَ الورى وسماءهمْ

فهل فوق هذا للفَخور فَخار

You possessed the land of creation and their sky

So is there for the arrogant beyond this pride?

حَلفْتُ بعاديِّ البِناء مُحجَّنٍ

يُجابُ له عَرْضُ الفلا ويُزار

I swore by the restorer of the excellent, protected building

To which the virtue of transcendence comes and is visited

وتأميل عفْوِ الله تحت ظِلالِه

إذا ضَمَّه والزّائرينَ جِوار

And the hope for God's forgiveness in its shadows

When it brings together the visitors and neighborliness

وأبيضَ من ماء العيونِ لأجلِه

وأحمرَ من ماء النَّحورِ يُمار

Whiter than the water of eyes for His sake

And redder than the water of throats is bitter

وتَرجع أصواتِ المُهِلّينَ كلّما

دَمِينَ جِمالٌ أو رُمِينَ جِمار

And the voices of praisers return whenever

A beautiful camel is fattened or a camel is fattened

لمَا أنت إلاّ بيتُ مجدٍ وسُؤددٍ

للُقيْاهُ يُسْرَي دائماً ويُسار

You are nothing but a house of glory and hospitality

To meet needs it continuously gives generously and favors

على أنَّ حَجَّ البَيتِ في العامِ مَرّةً

وحَجُّكَ في اليومِ القَصيرِ مِرار

Despite that the pilgrimage of the House is once a year

And your pilgrimage in the short day is frequent

لك البَدَراتُ الكُومُ يُنْحرْنَ للقِرَى

إذا نُحِرَتْ للآخَرينَ عِشار

For you the prime camels, the heap, are slaughtered for the villages

When for others a tithe is slaughtered

فمنك نُضارٌ صُرَّ مِلءَ جُلودِها

إذا كان منهم جِلّةٌ وبِكار

For from you freshness which their skins are filled with

When most of them are worn and virgins

مَواهبَ سَبّاقِ السُّؤالِ برِفْدِه

على حينَ جُلُّ الأُعطِياتِ ضِمار

The gifts of the forefront ofrequest with its bestowal

When most gifts are withheld

فتىً فيه آمالُ الوفودِ إذا اعتفَوا

طِوالٌ وأعمارُ الوُعودِ قِصار

A young man in whom the hopes of delegations are when they come

Tall and the lifespans of promises are short

أفاضَ اللُّها حتّى قضَوا أنّ مالَهُ

لراجِي نَداهُ في يدَيْهِ مُعار

He gave generously until they decided that his money

To the seeker of his help, in his hands, is lent

لكُلِّ سوى الدّينارِ عند فِنائهِ

ذِمامٌ إذا ما حَلّه وذِمار

For all besides dinars, when they are depleted

There are reins, when they dissolve, and bridles

وما كان لَونُ التبْر ذاك وإنّما

عَلاهُ لخَوفِ الجودِ منك صُفار

And the color of amber was not that, but rather

Fear of your generosity elevated it to yellow

فَعيِّدْ كذا ما طافَ بالبيتِ زائرٌ

وخَبّتْ مَهارٍ شَطْرَه ومِهار

So celebrate likewise everyone who circled around the House pilgrim

And the skills of its regions and rituals vanished

ولمّا تَجنّبتَ الحرامَ وشُربَه

أتَتْكَ حلالاً من يَديَّ عُقار

And when you avoided sin and its drinking

The permitted came to you from my hands as drinks

فخُذْها كؤوساً ليس في نَشوةٍ بها

لِذي الفضلِ عابٌ يَتّقيهِ وعار

Take them as cups in which for the virtuous there is no

Disgrace in its intoxication that he would fear and shame

ولي خاطِرٌ أضحَى وأَدنَى بَيانِه

لأبناء آدابِ الزَّمانِ مَنار

And I have a thought that became devoted and its expression became

For the refined people of this time a beacon

وصَدْرٌ كبَيْتِ النَّحْلِ فيه لَواسِعٌ

على أنّ أَرْيَ الشِعّرِ منه يُشار

And a chest like the hive of bees in which there is for the generous

Even though the combs of poetry from it are pointed to

حَدَتْنيَ من دَهْري إليك حوادثٌ

وقد قيلَ في بعضِ الشُّرور خِيار

Circumstances took me from my life to you

And it was said about some evils that they are good

وكم قَعد الأقوامُ عنك فأظلَمُوا

وجاؤوكَ يَرجون الغِنى فأناروا

And how many groups turned away from you and wronged

And they came to you seeking wealth so they were illuminated

وإنّي لفي قَيْدَيْ أياديكَ راسِفٌ

فما لي إلى وَشْكِ الرّحيلِ بِدار

And I am bound by your hands repenting

So I have no inclination to depart

وكيف أَجوبُ الأرضَ والشُكْرُ مُوثِقي

ألا إنّ طولَ المُنْعِمينَ إسار

And how can I roam the earth while gratitude binds me

Behold, the oppression of benefactors is shackles

فلا زلتَ أُفْقاً فيه للمجدِ مَطلعٌ

وقُطباً عليه للعلاء مَدار

You still are a horizon in which for glory there emerges an ascent

And a pole around which the supreme revolve