إنْ أقمرَ اللَّيلُ للسّارينَ في حَضَنِ

فلْيَعلَمِ الرَّكْبُ أنّ البدْرَ في الظُّعُنِ

If the moonlight is for travelers at night in an embrace

Then let the caravan know that the full moon is in the bundle

ليس ابْنُ مُزْنةَ في عيني فأرمُقَهُ

ولا المُقنَّعُ في صَحبي فيَسْحرَني

The son of Muznah is not in my eyes, so I look at him

Nor is the veiled one among my companions, so he fascinates me

وإنّما طلعَتْ واللّيلُ مُعتكِرٌ

من خِدْرِها بالفلا لَيْلَى لِتَفْتِنَني

Rather, it rose while the night was still dark

From her tent with flags, Layla appeared to captivate me

ما لِلَّذينَ سَرَتْ لَيْلاً حُمولُهمُ

ساروا ولم يُشْرجوا عَيْني على وَسَن

What is with those who traveled at night with their belongings

They traveled but did not delight my eyes over the evening conversations

قد حَلَّلوا من عُراها فهْيَ ناثِرةٌ

لِلُؤْلُؤٍ منْذُ غابَ الحَيُّ لم يُصَن

They took off her jewelry so she is scattering

Pearls since the beloved left, he did not preserve

باتَتْ جُفوني وراء الظّاعِنِينَ به

كأنّما فُتِّقَتْ عن وابلٍ هَتِن

My eyelids stayed up behind the travelers with him

As if they were ripped open from pouring rain

كم من قِطارٍ لها خلْفَ القطِارِ لهمْ

تَسْتَنُّ والعِيسُ والحادي على سَنَن

How many caravans she has behind the caravan for them

Yearning and the camel driver and the guide on the paths

أجْرَى دموعي وحتّى اليومَ مارقأَتْ

سِرٌّ به الإلْفُ لمّا سارَ حَدَّثني

It shed my tears and to this day it has not dried

A secret that companionship has dissolved when he bid me farewell

كأنّما خرَقتْ كفُّ الوَداعِ إلى

عَيْني طريقاً لِذاكَ الدُّرِّ من أُذُني

It is as if the palm of farewell tore

To my eyes a path to that pearl from my ear

قد قُلْتُ للنّاسِ لَمّا أنْ قَضْوا عَجَباً

أنْ لم أمُتْ بعدَ إلْفي حينَ ودَّعني

I told the people when they were astonished

That I did not die after the loss of my beloved when he bid me farewell

هُمْ في فؤادي ويَبْقَى للفتَى رَمَقٌ

ما دامتِ الرُّوحُ في جُزْءٍ منَ البَدَن

They are in my heart and some spirit remains for the young man

As long as the soul remains in a part of the body

لولا هِلاليّةٌ هام الفؤادُ بها

لم أُمسِ بعدَ رحيلِ الحَيِّ ذا شَجَن

If it were not for the crescent that my heart was obsessed with

I would not have touched melancholy after the loss of the beloved, so sad

تُعزَى بمُنْتَسبٍ منها ومُنْتقَبٍ

إلى هِلالَيْنِ كُلٌّ مُضْرِمُ الفِتَن

It is consoled by one related and descended

From two crescents, each kindling strife

فلَيْتَهُ لم يَبِنْ ذلك الهلالُ لنا

أوْ لَيْتَهُ بعدَ أن قد بانَ لم يَبِن

I wish that crescent did not appear to us

Or I wish after it appeared, it did not appear

إجمَعْ بجُهْدِكَ شَمْلَ القومِ تَصْحَبُهمْ

ما دام دَهْرُكَ بالتَّفريقِ ليس يَني

Bring together with your effort the companionship of the people

As long as your time is not over with separation

واجْعَلْ بماء ندىً تَجري يَداكَ به

رِداءَ عِرضكَ مَرْحوضاً من الدَّرَن

And make the water of dew that flows from your hand

A garment for your honor, scrubbed from pearls

وافْخَرْ بمَغْناكَ في الدُّنيا وكنْ رَجلاً

إنْ شئْتَ من مُضَرٍ أو شئتَ من يَمَن

And take pride in your independence in this world and be a man

Whether you wish from Mudar or you wish from Yemen

بيتُ العَلاء كبيتِ الشِّعرِ صاحبُه

إنْ لم يَزِنْه بإحسانٍ له يَشِن

The home of nobility is like the home of poetry, its owner

If he does not weigh it with benevolence, it will tarnish him

بَيْتانِ يُكسِبُ كلٌّ منهما شَرَفاً

بقَدْرِ ما فيه من مَعْنىً عليه بُنِي

Two homes, each earns prestige

To the extent of what it contains of meaning upon which it is built

إنّي امْرؤٌ أضَعُ الأقوالَ مَوْضعَها

فإنْ أرابكَ منّي ذاك فامْتَحِن

I am a man who places words in their proper places

If that confuses you about me, then examine me

مَظِنَّتي حيثُ حَلَّ العِزُّ حُبْوتَه

والذُّلُّ لم أرهُ يوماً ولم يَرَني

My reputation wherever honor pitched its tents

And humiliation, I never saw it one day nor did it see me

ولا تَرَى مِدْحتي كُفْؤاً إذا نُظِرَتْ

إلاّ إذا أصبحَتْ تُجْلَى على حَسَن

You will not see my praise suitable if viewed

Except if it appears clarified by beauty

أعنْي الإمامَ ابْنَ سَلْمانَ الَّذي طلعَتْ

عُلياهُ شادِخةً في بُهْمَةِ الزَّمَن

I mean the Imam Ibn Salman who the peaks of his prominence emerged

Towering in the gloom of time

إذا مدَحْنا جمالَ الدّينِ أطْرَبنا

إهداءُ مَدْحٍ له بالصِّدْقِ مُقْتَرِن

When we praise Jamal al-Din we are delighted

The dedication of sincere praise to him is coupled

قاضي قُضاةِ بلادٍ قد أُتيحَ لها

منه مُقيمُ فُروضِ المَجْدِ والسُّنَن

The judge of the judges of the countries which through him

The duties of glory and tradition were established

مُهَذَّبٌ وُقيَتْ فينا خلائقُه

من شائبِ الوَصْمَتيْنِ البُخلِ والجُبُن

He is refined, and through us his manners were protected

From the stain of both stinginess and cowardice

يُمناهُ واليُمْنُ إن لاقَيْتَهُ وكذا

يُسراهُ واليُسْرُ مَقْرونانِ في قَرَن

His right and rightness if you meet him and similarly

His left and ease are coupled in one companion

في كلِّ رَجْعةِ طَرْفٍ منه من كَرمٍ

إنجادُ ألْفِ فتىً بالدّهرِ مُمْتَحَن

With every glance from him out of generosity

Is the preparation of a thousand tested men through time

إن قاسَ سَدَّدَ نحْوَ الحقِّ نَظْرتَه

أَو ساس أصبح لم يَخْشُنْ ولم يَلِن

If he adjudicated he leaned towards truth with his view

Or if he ruled he did not become harsh or soft

المَلْكُ كالعَبْدِ إنْصافاً إذا اخْتَصما

لدَيهِ في حادثٍ والعِيُّ كاللَّسَن

The king is like the servant with justice if they disputed

Before him in an incident and the powerful like the weak

يُدني مُحِقّاً ويُقْصي مُبْطِلاً أبداً

فهكذا مَن يُعينُ الدّينَ فَلْيُعَن

He brings near the rightful and distances the false forever

So it is with those who support the religion, may they be supported

كأنّ أقلامَه المُصماةَ إذ طَعنَتْ

في ثُغرةِ الخَطْبِ أطرافُ القنا اللُّدُن

It is as if his decisive pens when they stabbed

In the throat of calamities, the tips of the firm spear

مِثْلُ السّهامِ نَفاذاً في مَقاصدِها

لكنَّهنَّ على الإسلامِ كالجُنَن

Are like arrows in their aims

But they are for Islam like protective shields

تَجِلُّ عن زُخْرُفِ الدُّنْيا فلو أُمرَتْ

بكَتْبِ سَطْرٍ لغَيرِ الدِّينِ لم تَدِن

They refrain from the vanity of this world, so if they were ordered

To write a line for other than the religion, they would not come near

إليكَ تَرْجِعُ حُكّامُ البِلادِ إذا

ما أشكَل الأمرُ عند الحازمِ الفَطِن

To you the rulers of the countries return if

The matter becomes difficult for the decisive, keen one

كأنّك الشَّمسُ للدُّنْيا إذا طلعَتْ

تقاسمَ النُّورَ منها ساكنو المُدُن

It is as if you are the sun for the world, when it rises

It shares its light with the residents of cities

كأنّما أنت بيتُ اللهِ بينهُمُ

فوجْهُ كلِّ امرئٍ منهمْ إلى رُكُن

It is as if you are the house of God among them

So the face of each one of them is towards a pillar

فَلْيَهْنِ أعمالَ خُوزِسْتانَ إذ رُزِقَتْ

إقبالَ طَبٍّ بأسرارِ العُلا طَبِن

So the deeds of Khuzistan rejoice when it was granted

The return of a good man with the secrets of nobility are delightful

وِلايةٌ كان من مَيْلٍ إليه بها

ما بالغربيةِ من شَوْقٍ إلى الوطَن

A governance that he had an inclination towards it

Like the west has of yearning to the homeland

حتّى استقرَّتْ على ذي مِرَّةٍ يَقظٍ

تُقاهُ قِسمانِ من بادٍ ومُكْتَمِن

Until it settled upon one of insight and wakefulness

Whom two types of desert and concealed protect

يُقلِّدُ الشُّغْلَ نُوّاباً وقَلَّدَه

دُرّاً من المَدْحِ أقوامٌ ذوو فِطَن

He delegates authority to deputies and it adorned him

With a pearl of praise from people of insight

لكنْ لتَقْليدِنا الغالي من الثَّمَنِ ال

أوفَى وتَقليدهُ الخالي منَ الثّمَن

But our precious dedication is not equal

And his empty dedication is without price

لكَ المدائحُ منّا دائماً ولنا

منكَ المنائحُ تتَرْى يا أخا المِنَن

For you are praise from us always, and for us

From you are gifts that come, O brother of favors

عَمْري لقد أحزنَ الماضي بفَجْعَتهِ

لكنْ بقاؤك أضحَى مُذْهِبَ الحَزَن

My life, indeed the past saddened with its loss

But your survival has become the remover of grief

غُصْنانِ من دوحةٍ لمّا ذَوى غُصُنٌ

بعَصْفةٍ للرَّدَى مِلْنا إلى غُصُن

Two branches from a palm tree, when one branch withered

With a gust to destruction, we leaned to a branch

أوهَتْ رزيئةُ هذا منّةً وأَتَتْ

أيّامُ هذا فأهدَتْ قُوّةَ المنَن

The days of this one inspired weakness, and the days

Of this one came and gifted the strength of favor

فاسعَدْ بتَوْليةٍ جاءتكَ راكضةً

عَجْلَى الخُطا مثْلَ ركضِ السّابقِ الأَرِن

So be happy with a governance that came to you rushing

Hastily with quick steps like the galloping of a racer

أعطاكَها اللهُ عفْواً إذ رآكَ لها

أهلاً وإعطاءُ غيرِ اللهِ غيرُ هَني

God gave it to you freely when He saw you worthy for it

And the giving of other than God is not praised

وبان للصّاحبِ الميمونِ طائرُه

حُسنُ اخْتيارٍ لدينِ اللهِ أعجبَني

And the auspicious companion’s bird appeared

The beauty of choosing the religion of God amazed me

لمّا انْتضَى بكَ سيفَ الرّأي مُنْصلِتاً

على زمانٍ على الأحرار مُصْطَغِن

When the sword of opinion extracted itself sharpened over

A time that was imposing on the free

يا ابْنَ الَّذي طالما قد كان أعجبَه

صفْوُ الولاءِ له منّي وشَرَّفني

O son of one who the finest loyalty to him

From me always delighted him and honored me

نوعانِ وُدّيَ مَوْروثٌ ومُكْتَسَبٌ

لستُ البعيدَ فأبغي مَنْ يُقرِّبُني

Two types of friendship inherited and acquired

I am not far off so I want one who brings me near

أستغفِرُ اللهَ إلاّ من مديحكمُ

فإنّني فيه لم أكذِبْ ولم أَهُن

I seek God's forgiveness except from praise of you

For in it I have not lied nor let down

أقسمتُ جُهداً بما طافَ الحجيجُ به

وما أهلُّوا وما ساقوا منَ البُدُن

I swore vigorously by what the pilgrims circumambulated

And what they declared and what they brought of bodies

وكُلَّ أروعَ عاري المَنكِبَيْنِ ضُحىً

يَهْوي إليه على رَوعاءَ كالفَدَن

And all the most wondrous bare shoulder ones who at dawn

Plunge towards it over the breastbones like insects

لأشكُرَنَّ الّذي تُوليه من منَنٍ

ما عشتُ شكراً كشُكر الرّوضِ للمُزُن

Surely I will thank the one you have given favor

As long as I live with thanks like the meadow for rain

هذا على أنّه ما إن لديَّ سوى

شكرٍ بسابقِ ما أولَيْتَ مُرْتَهَن

This is on the condition that I only have

Thanks in advance for what you first bestowed pledged

إنّي بحبلِك بعدَ اللهِ مُعْتَصمٌ

لدى الإقامةِ منّي أو لدَى الظَّعَن

I am holding onto your rope after God

During my stay or stabbing

فاسلَمْ لنا يا ابنَ سَلمانٍ سلامةَ ذي

دِينٍ على نَصْرِ أهلِ الدّينِ مُؤْتَمن

So be safe for us O son of Salman, the safety of one

Of religion, for supporting the people of religion entrusted

ودُمْ فأنت الإمامُ ابنُ الإمام لنا

في العِزِّ ما صدحَتْ ورقاءُ في فَنَن

And last, for you are the Imam son of the Imam for us

In glory for as long as Warka resonated during the trials