رَميْنَ القلوبَ بأشواقِها

ظِباءٌ تَصيدُ بأَحداقِها

The hearts cast their passions

Like gazelles hunting with their eyelids

تَحيَّر من حُسْنِها الطَّرْفُ بَيْنَ

حَبيسِ الدُّموعِ ومُهْراقها

The glance wanders, perplexed by her beauty

Imprisoned by tears and flowing freely

رمَتْ بالهوى قلبَ كُلِّ امْرئٍ

عليلِ الجوانحِ خَفّاقها

She shot the heart of every man with love

Fluttering the wings of the infirm

فلِمْ لا تَرِقُّ لأشباهها

عيونٌ مِراضٌ كعُشَاقها

So why don't eyes that are lovesick like her

Soften for her counterparts?

وما زال من شِيَمِ الغانيات

مَع الإلْفِ قِلَّةُ مِيثاقها

And it is still the way of singers

To rarely keep a pact despite intimacy

شِعارُ الضَّنى جِسْمُ مُرْتادِها

ونَهْبُ الجَوى قَلْبُ مُشتاقها

The brand of sorrow marks her body

While the plunder of ardour marks her heart

فللّهِ لو سَلِمَتْ أَنفُسٌ

قَضاها الهوَى غيرَ أَرماقها

By God, if only souls survived

Which passion condemned without any chance

وممَّا شَجاني وقد وَدَّعوا

بُكاءُ الحمامِ على ساقها

Of what saddened me when they bid farewell

Was the dove's weeping at her leg

تَنوحُ على بُعْدِ أُلاّفها

وتُظْهِرُ مَكْتومَ أَشْواقها

She laments the absence of her friends

And reveals her hidden passions

وضاقَتْ صُدوراً بأنفاسِها

فَفرَّجْنَ حَلْقةَ أَطْواقها

Breasts tightened, so they unfastened

The shackles from their necks

لَبِسْنَ حِداداً ومَزَّقْنَه

فلم يَمتسِكْ غيرُ أَزْياقها

They wore mourning and tore it

So that nothing remained but their throats

وقد نزفَتْ في الهَوى دَمعَها

فلم يَبْقَ ماٌ لآماقها

She shed her tears of passion in love

Without any water left for her Flask

أَتَتْ غُدوةَ البَيْنِ حتّى روَتْ

من الشّجْوِ أَشعارَ نُعّاقها

She came in the morning of Separation until she quenched

The heat of her longing at the water-skin

وقد لَحّنتْ كُلَّ أَبياتِها

كفِعْلِ الفُحولِ وحُذّاقها

She sang every verse

Like the stallions and the most skilled

قوافٍ على القافِ مَبنيّةٌ

لِوَصْفِ الفراقِ بمُنْساقها

Rhyming the “Qaaf” with the “Qaaf”

To describe the departure sequentially

تَلقَّتْ على عَجَلٍ حِفْظَها

لتَجْويدِها ولإفْلاقها

She hastily memorized it

Wanting to recite it eloquently

وقد خَطّأَتْ فَتْحَ حَرْفِ الرَّويِّ

فَضَمّتْ أَواخِرَ إطلاقها

But she mispronounced the end rhyme

So she closed with the vowels of her recital

فَقُدَّتْ لها من رداء الغُرابِ

تَمائمُ تُلْوَى بأعناقها

Talismans were lost from the dress of crows

Twisted around their necks

فيالَكِ مُشتاقةً ما تَزا

لُ تُعدي الرّجالَ بتَشْواقها

What a passionate woman who still

Seduces men with her passion

وخُطْباً علَتْ فوقَ أَعوادِها

وقد خَطَبتْ مِلْءَ أشْداقها

She proposed above the poles

As if she had proposed with her jaws

أَطالَتْ من الوجْدِ تَشْبيهَها

بإطْنابِها وبإغْراقها

She prolonged the simile of ecstasy

With her eloquence and immersion

وكان التّخلُّصُ في إثْرِها

ثَناءً على آلِ إسْحاقها

The conclusion after her was to praise

The house of Isaac its initiator

كرامِ الخلائقِ مُذْ لم تَزَلْ

كذاك جَرى حُكْمُ خَلاّقها

The generous who have never ceased to be

That's how the Judgement of her Creator flowed

وفي كلِّ أيّامِ عَصْرٍ هُمُ

إلى المجدِ أَوّلُ سُبّاقها

And in every era they

Are the first to compete for glory

فضَضْنا ختامَ لآلي الزّمانِ

فكانوا نَفائسَ أَعْلاقها

We have chosen the conclusion for the elite of time

For they are the essence of its horizons

فإن طابَ منها ثِمارُ الفُروعِ

فمِن مُقتضَى طِيبِ أَعراقها

If the branches bear good fruit

It’s due to the goodness of the roots

هُمْ أَنجُمٌ لسماء العُلا

وعُثْمانُ شَمْسٌ لآفاقها

They are the stars of the sky’s sphere

And Othman is the sun of its horizons

إذا ما تَجلّتْ جلَتْ بالضِياءِ

من الأرضِ قاتمَ أَعماقها

When it manifests itself it shines with light

From the dark depths of earth

وإن أَشرقَتْ شَرِقَتْ عُصبَةٌ

من الحاسدِينَ بإشْراقها

And if it rises, a party rises

Shining to the envious with its rising

ردَدْنا أَحاديثَ أَهلِ النّدى

فجاءتْ يَداهُ بمِصْداقها

We have recounted the conversations of the people of guidance

So his hand came true to its promise

ومَلَّ الطُّلَى هامَ أَعدائه

فطارَ الحديدُ بأفلاقها

The days of enemies were filled with headaches

So iron broke with its strikes

وضَجّ العُناةُ إلى كَفِّه

فمَنّتْ عليهمْ بإعْتاقها

The hostile clamoured toward his palm

So it favoured them with liberation

يَكادُ إذا مَسَّ أَقلامَه

تَعودُ إلى خُضْرِ أَوراقها

When he touches the pens

They almost return to the greenness of their leaves

فليت ليالٍ صَحِبْنَ الكرامَ

تَعلّمْنَ من حُسْنِ أَخلاقها

If only the generous nights accompany

To teach the beauty of their morals

ألا أَيُّها المَلِك المُرتَجى

لفَتْحِ ثُغورٍ وإغْلاقها

O king, desired to conquer lands and lock them

The deer walked with determination

مضَتْ بالعزائمِ منكَ الظُّبَى

مَضاءَ السِّهامِ بأفواقها

Like arrows flying straight

And your right hand supported you the day of confrontation

وأَزرَتْ يَمِيناكَ يومَ النّدى

بهطّالِ مُزْنٍ ودَفّاقها

With pounding rains and pouring

The hopeful extended their necks

ومَدّتْ إلى بابِك الرّاغبو

نَ أعناقَ عِيسٍ بإعناقها

To your door with their necks

And when you saw the decline of sciences

ولمّا رأيتَ كَسادَ العلومِ

عُنيتَ بتَنْفيقٍ أسواقها

You cared to invigorate their markets

You made up for its last shortcoming

تَدارَكْتَ آخِرَ حَوْبائها

وأَبْدَيْتَ جِدّةَ أخْلاقها

And showed the novelty of its morals

You authorized a gentle palm

وَوكَّلْتَ كفّاً بها سَمْحةً

بأذْهابها وبأوراقها

To collect them and its papers

As a preacher rides reciting

كما يَعْتلي عارِضٌ مُطبِقٌ

بإمطارِها وبإبراقها

With its rain and lightning

So you united its distracted children

فألّفتَ شاردَ أبنائها

وشَرّدتَ آلِفَ مُرّاقها

And disturbed those criticizing it

You inherited it as a tradition from your father

وَوُرِّثتَها سُنّةً عن أبيكَ

فما طِبْتَ نفْساً بإخْلاقها

Never pleased with a soul despite its morals

You gathered the Imams like stars

جمَعْتَ الأئمةَ مثْلَ النُّجو

مِ تَهْدي السّبيلَ لِطُرّاقها

Guiding the way for its meteorites

You became, O sun between it

وأصبحتَ يا شمسُ ما بَيْنَها

طَلوعاً تُنيرُ بإطْباقها

A rising that illuminates with its orbit

Strangely, the stars shine

ومن عجَبٍ أنْ تُضيءَ النُّجومُ

إذا الشّمسُ ألقَتْ بأَرْواقها

When the sun casts its squares

You remained a supporter of the religion of guidance

بَقِيتَ ظَهيراً لدينِ الهُدَى

تَذودُ العِدا دونَ إرهاقها

Repelling the enemy without exhausting it

You lasted beautifully for a state

ودُمْتَ جَمالاً على دَولةٍ

تُدِلُّ عليكَ بإشْفاقها

That shows affection for you

And you were, in an impregnable stronghold

وكنتَ من النّصرِ في مَعْقِلٍ

متى كشَفَ الحَرْبُ عن ساقها

Whenever war uncovered its leg

Whenever a flag fluttered

إذا خفَقتْ رايةٌ أيقنَتْ

نُفوسُ عِداكَ بإخْفاقها

Your enemy’s souls despaired

Your hands guaranteed all people

كفيلٌ يداكَ لكلِّ الورَى

بآجالِها وبأرزاقها

Their lifespans and provisions

With your good fortunes, you lock their necks

بيُمناك تُغْلَقُ أعناقُها

ويُسراكَ مِفْتاحُ أَغلاقها

And your left hand is the key to their locks