باتَ عَهدُ الصِبا وَباقي جَديدِه
بَينَ إِعوازِ طالِبٍ وَوُجودِه
The days of youth have passed, yet some of its freshness remains
Between the begging of an old man and his existence
وَلِما قَد تُقاوِيانِ مَنَ اللَه
وِ بَيانٌ في بيضِ فَودٍ وَسودِه
And however much the two may blame the Lord
There is clarity in the white and black of youth
وَعَجيبٌ طَريفُ ذا الشَعرِ الأَب
يَضِ أَبدى خُلوقَةً مِن تَليدِه
And strange is the wit of this eloquent poet
Who has eternally inspired the creation from his lineage
هَل مُبَكٍّ عَلى الشَبابِ بِمُستَغ
زَرِ دَمعِ الأَسى عَلى مَفقودِه
Is there a weeping for lost youth
With tears of sorrow for what is missed?
زَمَناً ما أَعاضَ مَذمومُهُ الآ
تي بَديلاً نَرضاهُ مِن مَحمودِه
For a time, we were bothered by its flaws then
Pleased with its virtues in substitution
فائِتاً لا نَسومُ رَجعَةَ ماضي
هِ وَلا نَرتَجي دُنُوَّ بَعيدِه
Gone without hope of the past returning
Nor anticipation of its distant return
مِنكِ طَيفٌ أَلَمَّ وَالأُفقُ مَلآ
نَ مِنَ الفَجرِ وَاِعتِراضِ عَمودِه
You are a specter that pained while the horizon
Filled with the dawn, intercepting its pillars
زائِرٌ أَشرَقَت لِزَورَتِهِ أَغ
وارُ أَرضِ العِراقِ بَعدَ نُجودِه
A visitor for whom Iraq's lands glowed after its generosity
The soul's relief, and the eye's provision are in his cheeks and workflow
أَرَبُ النَفسِ كُلَّهُ وَمَتاعُ ال
عَينِ في خَدِّهِ وَفي تَوريدِه
Granting in his union what used to prevent in its estrangement
The sleep of a lover is the wretchedness of his living, and the life of ease in his presence
مُعطِياً في وِصالِهِ في كَرى النَو
مِ الَّذي كانَ مانِعاً في صُدودِه
We do not see the succession of nights showing us
Glory like the blossoming green of his presence
يَقَظاتُ المُحِبُّ ساعَةُ بُؤسا
هُ وَنَعماءُ عَيشِهِ في هُجودِه
And glory is a ladder whose rungs
Abu Amer has climbed to its summit
ما نُرى خِلفَةَ اللَيالي تُرينا
شَرَفاً مِثلَ بَأسِ خِضراً وَجودِه
He puzzles the darkness when obscure poems
Ignite in it a flame from its fuel
وَالعُلا سُلَّمٌ مَراقيهِ خَطّا
بُ أَبي عامِرٍ إِلى مَسعودِه
It suffices that glory suffices for the self-sufficient
If he sought more from his surplus
دَلهَمِيٌّ إِذا اِدلَهَمَّ دُجى الخَط
بِ كَفَت فيهِ شُعلَةٌ مِن وُقودِه
The departing pilgrim circles the courtyard of generosity
From my allotment to his carpet
حَسَبٌ لَو كَفى مِنَ المَجدِ كافٍ
لَاِكتَفى مُستَزيدِهِ مِن مَزيدِه
A master of servants, the people's patron from above them
And the elite of his servants
يَتَقَرّى الغادي رَباعَ سَماحٍ
مِن نَصيبينِهِ إِلى بَرقَعيدِه
The fire of war makes enemies dormant
When they hope for rest from its dormancy
سَيِّدٌ مِني عُبَيدٍ مَوالي ال
ناسِ مِن فَوقِهِم شَراوى عَبيدِه
Their homes in their perimeter ascend the stars
When it ends in its ascent
نارُ حَربٍ تَرى الأَعادي خُموداً
حينَ يَرجونَ راحَةً مِن خُمودِه
The non-Arabs did not exercise with it until
They knew the toughness of its wood
بَيتُهُم في عِدِيِّهِم مُرتَقى النَج
مُ أَوانَ اِنتِهائِهِ في صُعودِه
An advisor in quandaries, whenever worries
Ascended beyond the call of its youth
لَم تُمارِس بِهِ الأَراقِمُ حَتّى
عَرَفَ العاجِمونَ شِدَّةَ عودِه
And a precision strike on the joints of opinion if
His views were from his soldiers
مُستَشارٌ في المُعضِلاتِ إِذا ما اِر
تَفَعَ الخَطبُ عَن نِداءِ وَليدِه
His determination and dash correct
Sophistication proceeds from his support
وَمُصيبٌ مَفاصِلَ الرَأيُ إِن حا
رَبَ كانَت آراؤُهُ مِن جُنودِه
How many glories which blackened faces cleared for him
The whites of services, the blacks of their inks
قَوَّمَت عَزمَهُ الأَصالَةُ وَالرُم
حُ يُقيمُ الثِقافُ مِن تَأويدِه
From his equipment appears victory over conquest
And multiplies from his number
كَم صَريحٍ إِلَيهِ غَشَّت بَياضاً
أَوجُهِ المَكرُماتِ سودُ أُسودِه
Sovereignties from leadership gathered
Tribes unanimously agreeing on his leadership
ظاهَرَت مِن عَتادِهِ تَغلِبُ الغُل
بُ لِمَجدٍ وَكَثَّرَت مِن عَديدِه
Deeds stuck to him and the preservation of fortune
Is closer to a man than his vein
وَمُعانٌ مِنَ السِيادَةِ خِرقُ
أَجمَعَت وائِلٌ عَلى تَسويدِه
They met in Rabia’s son Nizār
Among its notables, the nobility of his ancestors
مَأثُراتٌ عَلِقنَهُ وَمُتاحُ الحَظ
ظِ أَدنى إِلى اِمرِىءٍ مِن وَريدِه
Hastening to what his hands attain
Since slow favors are burdensome
اِلتَقَت في رَبيعَةَ اِبنِ نِزارٍ
بَينَ أَعيانِها سَراةُ جُدودِه
Radiant, elegant, and the Indian swords—
The gleam of his steel is revealed to the smooth liner
عَجِلٌ بِالَّذي تُنيلُ يَداهُ
إِنَّ بُطءَ النَوالِ مِن تَنكيدِه
Laughters followed by gifts
And lightning before its thunder
مُشرِقٌ بِالنَدى وَمِن حَسَبِ السَي
فِ لِمُستَلِّهِ ضِياءُ حَديدِه
The times of adversity seek his threats
And the clouds roar from his promise
ضَحِكاتٌ في إِثرِهِنَّ العَطايا
وَبُروقُ السَحابِ قَبلَ رَعودِه
His accessibility to the early revivalist
Would be issuance before its arrival
تَتَقاضى وَعيدَهُ نُوَبُ الدَه
رِ وَيَهمي السَحابُ مِن مَوعودِه
Oh Abu Amer, you lived and found
From life its prime happiness
كادَ مُمتاحَهُ لِسابِقِ جَدوا
هُ يَكونُ الإِصدارُ قَبلَ وُرودِه
Every era we were enlightened by it or saw it
Informing from your elite about its pillar
يا أَبا عامِرٍ عَمِرتَ وَلُقّي
تَ مِنَ العَيشِ باكِراتِ سُعودِه
The enmity of enemies returned destruction and ruin
Enmity ruined the stone the misery of its repeat
كُلُّ دَهرٍ نُنبى بِهِ أَو نَراهُ
مُخبِرٌ مِن سَراتِكُم عَن عَميدِه
And they saw you rise so they committed suicide
Out of envy of the revival of its elevation
عادَ بَغيُ الأَعداءِ هُلكاً وَقِدماً
أَهلَكَ الحِجرَ بَغيُ أَشقى ثَمودِه
Envy in superiority, yet growing among all people
Has eroded the envious more than the superior
وَرَأَوكَ اِعتَلَيتَ فَاِنتَحَروا حِق
داً عَلى مُبدِءِ العُلُوِّ مُعيدِه
Boasting, and reminding the repeater at its tune
A treasure of remembrance increasing in it
حَسَداً في العُلا وَنما في جَميعِ ال
ناسِ أَبلى بِذي عُلاً مِن حَسودِه
Is your affection for its glorifier
هاكَها ذاتَ رَونَقٍ يَتَباهى
وَشيُها المُستَعادُ عِندَ نَشيدِه
كَنزُ ذِكرٍ يَزيدُ فيهِ نَماءً
أَن تُجيدوا حِباءَكُم لِمُجيدِه
