أَكُنتَ مُعَنِّفي يَومَ الرَحيلِ

وَقَد لَجَّت دُموعي في الهُمولِ

You wronged me on the day of departure

And my tears flooded in anguish

عَشِيَّةَ لا الفِراقُ أَفاءَ عَزمي

إِلَيَّ وَلا اللِقاءُ شَفى غَليلي

On an eve when neither separation made my determination come back to me

Nor did the meeting heal my sickness

دَنَت عِندَ الوَداعِ لِوَشكِ بُعدٍ

دُنُوَّ الشَمسِ تَجنَحُ لِلأَصيلِ

It drew near at farewell due to the imminence of distance

The sun inclines at sunset to the thickets

وَصَدَّت لا الوِصالُ لَها بِقَصدٍ

وَلا الإِسعافُ مِنها بِالمُخيلِ

It was blocked, neither connection intentionally

Nor relief from it with delusions

تُليمُ إِساءَةً وَأُلامُ حُبّاً

وَبَعضُ اللَومِ يُغري بِالخَليلِ

I suffer harm and grieve for love

And some blame entices the friend

طَرِبتُ بِذي الأَراكِ وَشَوَّقَتني

طَوالِعُ مِن سَنا بَرقٍ كَليلِ

I was disturbed by the one with pillars and she aroused longing in me

The risings of a lightning flash from its brilliance like pearls

وَذَكَّرَنيكِ وَالذِكرى عَناءٌ

شَبايَةُ فيكِ بَيِّنَةُ الشُكولِ

And she reminded me while the reminder is agony

My passion for her evident tribulations

نَسيمُ الرَوضِ في ريحٍ شَمالٍ

وَصَوبُ المُزنِ في راحٍ شَمولِ

The breeze of the garden in a north wind

And the direction of beauty in a perfumed zephyr

عَذيري مِن عَذولٍ فيكِ يَلحي

عَلَيَّ أَلا عَذيرٌ مِن عَذولِ

My excuse from one who avoids in you insists

Upon me that there is no excuse from one who avoids

تَجَرَّمَتِ السُنونَ وَلا سَبيلٌ

إِلَيكِ وَأَنتِ واضِحَةُ السَبيلِ

The years have committed crimes and there is no way

To you while you are the clear way

وَقَد حاوَلتُ أَن تَخِدَ المَطايا

إِلى حَيٍّ عَلى حَلَبٍ حُلولِ

And I tried to spur mounts

To a beloved neighborhood in Haleb

وَلَو أَنّي مَلَكتُ إِلَيكِ عَزمي

وَصَلتُ النَصَّ مِنها بِالذَميلِ

And if I controlled my determination to you

And attained the purpose from it with the heart

فَأَولى لِلمَهارى مِن فَلاةٍ

عَريضٍ جَوزُها وَسُرىً طَويلِ

Then the open desert is more worthy for the skilled

Its jujubes widely spaced and long acacias

زَكَت بِالفَتحِ أُحدانُ المَساعي

وَأَوضَحَ دارِسُ الكَرَمِ المَحيلِ

The good deeds have thrived with the conquests

And the planter of the vineyard, the excellent yielder, is evident

بِمُنقَطِعِ القَرينِ إِذا تَرَقّى

ذُرى العَلياءِ مُفتَقَدِ العَديلِ

With the peerless eminent

When the lofty attain the missing peer

تُوَلّيهِ إِذا اِنتَسَبَت قُرَيشٌ

عُلُوَّ البَيتِ مِنها وَالقَبيلِ

It turns to him when Quraysh associated

The height of the house from it and the tribe

وَفَضلاً بِالخَلائِفِ باتَ يُعزى

إِلى فَضلِ الخَلائِفِ بِالرَسولِ

And superior virtue in the caliphs became attributed

To the superior virtue of the caliphs with the messenger

رَحيبُ الباعِ يَرفَعُ مَنكِباهُ

فُضولَ الدِرعِ عَنهُ وَالشَليلِ

Wide of sale raises its shoulders

Removing the excess armor from it and the worn out

وَيَحكُمُ في ذَخائِرِهِ نَداهُ

كَما حَكَمَ العَزيزُ عَلى الذَليلِ

And it rules regarding its treasures

As the mighty ruled over the lowly

أَخٌ لِلمَكرُماتِ يُعَدُّ فيها

لَهُ فَضلُ الشَقيقِ عَلى الحَميلِ

A brother to favors he is counted among them

For him the superiority of a full brother over an orphan

خَلائِقُ كَالغُيوثِ تَفيضُ مِنها

مَواهِبُ مِثلُ جَمّاتِ السُيولِ

Natures like rain pouring from it

Gifts like a cloudburst of floods

وَوَجهٌ رَقَّ ماءُ الجودِ فيهِ

عَلى العِرنينِ وَالخَدِّ الأَسيلِ

And a face that the water of generosity flowed upon

Over soft skin and pouring cheek

يُريكَ تَأَلُّقُ المَعروفِ فيهِ

شُعاعَ الشَمسِ في السَيفِ الصَقيلِ

You see the brilliance of benevolence in it

The rays of the sun in the polished sword

وَلَمّا اِعتَلَّ أَصبَحَتِ المَعالي

مُحَبَّسَةً عَلى خَطَرٍ مَهولِ

And when he fell ill the sublime became

Imprisoned over an immense peril

فَكائِن فُضَّ مِن دَمعٍ غَزيرٍ

وَأُضرِمَ مِن جَوى كَمَدٍ دَخيلِ

So much tears poured

And so much burning anguish kindled

أَلَم تَرَ لِلنَوائِبِ كَيفَ تَسمو

إِلى أَهلِ النَوافِلِ وَالفُضولِ

Do you not see how misfortunes rise

To the people of supererogation and abundance

وَكَيفَ تَرومُ ذا الفَضلِ المُرَجّى

وَتَخطو صاحِبَ القَدرِ الضَئيلِ

And they plot against the superior outstanding merit

And stride past the owner of little fortune

وَما تَنفَكُّ أَحداثُ اللَيالي

تَميلُ عَلى النَباهَةِ لِلخُمولِ

And the events of the nights do not cease

Inclining upon consciousness for unconsciousness

فَلَو أَنَّ الحَوادِثَ طاوَعَتني

وَأَعطَتني صُروفُ الدَهرِ سولي

So if events obeyed me

And the turns of fate gave me my request

وَقَت نَفسَ الجَوادِ مِنَ المَنايا

وَمَحظوراتِها نَفسُ البَخيلِ

And death tasted the soul of the generous

While the forbidden souls of the stingy

كَفاكَ اللَهُ ما تَخشى وَغَطّى

عَلَيكَ بِظِلِّ نِعمَتِهِ الظَليلِ

May God protect you from what you fear and covered you

With the shade of His abundant shade

فَلَم أَرَ مِثلَ عِلَّتِكَ اِستَفاضَت

بِإِعلانِ الصَبابَةِ وَالعَويلِ

So I did not see the like of your illness spread

With the announcement of youth and lament

وَكَم بَدَأَت وَثَنَّت مِن مَبيتٍ

عَلى مَضَضٍ وَجافَت مِن مَقيلِ

And how much it began and relapsed from a night stay

On discomfort and aridity from broth

وَقَد كانَ الصَحيحُ أَشَدُّ شَكوى

غَداتَئِذٍ مِنَ الدَنَفِ العَليلِ

And it was that the healthy were more complaining then

Than the weak invalid

مُحاذَرَةً عَلى الفَضلِ المُرَجّى

وَإِشفاقاً عَلى المَجدِ الأَثيلِ

Be precautious over the superior outstanding merit

And careful over the magnificent ancient glory

وَعِلماً أَنَّهُم يَرِدونَ بَحراً

بِجودِكَ غَيرَ مَوجودِ البَديلِ

And knowing that they want an ocean

With your generosity not existing without alternative

وَلَو كانَ الَّذي رَهِبوا وَخافوا

إِذاً ذَهَبَ النَوالُ مِنَ المُنيلِ

And if that which they feared and were scared of

Then the attainment would be gone from the spring

إِذاً لَغَدا السَماحُ بِلا حَليفٍ

لَهُ وَجَرى الغَمامُ بِلا رَسيلِ

Then benevolence would be without an ally

For it and the clouds would flow without rain

دِفاعُ اللَهِ عَنكَ أَقَرَّ مِنّا

قُلوباً جِدَّ طائِشَةِ العُقولِ

The protection of God over you assured

Hearts intensely wandering in minds

وَصُنعُ اللَهِ فيكَ أَزالَ عَنّا

تَرَجُّحَ ذَلِكَ الحَدَثِ الجَليلِ

And the making of God regarding you removed from us

The alarm over that momentous event

وَقاكَ لِغَيبِكَ المَأمونِ سِرّاً

وَظاهِرِ فِعلِكَ الحَسَنِ الجَميلِ

And protected you for your safe absence, secretly

And the outer doing of your good beautiful deed

وَما تَكفيهِ مِن خَطبٍ عَظيمٍ

وَما توليهِ مِن نَيلٍ جَزيلِ

And what great concerns it prevents you from

And what plentiful attainments it grants you

فَرُحتَ كَأَنَّكَ القِدحُ المُعَلّى

تَلَقّاهُ الرَقيبُ مِنَ المُجيلِ

So you were happy as if you were the precious chalice

Received by the observer from the exquisite

لِيَهنِ المُسلِمينَ بِكُلِّ ثَغرٍ

سَلامَةُ رَأيِكَ الثَبتِ الأَصيلِ

To delight the Muslims in every place

The soundness of your firm authentic view

وَصِحَّتُكَ الَّتي قامَت لَدَيهِم

مَقامَ الفَوزِ بِالعُمرِ الطَويلِ

And your health which stood for them

In the position of winning lengthy life

أَيادي اللَهِ ما عوفيتَ وافٍ

سَنا الأَوضاحِ مِنها وَالحُجولِ

The hands of God how wholesome, cured

Flashes from it and embers

تُعافى في الكَثيرِ وَأَنتَ باقٍ

لَنا أَبَداً وَتوعَظُ بِالقَليلِ

You are kept healthy often and you remain

For us forever and advise with little