يا بَرقُ أَفرِط في اِعتِلائِك

أَو صُب بِجودِكِ وَاِنهِمائِك

O lightning, be excessive in your ascent

Or rain down generously with your downpour

أَو كَشِّفِ الظَلماءَ بِالـ

ـنورِ المُضيءِ مِنِ اِنجِلائِك

Or reveal the darkness with the illuminating

Light radiating from your glory

ما أَنتَ كَالحَسَنِ بنِ مَخـ

ـلَدَ في اِقتِرابِكَ وَاِنتِوائِك

You are not like Al-Hasan ibn Makhlad

In your approaching and twisting about

إِنّي وَجَدتُ ثَناءَهُ

في الناسِ أَشرَفَ مِن ثَنائِك

Indeed, I found his praise

Among people more noble than your praise

وَأَرى نَداهُ بِمالِهِ

يَعلو نَداكَ لَنا بِمائِك

And I see his munificence with his wealth

Higher than your munificence with your water

وَضِياؤُهُ في البِشرِ أَو

لى بِالفَضيلَةِ مِن ضِيائِك

And his splendor among mankind is

Superior in merit to your splendor

وَسُمُوُّهُ لِلمَجدِ أَز

كى مِن سُمُوِّكَ وَاِرتِقائِك

And his superiority in pursuing glory is

Lofier than your supremacy and climbing

نَفسي فِداؤُكَ إِنَّ حَظـ

ـظي كَونُ نَفسي مِن فِدائِك

My soul is yours for sacrifice, indeed my share

Is that my soul be among your sacrifices

قَد سارَتِ الرُكبانُ بِالـ

ـخَبَرِ المُعَجِّبِ عَن وَفائِك

The travelers have gone with the wondrous

Story of your loyalty

وَتَحَدَّثوا عَن نُجحِ وَعـ

ـدِكَ في السَماحِ وَصِدقِ وائِك

And they spoke of your good fortune in success

And your sincerity and trueness of promise

فَعَلامَ أَغدو لِاِحتِثا

ثِكَ أَو أُهَجِّرُ لِاِقتِضائِك

Why then should I set out to urge you

Or emigrate to meet your requirement

سِيَما وَما أَولَيتَهُ

بِالأَمسِ كانَ عَلى اِبتِدائِك

Especially when yesterday you

Were just beginning

وَيَسوؤُني تَركُ اِعتِما

دِكَ وَالتَأَخُّرُ عَن لِقائِك

And it grieves me to abandon reliance

On you and to delay seeing you

وَنَقيصَةُ السيبِيِّ سَيـ

ـبَكَ وَالمُتَمَّمَ مِن عَطائِك

And disgracing Al-Sayyabi against

You and depriving him of your gift

بِمِطالِهِ إِنّي أَعُد

دُ مِطالَهُ مِن غَيرِ رائِك

With his request, indeed I prepare

His request without your approval