تمارحُ أنضاءُ السُّرى عجْرفيَّةً

وقد وهبَت نحْض الذُّرى للسباسب

The companions of nightly revels act pompous,

Having been granted the prime of life for pleasures,

مِراح الصَّفايا بالغريب غُدَيَّةً

علَقْنَ مريّاً جيدَ وهناً بساكبِ

The hill-slopes of Sufayya are scented at dawn

With a perfumed southern breeze and languor.

اِذا قيل مُلْقى بالعراقِ مُناخُها

بأبلج من عُليا لؤيِّ بن غالبِ

When it is said, "Her home is in Iraq,"

It is with pure white pearls from 'Ulayya, daughter of Ghālib.

على ثقةٍ أنَّ الطَّراديَّ ضامِنٌ

غنى أسْنِماتٍ عُرِّيتْ وغواربِ

Trusting that the pursuer will guarantee

Rich booty - bangles and anklets taken off.

لبيقُ الغنى لا يُنْقص الفقر جوده

ولا يُمترى معروفُه بالعواصِبِ

Wealthy generosity is not diminished by poverty,

Nor is his kindness rationed by misfortunes.

مريحُ عُزيبِ الحلم والخطب طائشٌ

ومُغري سَرايا صبرهِ بالنَّوائبِ

He who cheers the anguished and excites orations

Tempts, with disasters, the patience of his palace.

وحامل غُرمِ الحي جُلُّ سَراتِه

مريرُ القوى مُسْتروحٌ للمتاعب

Bearer of the burden of passionate love and desire,

Bitter struggle its drive, though distressed by labors.

هو المرء أقصى البأس منه لنجدة ال

طَّريدِ وأدْنى مالهِ للمواهبِ

The best of him in dire straits aids the outcast;

The least of his assets gifts to the petitioner.

حوى المجد والعلياء بين مَناسبٍ

كِرامٍ مساعيها وبين مكاسبِ

He divided glory and nobility among fits and starts

Of generous deeds, as well as gains.

فلم يكُ منها غائبٌ مثل حاضرٍ

ولم يكُ منها حاضرٌ دونَ غائبِ

Thus, none of them were absent, like those present,

Nor were those present, without the absent.

وما زالَ مِطْعامَ العشيِّ وسيد ال

نَّديُ مُشاراً في الوغى والمواكب

The meal of nightfall remains—and he is always the lord of hospitality,

Shared in tumultuous assembly and retinue.