موسَّعُ المعروفِ رحْبُ المنزلِ

جمُّ الرَّمادِ في الجديب المُمْحِلِ

The generous host has a spacious abode,

Filled with ashes in the empty valley.

كأنهُ عند التِفافِ العُيَّلِ

والقومُ بين خائِفٍ ومُرْمِلِ

As if it were a twisting serpent

With people between fearful and hopeful.

سَلْسالُ وِرْدٍ للظِّماء مُثْعِلٍ

أو أيْهَمُ الصَّهوة ضخم الكلْكل

A necklace of pearls for the thirsty,

Or the illusion of a loud bell.

لا يُرتقى بحِيَلِ التَّوَقُّلِ

مُحلِّقٌ يُرْخي جناح الأجْدَلِ

It cannot be reached by cunning tricks,

A soaring eagle spreading its wings.

فجارهُ وضَيْفُهُ في مَعْقِلِ

محمَّدُ الخيرِ مُشار الأنْمُلِ

Its neighbor and guest are in a fortress,

Muhammad the virtuous pointed with fingers.

خيرُ وزيرٍ حلَّ صدر المحْفِل

وزانَ جمعَيْ محْفِلٍ وجحفل

The best of ministers who cheered the assembly,

And weighed the importance of gatherings.

حَوى العُلى بمزْبَرٍ ومُنْصُلِ

وفاقَ أشْراف الطِّرازِ الأول

It contained the heights with pulpits and platforms,

And surpassed the finest of lineages.

بسَعْيهِ والنَّسَبِ المُصَلْصَل

فجاءَ كالمِرْحل عند الهوْجَلِ

By his efforts and noble ancestry,

He came like a caravan at nightfall.

يذْرو على الهُجن غبار القسْطل

إذا تلَتْ أعْقابَهُ في المِرْسَل

Sprinkling dust on the settled abodes,

When its followers marched on campaigns.

غادرها تَرْسُف مثل الأقْزَلِ

ونِعْم مأوى الطَّارقِ المُخَيِّلِ

Leaving them to wander like blind camels,

A fine refuge for the deluding night-raider.

أسْلمهُ الليل وعصْفُ الشَّمْأل

كرْهاً إلى هوْل العذابِ المُنْزَلِ

The night surrendered him, and the gusts of evil,

Reluctantly to the horror of torment.

مِن سَغَبٍ وفَرَقٍ وأفْكَلِ

إِبَّانَ قُرٍّ كالطَّريرِ المِقْصَل

Of harshness, isolation, and ravaging,

At the time of bleakness like clipped wings.

يرْشُقُ كلَّ وجْنةٍ بمِعْبَلِ

صُرادُه يفْلُق صُلْب الجنْدَل

His firmness splits the ribs of coats of mail,

And the gleam of swords deludes.

وعَزَّ لَمْعُ الخُلَّبِ المُخَيِّلِ

ومانَ صَوبُ الرَّاعِد المجلْجل

And the thrust of lightning held back,

Al-Wali, the pillar of faith, is seen there.

يُرى هناك عُضَد الدين الولي

أنفَع من وسْميِّ غيْثٍ ووَلي

More beneficial than a rainy cloud's downpour,

So he lodged the guest in the best dwelling,

فأنْزلَ الضَّيْف بخيرِ مَنْزِل

وبَدَّل الجدْب بخصبٍ مُخضِل

And replaced the barren valley with fertile green,

Thus he lived for kindness and nobility.

فعاشَ للإِحْسانِ والتَّفَضُّلِ

ما طُرِدَ الليلُ بصبحٍ مُقْبِل

As long as the night is not dispelled by the arriving dawn.