ومُسنتِ حيٍّ يُنكر الإِنسُ آلَهُ

عريقٍ كرثِّ الأصبَحيِّ المُسرَّد

A living man whose divinity people deny

Ancient like the abundant flow of dawn orators

ينوسُ بأجْوازِ المُروتِ كأنهُ

نَزيفٌ حسا الصهباء من خمر صَرْخد

He roams with the permits of manliness as if he were

A bleeding of Suhban from the wine of Sarkhad

سرى مُفعماً بالهم صفراً من الغِنى

يخوض الردى من ضعفه والتجلُّدِ

He walked full of worries, empty of riches

Enduring weakness and pretending patience

يجاذب ظُلِمان المَوامي من الطَّوى

جنى الشري والخُطْبانِ في كل فدفدِ

He contends with the darkness of the dunes in the valleys

Reaping ill-omen and misfortune at every turn

تذكَّر نُعمى الريفِ فانبعثتْ به

رَواتِك أدناها نَجاءُ الخفَيْدَدِ

He remembered the bliss of the countryside, so

Your meadows were awakened, the nearest being Khafayyad

إذا لاحَ ضوء الكوكب الفرد خاله

رجاء القِرى والأمن لمعةَ موقد

When the light of the single planet appeared, it was

The hope of villages and safety, the glimmer of a fire

نحا عضُدَ الدين الجواد فَانْجحتْ

مَباغيهِ والآمالُ عند مُحمَّدِ

The pillar of religion, the generous, leaned

And his pursuits and hopes succeeded through Muhammad

فبدَّل جَدْباً من مقامٍ بمُخصبٍ

نَضيرٍ ونَحْساً من شقاءٍ بأسْعدِ

So he changed infertility at a place into fertility

And harm from misery into greater joy

لدى حَرمٍ لا جارُه بمُرَوَّعٍ

يُساءُ ولا معروفُهُ بمُصَرَّدِ

With a protected sanctuary, whose neighbor is not frightened

Or whose good deed is not rejected

يحصِّنُه غيْرانُ للمجد مرهف ال

عزائمِ غَمْرُ الجودِ طلاَّعُ أنجد

Zeal for glory fortifies him, his determination

Is immersion in generosity and the rising of the valiant

تجمَّع من عِدَّيْ سخاءٍ ونجْدةٍ

أبرّا على صوْب الحَيا والمُهَنَّدِ

He gathered from abundant generosity and aid

The dutiful toward the right course of life and the subservient

فللضَّيف بذل الجود في كل أزمةٍ

وللقرن ضرب الهامِ في كل مشهد

For the guest is the generosity in every crisis

And for the epoch is striking the protector at every scene

هُمامٌ إذا شاهدتَه في نَديِّةِ

رأيت سناءً منْ فَخارٍ وسُؤدَدِ

High minded, when you see him in an intimate gathering

You see glory and high status

إذا ناضَ برْقُ البِشر من قَسماته

فجائرُ ليل الحَظِّ والليل مُهتَدِ

When the lightning of good tidings flashes from his features

The injustice of fate and the night are guided

سَماح الحَيا بالمالِ لكن بعرضهِ

وبالجار إذ يحميه بُخل العَلَنْدَدِ

Life is easy with money but with honor

And the neighbor when he protects him from the stinginess of the hot-tempered

ولُطْفُ زُلالِ الماءِ عند ودادهِ

وفي الروع والأعداء قسوةُ جلْمدِ

And the gentleness of the water's flow in his affection

And in fear and enemies the hardness of ice

تُناطُ حُباهُ في النَّديِّ بفارعٍ

مُنيفٍ ويَمٍّ زاخرِ اللُّجِّ مُزْبد

His gifts in intimacy are tied to a prominent

And noble man of abundant generosity

من النَّفَر الغُرِّ الذينَ توقَّلوا

قِنانَ المعالي سيداً بعد سيدِ

Of the elite men who inherited

The vessels of glory, a master after master

نموْه فكان الصُّبحَ من شمس مفخرٍ

وصوب الحيا الهطَّال من حافلٍ نَدِ

His growth made the dawn from a glorious sun

And the course of life an abundant torrent

فهُنِّيَ شهر الصَّوم طولَ بَقائهِ

ولا زالَ مبسوطَ المكارمِ واليَدِ

So Ramadan was congratulated for its long duration

And its generous acts and hand are still outstretched