مَاذَا طَحَا بِكَ يَا صَنَّاجَةَ الأدَبِ
هَلاَّ شَدَوْتَ بِأَمْدَاحِ ابْنَةِ العَرَبِ
What misfortune has befallen you, O bard of literature?
Why don't you sing the praises of the daughter of the Arabs?
أطَارَ نَوْمَكَ أَحْدَاثٌ وَجَمْتَ لَهَا
فَبِتَّ تَنْفُخُ بَيْنَ الهَمِّ والْوَصَبِ
Events have disrupted your slumber, so you moan
And spend the night sighing amidst anxiety and insomnia.
وَالْيَعْرُبِيَّةُ أَنْدى مَا بَعَثْتَ بِهِ
شَجْواً مِنَ الْحُزنِ أَوْ شَدْواً منَ الطَّرَب
And Al-Ya'rubiyya is the most brilliant thing you have composed,
Whether it is a lament of sorrow or lyrics of joy.
رُوحٌ مِنَ اللّهِ أَحْيَتْ كُلَّ نَازِعَةٍ
مِنَ البَيَانِ وَآتَتْ كُلَّ مُطَّلَبِ
It is a spirit from God that has revived every unwilling
Aspect of rhetoric and fulfilled every demand.
أَزْهَى مِنَ الأَمَلِ البَسَّامِ مَوْقِعُهَا
وَجَرْسُ أَلْفَاظِهَا أَحْلَى مِنَ الضَّرَبِ
More delightful than hopeful promises is where it is placed,
And the rhythm of its words sweeter than beats.
وَسْنَى بِأخْبِيَةِ الصَّحْرَاءِ يُوقِظهَا
وَحْيٌ مِنَ الشَّمْسِ أَوْ همْسٌ مِنَ الشهبِ
The nomad is roused in the thick of the desert by its chant,
Or a ray from the sun or a whisper from the shooting stars.
تُحْدَى بِهَا اليَعْمَلاَتُ الكُومُ إِنْ لَغِبَتْ
فَلاَ تُحِسُّ بِإِنْضَاءٍ وَلاَ لَغَبِ
With it the solid mountains are challenged if they are stubborn,
So they feel no brilliance and no stubbornness.
تَهْتَزُّ فَوْقَ بِحَارِ الآلِ رَاقِصَةً
وَالنَّصْبُ لِلنيبِ يَجْلُو كُرْبَةَ النَّصَبِ
The daughters of the tribe are drawn to it fascinated,
And love sprouts between wonder and wonder.
لَمْ تَعْرِف السَّوْطَ إِلاَّ صَوْتَ مُرْتَجِزٍ
كَأنَّ في فيهِ مِزْماراً مِنَ القَصَبِ
When they peer out from behind their veils they see it as a guard,
So their yearning for it is endless.
تُصْغِي إِلَى صَوْتِهِ الأَطْيَارُ صَامِتَةً
إِذَا تَردَّدَ بَيْنَ القُورِ وَالهِضَبِ
Each girl sees it in the full moon, the sword, the darkness, and the clouds,
It is the adornment of nothingness when it occupies its mind,
كَأنَّهُ وَظَلاَمُ اللَّيْل يَكْنٌفُهُ
غُثَاءَةٌ قُذِفَتْ في مَائِجٍ لَجِبِ
Or when its devil shakes the strings of its speech,
So beware of the coming calamities and the pitfalls of passions.
قَدْ خَالَطَ الوَحْشَ حَتَّى مَا يُرَوّعُهَا
إِذَا تَعَرَّضَ لَمْ تَنْفِرْ وَلَمْ تَثِبِ
It has never touched paper or pen,
Yet its opinion outweighs papers and books.
يَرْنُو بِعَيْنٍ عَلَى الظَّلْمَاءِ صَادِقَةٍ
كَأَعْيُنِ النَّسْرِ أَنّى صُوّبَتْ تُصِبِ
It flies to war briskly without armor
When war is raging armor is of no use.
هُوَ الْحَيَاةُ بِقَفْرٍ لا حَياةَ بِهش
كالمَاءِ في الصّخْرِ أَوْ كالمَاءِ في الْحَطَبِ
If a scream calls it, that is its call,
And if the causes of fear call it, it does not respond.
يَبِيتُ مِنْ نَفْسِهِ في مَنْزِلٍ خَضِلٍ
وَمِنْ شَبَا بِيضِهِ في مَعْقلٍ أَشِبِ
The beautiful neighbor does not make it lower its gaze,
As if its eyelids are fixed to the peak of a tent.
يَهْتَزُّ للجُودِ والمَشْتَاةُ بَاخِلَةٌ
وَالقُرُّ يَعْقِدُ رَأْسَ الكلْبِ بالذّنَبِ
It is an island that is barren in every direction,
Yet fertile in the realms of manners and literature.
تهْفُو إِلَيْهِ بَنَاتُ الْحَيّ مُعْجَبَةً
وَالْحُبُّ يَنْبُتُ بَيْنَ العُجْبِ وَالعَجَبِ
Barrenness in which dreams grow lush,
For even rocks can crack and reveal gold.
إِذَا تَنَقَّبْنَ إِذْ يَلْقَيْنهُ خَفَراً
فَشَوقُهُنَّ إِليْهِ غَيْرُ مُنْتقِبِ
Every garden in the land wishes its flowers
Could give it a kiss from its soil.
تَرَاهُ كُلُّ فَتَاةٍ حِينَ تَفْقِدُهُ
في البَدْرِ والسَّيْفِ والضِّرغَامِ وَالسُّحُبِ
And pearls would tremble if they could be
Strung into a poem or prose from his speeches.
زَيْنُ الفِنَاءِ إِذَا مَا حَلَّ حَبْوَتَهُ
لِلْقَوْلِ لَبَّاهُ مِنْهُ كُلُّ مُنْتَخَبِ
O neighbor of the sublime sanctuary, its resident
Has watered the ancient pacts, every pouring cloud.
أَوْ هَزَّ شَيْطَانُهُ أَوتَارَ مَنْطِقِهِ
فَاخْشَ الأَتِيَّ وَحَاذِرْ صَوْلَةَ العُبُبِ
My ties with you have strengthened bonds,
For they are ties of the Qur'an and ancestry.
مَامَسَّ بِالكَفِّ أَوْرَاقاً وَلاَ قَلَماً
وَرَأْيُهُ زِنَةُ الأَوْرَاقِ وَالكُتُبِ
I see your ignorance with the eye of my imagination,
And imagination has the eye of the roaming scout.
يَطِيرُ لِلحَرْبِ خِفّاً غَيْرَ مُدَّرِعٍ
في شِدَّةِ البَأْسِ مَا يُغْنِي عَنِ اليَلَب
I envision the crowds gathered for consultation,
Yet I hear no nonsense nor clamor.
إذَا دَعَاهُ صَرِيخٌ كَانَ دَعْوَتَهُ
وَإنْ دَعَتْهُ دَوَاعِي الذُّعْرِ لَمْ يُجِبِ
Each lad wrapped in his cloak, wearing it,
Speaking off the cuff, avoiding estrangement.
لاَ تَرْهَبُ الْجَارَةُ الْحَسْنَاءُ نَظْرتَهُ
كَأَنَّ أَجْفَانَهُ شُدَّتْ إِلَى طَنُبِ
I glimpse the fire that is lit in the dark,
For the traveler by night, the lost, and the weary.
جَزِيرَةٌ أَجْدَبَتْ فِ كُلِّ نَاحِيَةٍ
وَأَخْصَبَتْ في نَوَاحِي الخُلْقِ والأَدَبِ
A fire, but it is imagined as hope,
When hopes are dashed it does not go out.
جَدْبٌ بِهِ تَنْبُتُ الأَحْلاَمُ زَاكِيَةً
إِنَّ الحِجَارَةَ قَدْ تَنْشَقُّ عَنْ ذَهَبِ
The symbol of life and generosity it always tosses
Sparks into the air above the hills.
تَوَدُّ كُلُّ ريَاضِ الأَرْضِ لَوْ مُنِحَتْ
أَزْهَارُهَا قُبْلَةً مِنْ خَدِّهَا التَّرِبِ
Arwa stokes its embers whenever it calms down,
Throwing large logs onto its coals.
وَتَرْتَجِي الغِيدُ لَوْ كَانَتْ لآلِئُهَا
نَظْماً مِنَ الشِّعْرِ أَوْ نَثْراً مِنَ الْخُطَبِ
I see the people on the day of the raid assembled
For death, conquest, or defeat.
يَا جِيرَةَ الْحَرَمِ المَزْهُوِّ سَاكِنُهُ
سقَى العُهُودَ الْخَوالِي كُلُّ مُنْسَكِبِ
They return evil for evil when it suddenly hits them,
While their banner flutters over them.
لِي بيْنَكُمْ صِلَةٌ عَزَّتْ أوَاصِرُهَا
لأَنَّهَا صِلَةُ القُرآنِ وَالنَّسَبِ
I attend the poets whose tongues are swords,
Wielders of eloquence, fierce and sharp.
أرى بعَيْنِ خَيالي جاهِليَّتكُمْ
ولِلتَّخيُّلِ عَيْنُ القَائِفِ الدَّربِ
Abu Basir whose tone, if it were
Made into arrows, would be the sharpest arrows.
وَأَشْهَدُ الْحَشْدَ لِلشُّورَى قَدِ اجْتَمعُوا
وَلَسْتُ أَسْمَعُ مِنْ لَغْوٍ وَلاَ صَخَبِ
When he chooses rhymes and shoots them,
They rotate with the orbiting celestial pole.
مِنْ كُلِّ مُكْتَهِلٍ بالبُرْدِ مُشْتَمِلٍ
لِلقَوْلِ مُرْتَجِلٍ لِلهُجْرِ مُجْتَنِبِ
At times I close my eyes then open them
To the glory of the brilliant light of truth.
وَأَلْمَحُ النَّارَ في الظَّلْمَاءِ قَدْ نُصِبَتْ
لِطَارِقِ اللَّيْلِ وَالْحَيْرَانِ والسَّغبِ
A light from God which dazzled the people with its radiance,
And the light of God cannot be veiled.
نَارٌ وَلَكِنَّها قَدْ صُوِّرَتْ أَمَلاً
بَرْداً إِذَا خَابَتِ الآمَالُ لَمْ يَخِبِ
The articulate chapters of the Qur'an spoke
Silencing the clamor of spears and staves.
رَمْزُ الْحَيَاةِ وَرَمْزُ الْجُودِ مَا فَتِئَتْ
فَوْقَ الثَّنِيَّاتِ تَرْمِي الجَوَّ باللَّهَبِ
And the best of Quraish stood up, the son of its chieftains
Calling to God with determination and dedication.
يَشُبُّهَا أرْيحي كُلَّمَا هَدَأَتْ
أَلْقَى عَلَى جَمْرِهَا جَزْلاً مِنَ الحَطَبِ
With eloquence, Hāshimī in its style, if it were
Made into lineages they would not fray or waste away.
وَأُبْصِرُ القَوْمَ يَوْمَ الرَّوْعِ قَدْ حُشِدُوا
لِلْمَوتِ يَجْتَاحُ أَوْ لِلنَّصْرِ وَالغَلَبِ
The soul of time is pleased with it and rejoices,
Eras have passed while it remains pleased.
يَرْمُونَ بِالشَّرِّ شَراً حِينَ يفْجَؤُهُمْ
وَرَايُهُمْ فَوْقَهُمْ خَفَّاقَةُ العَذَبِ
The foundations shook, the forts trembled,
At its magnificence, the white forts in the burial grounds.
وَأَحْضُرُ الشُّعَرَاءَ اللُّسْنَ قدْ وَقَفُوا
وَلِلْبَيانِ فِعَالُ الصَّارِمِ الذَّرِبِ
The daughter of ‘Adnan became, due to it,
Lost, dragging the train of her gown.
أَبُو بَصيرٍ لَهُ نَبْرٌ لَوْ اتُّخِذَتْ
مِنْهُ السِّهَامُ لَكَانَتْ أَسْهُمَ النُّوَبِ
She won a sturdy pillar, unshakable,
Of rhetoric and a rope that does not waver.
إِذَا رَمَاهَا كمَا يَخْتَارُ قَافِيَةً
دَارتْ مَعَ الفَلَكِ الدَّوَّارِ في قُطُبِ
She has not strayed from the protection of Islam
On smooth ground, and from its glory in a fertile land.
وَأُغْمِضُ العَيْنَ حِيناً ثُمَّ أَفْتَحُهَا
عَلَى جَلاَلٍ بِنُورِ الْحَقِّ مُؤتَشِبِ
Until the nights cast her in their scrolls,
And her authority came crashing down.
نُورٌ مِنَ اللّهِ هَالَ القَوْمَ سَاطِعُهُ
وَلَيْسَ يُحْجَبُ نُورُ اللّهِ بِالْحُجُبِ
The foolish foreign woman rampaged
Against the daughter of the desert in an army of rabble
تَكَلَّمَتْ سُوَرُ القُرْآنِ مُفْصِحَةً
فَأَسْكَتَتْ صَخَبَ الأَرْمَاحِ والقُضُبِ
Led by every ignorant kinsman of a donkey,
His hands stained with the blood of Arabs, red.
وَقَامَ خَيْرُ قُرَيْشٍ وَابْنُ سَادَتِهَا
يَدْعُو إِلَى اللّهِ في عَزْمٍ وفي دَأبِ
They left no buildings standing but destroyed ones,
No group but scattered groups.
بِمَنْطِقٍ هَاشمِيِّ الوَشْي لَوْ نُسِجَتْ
مِنْهُ الأَصَائِلُ لَمْ تَنْصُلْ وَلَمْ تغِبِ
As if ‘Adnan never filled the cosmic horizons
From east to west with his wonders.
طَابَتْ بِهِ أَنْفُسُ الأيَّامِ وَابْتَهَجتْ
ومَرَّ دَهْرٌ وَدَهْرٌ وَهي لَمْ تَطِبِ
A raging flood came and took the best treasures of the land,
And the eloquent tongue was lost to oblivion.
وَهُزَّتِ الرَّاسِيَاتُ الشمُّ وَارْتَعَدَتْ
لِهَوْلِهِ البَاتِرَاتُ البِيضُ في القُرُبِ
Were it not for the heart of Abu Bakr, it would not
Have found its way back to life, the daughter of the nomads.
وَأَصْبَحَتْ بِنْتُ عَدْنَانٍ بِنَفْحَتِهِ
تِيهاً تُجَرِّرُ مِن أَذْيالِهَا القُشُبِ
He protected it with care unlike any other,
And what he forbade was forbidden to the plunderers.
فَازَتْ برُكْنٍ شَديدٍ غَيْرِ مُنْصَدِعٍ
مِن البَيَانِ وَحَبْلٍ غَيْرِ مُضْطَرِبِ
He restored its much frequented abode with his zeal,
And embraced it with kind and affectionate care.
وَلَمْ تَزَلْ مِنْ حِمى الإِسْلاَمِ في كَنَفٍ
سَهْلٍ وَمْن عِزِّه في مَنْزِلٍ خَصِب
O party of goodness for the eloquent tongue and its supporters!
Greetings to you all, O best of allies!
حَتَّى رَمَتْهَا اللَّيَالي في فَرَائدها
وَخَرَّ سُلْطَانُهَا يَنْهَارُ مِنْ صَبَبِ
Come! Time is fleeting, it has an appointed term,
Though I do not claim time is made of gold.
وَعَاثَت الْعُجْمَةُ الْحَمْقَاءُ ثَائِرَةً
عَلَى ابْنَةِ البِيدِ في جَيْشٍ مِنَ الرَّهَبِ
Man's life in this world is but his stay in it,
A stay like a specter, flowers, and seeds.
يَقُودُهُ كُلُّ وَلاَّغٍ أَخِي إِحَنٍ
مُضَمَّخٍ بِدِمَاءِ العُرْبِ مُخْتَضِبِ
Time hastens on, days rush ahead,
While we only understand laziness and stupidity.
لَمْ يُبْقِ فِيهَا بِنَاءً غَيْرَ مُنْتقِضٍ
مِنَ الفَصِيحِ وَشَمْلاً غَيْرَ مُنْقضَبِ
Novelties are many, they block the sun,
Without gaining the fame of a name or title.
كَأَنَّ عَدْنَانَ لَمْ تَملأْ بَدَائِعُهُ
مَسامِعَ الكَوْنِ مِنْ نَاءٍ وَمُقْتَرِبِ
Translations wage overt war, impregnating
The eloquent language - so alas for war!
مَضَتْ بِخَيْرِ كُنوزِ الأَرْضِ جَائِحةٌ
وَغَابَت اللُّغَةُ الفُصْحَى مَعَ الغَيَبِ
We pick a word from a foreign land modifying it,
While its equivalents in our own are countless.
لَوْلا فُؤَادٌ أَبُو الفَارُوقِ مَا وجَدَتْ
إِلَى الْحَيَاةِ ابنَةُ الأَعْرَابِ مِنْ سَبَبِ
Like the mirage of water in the desert when
A fancied image from a cloud appears deceptively.
أعَزَّ مِنْهَا حِمىً رِيعَتْ كَرَائِمُهُ
وَكَانَ مَمْنُوعُهُ نَهْباً لمُنْتهِبِ
He who does not differentiate between the spring and the dusty place
Has wronged the daughter of glorious Quraish then fought against her
وَرَدَّ بِالمَجْمَعِ المَعْمُورِ غُرْيَتَهَا
وَحَاطَها بِكَرِيمِ العَطْفِ والْحَدَبِ
With an ignorant, raving campaign,
We abandon the generous, eloquent Arabic expression
يَا عُصْبَةَ الَخَيْرِ لِلْفُصْحَى وَشِيعَتِها
حَيَّاكِ صَوْبُ الْحَيَا يَا خِيرَةَ العُصَبِ
For an imported exotic one.
Yet in dictionaries there is endless treasure
هَلمَّ فَالْوَقْتُ أَنْفَاسٌ لَهَا أَمَدٌ
وَلاَ أقُولُ بأنَّ الوَقْتَ مِنْ ذَهَبِ
For one who can distinguish between jewels and pebbles.
How many words we repeat until exhausted,
فَإِنَّمَا المَرْءُ فِ الدُّنْيَا إِقَامَتُهُ
إِقَامَةُ الطَّيْفِ وَالأَزْهَارِ وَالْحَبَبِ
Gasping from the toil and effort.
While words lie locked in the darkness of gloom,
الدَّهْرُ يُسرِعُ وَالأَيَّامُ مُعْجِلَةٌ
وَنَحْنُ لَمْ نَدْرِ غَيْرَ الوَخْدِ والْخَببِ
Never seeing the light of a waiting eye.
As if the two guardians have taken charge of them,
وَالمُحْدَثَاتُ تَسُدُّ الشَّمْسَ كَثْرَتُهَا
وَلَمْ تَفُزْ بِخَيَالِ اسْمٍ وَلاَ لَقَبِ
Never to return again to this life.
O aged master of Dhad, your memories are immortal.
وَالتَّرْجَمَاتُ تَشُنُّ الْحَرْبَ لاَقِحَةً
عَلَى الفَصِيح فَيَا لِلْوَيْلِ وَالْحَرَبِ
In the annals of time and history.
I am at your service, O King of the Nile and its Maker,
نَطيرُ لِلَّفْظِ نَسْتَجْدِيه مِنْ بَلَدٍ
نَاءٍ وَأَمثْالُهُ مِنَّا عَلَى كَثَبِ
O Guardian of religion, etiquette, and nobility.
This is your plantation, its towering trees
كَمُهْرِقِ المَاء في الصَّحْراءِ حِينَ بَدَا
لِعَيْنِهِ بَارِقٌ مِنْ عَارِضٍ كَذِبِ
Sway, kissed by the breeze in splendor and playfulness.
Kingship is yours, by attainment and endowment,
أَزْرَى بِبِنْتِ قُرَيْشٍ ثمَّ حَارَبَها
مَنْ لاَ يُفرِّقُ بَيْنَ النَّبْعِ وَالغَرَبِ
Exalted over all other grants and acquisitions.
You are the captain and operator of this ship,
وَرَاحَ فِي حَمْلَةٍ رَعْنَاءَ طَائِشَةٍ
يَصُولُ بالْخَائِبَيْن الْجَهْلِ وَالشَّغَبِ
Fearing no harm from tremors.
You spur on this nation in the arena of competition,
أنْتْرُكُ العَرَبيَّ السَّمْحَ مَنْطِقُهُ
إلَى دَخِيلٍ مِنَ الألْفَاظِ مُغْتَرِبِ
Leaving no rival in the dust.
God's Trust is protected in the hands of a King
وَفِي المَعَاجِمِ كَنْزٌ لاَ نَفَادَ لَهُ
لِمَنْ يُمَيِّزُ بَيْنَ الدُّرِّ وَالسُّخُبِ
Who anticipates God and accounts to God.
It is penetrating vision, like the light of dawn,
كَمْ لَفْظَةٍ جُهِدَتْ مِمَّا نُكرِّرُهَا
حَتَّى لَقَدْ لَهَثتْ مِنْ شِدَّةِ التَّعَبِ
Vanquishing the darkness of night, un-obscured and undimmed.
It is determination like steel, that if it sought
وَلَفْظَةٍ سُجِنَتْ في جَوْفِ مُظْلِمَةٍ
لَمْ تَنْظُر الشَّمْسُ مِنْهَا عَيْنَ مُرْتَقِبِ
To pluck the flowers of the stars, it would attain what it desired.
It has resolutely moved forward to its purpose,
كَأنَّمَا قَدْ تَوَلَّى القَارِظَانِ بِهَا
فَلَمْ يَؤُوبَا إِلَى الدَّنْيَا وَلَمْ تَؤُبِ
Hastening over the dust of doubt and suspicion.
Look and see if Egypt has ever known
يَا شِيخَةَ الضَّادِ وَالذِّكْرَى مُخَلِّدَةٌ
هُنَا يُؤَسَّسُ مَا تَبْنُونَ لِلْعَقِبِ
Such sovereignty at its peak, with the strongest pillars.
It possesses vast knowledge and wealth,
هُنَا تَخُطُّونَ مَجْداً مَا جَرَى قَلَمٌ
بِمِثْلِهِ في مَدَى الأَدْهَارِ وَالْحِقَبِ
Abundant fortune and stature.
The heart of Fuad built Egypt's eternal glory, and secluded it
لَبَّيْكَ يَا مَلِكَ الوَادِي وَمُنْشِئَهُ
يَا حَارِسَ الدِّين وَالآدَابِ وَالْحسَبِ
For his righteous hand does not conceal.
Who will inform the Arabs that Dhad
هَذَا غِرَاسُكَ قَدْ مَاسَتْ بَوَاسِقُهُ
تُدَاعِبُ الرِّيحَ في زَهْوٍ وَفي لَعِبِ
Has attained the proximity of Egypt's highest authority?
He restored its glory when its pillars leaned,
المُلْك فِي بَيْتِكمْ كَسْباً وَمَوْهِبَةً
يُزْهَى عَلَى كلِّ مَوْهُوبٍ وَمُكْتَسَبِ
So close to the greatest of kin and most sublime of pedigrees.
Live for glory until you reach the height of its splendor,
سَفِينَةٌ أَنْتَ مُجْرِيهَا وَكَالِئُهَا
مِنَ الزَّعَازِعِ لاَ تَخْشَى أَذَى العَطَبِ
And for loftiness, dew, knowledge, and propriety.
And may Farouq live as a shining star in its ascent,
وَأُمَّةٌ أنْتَ مَجْرِيهَا وَحَافِزُهَا
في حَلْبَةِ السَّبْقِ لاَ تُبْقي عَلَى القَصَبِ
Good fortune, pinnacle of aspirations and nobility.
وَدِيعَةُ اللّهِ صِينَتْ في يَدَيْ مَلِكٍ
للّهِ مُرْتَقِب للّهِ مُحْتَسِبِ
بَصِيرَةٌ كَضِيَاءِ الصُّبْحِ لَوْ لَطَمَتْ
غَيَاهِبَ اللَّيْلِ لم يُظْلِمْ وَلَمْ يُهَبِ
وَعَزْمَةٌ كَحَديدِ النَّصْلِ لَوْ طَلَبَتْ
زُهْرَ الكَواكِبِ نَالَتْ غَايَةَ الطَّلَبِ
قَدْ صَمَّمَتْ فَمَضَتْ عَجْلَى لِمقْصِدَهَا
تَحثُو التُّرابَ بِوَجْهِ الشَّكِّ وَالرِّيَبِ
فَانْظُرْ تَرى مِصْرَ هَلْ تَلْقَى لَهَا مَثَلاً
في صَوْلَةِ المُلْكِ أَوْفى قُوَّةِ الأُهَبِ
فَثَرْوَةٌ مِنْ سَريِّ العِلْمِ وَاسِعَةٌ
وَثَرْوَةٌ مِنْ سريِّ الْجَاهِ وَالنَّشَبِ
بَنَى فُؤَادُ بِنَاءَ الْخَالدِيِنَ مِصْرَ واحْتَجَبَتْ
فَإِنَّ بِرَّ يَدَيْهِ غَيْرُ مُحْتَجِبِ
مَنْ مُبْلِغُ العُرْبِ أَنَّ الضَّادَ قَدْ بَلَغتْ
بِقُرْبِ صَاحِبِ مِصْرٍ أَرْفَعَ الرُّتَبِ
أَعَادَ مَجْداً لَهَا مَالَتْ دَعَائِمُهُ
فَيَا لهَا قُرْبَةً مَنْ أَعْظَمِ القُرَبِ
وَحَفَّهَا بِسِيَاجٍ مِنْ عِنَايَتِهِ
كَمَا تُحَفُّ جُفُونُ العَيْنِ بالهُدُبِ
إِنْ عَقَّهَا أَهْلُ وَادِيها وَجيرَتُها
فَأَنْتَ أَحْنَى عَلَيْهَا مِنْ أَخٍ وَأَبِ
رَأَتْ بِرَبْعِكَ عِزَّ المُلْكِ فَانْصَرَفَتْ
عَنْ ذِكر لُبْنَى وَذِكْرَى رَبْعِهَا الْخرِبِ
لاَذَتْ بِأَكْبَرِ مِعْوَانٍ لِذِي أمَلٍ
نَاءٍ وَأَشْرَفِ عُنْوَانٍ لِمُنْتَسِبِ
عِشْ لِلْكِنَانةِ تَبْلُغْ أَوْجَ عِزَّتِهَا
وَلْلعُلاَ وَالنَّدَى وَالعِلمِ والأدَبِ
وَعاشَ فَارُوق نَجْماً في تأَلُّقِهِ
سَعْدُ السُّعودِ وَفِيه مُنْتَهَى الأَرَبِ
