عبقريٌّ من النَّغَمْ

رَجْعُهُ الحبُّ والألَمْ

A genius of melody

His return is love and pain

نَبْعُهُ قلبُ شاعرٍ

شارفَ النُّورَ في القمَمْ

His spring is a poet’s heart

That reached the light at the peaks

ورأى مولدَ الحيا

ةِ على شاطئ العدمْ

And saw the birth of life

On the shore of nothingness

في رفيفٍ من النَّدَى

وحفيفٍ من النسمْ

In a whisper of dew

And rustle of breeze

وإطارٍ من السَّنَا

جمع الكونَ وانتظمْ

And a frame of luminosity

That brought the universe into harmony

ورآها وقد بَدَتْ

مِثلَ حوريَّة الحُلُمْ

And he saw it appear

Like a houri of dreams

هيَ سَكْرَى تجرَّدتْ

من ثيابٍ ومن عِصَمْ

She is an intoxication that shed

Her clothes and chastity

وهو لاهٍ بخدرها

ثَمِلٌ بالذي غَنِمْ

And he was distracted by her intoxication

Satiated with what he gained

تعصر الكرمَ راحتا

هُ لها، وهي تبتسمْ

She squeezed the grapes gently

For him, while smiling

فشدا أوَّلَ الرعا

ةِ بشبَّابة القِدَمْ

So he sang the first of vigor

With the youthfulness of steps

قبل أن يُسْعِدَ الغنا

ءُ بها راعيَ الغنَمْ

Before the singing gladdened

The shepherd of sheep

خطرةٌ من شبابهِ

وَمَضَتْ، فاشتكى السأمْ

A fleeting moment of his youth

That passed, so he complained of boredom

وإذا الشاعرُ المدلـ

ـهُ يقظانُ لم يَنَمْ

And there the infatuated poet

Awake, did not sleep

أرَّقته صبابةٌ

بين جنبيهِ تضطرمْ

Insomnia kindled between his ribs

Roaming alone he cuts through time

يقطع الدهرَ وَحْدَهُ

ذاهلًا تائِهَ القدَمْ

Absently wandering

He asks the night, the stars, the clouds, the rain

يسأل الليلَ، والكوا

كبَ، والسُّحْبَ، والدِّيَمْ

His passionate lyre laments what was dear and harmonized

And on his cheek tears flowed

ناح قيثارُهُ الشجـ

ـيُّ بما رقَّ وانسجمْ

Of regret

Love melted his heart

وعلى خدِّه جَرَتْ

عَبَرَاتٌ من الندَمْ

And his body showed sickness

And the unseen revealed his secret

ذوَّبَ الحبُّ قلبه

وبَرَى جسمهَ السَّقمْ

Between his eyes and was depicted

So the most beautiful poetry and melody streamed through his hymn

وجلا الغيبُ سرَّهُ

بين عينيه وارتسمْ

So look which poet

Is he among you at the celebration

فجرى في نشيده

أروعُ الشعر والنغَمْ

That masterful composer

In the image of words

فانظروا أيَّ شاعرٍ

هو في الحفل بينكمْ

The goddess of wisdom complained of him

To the goddess of the pen

ذلك المبدعُ الروا

ئع في صورة الكَلِمْ

She disputed his love

While he is the adversary and judge

ربَّةُ الحكمة اشتكتـ

ـه إلى ربَّةِ القَلَمْ

So listen now to his poetry

And enjoy it above nations

نازعَتْهَا غرامَهُ

وَهُوَ الخصمُ والحكَمْ

Frail of body, his name

Encompasses the universe with greatness

فاسمعوا الآن شعره

وتَمَلَّوْهُ عن أَمَمْ

Short, and his glory

Towering like the bright dawn

ضامرُ الجسم واسمُهُ

يَسَعُ الكونَ بالعِظَمْ

That poet who won

Love and was characterized

وقصيرٌ، ومجدهُ

باذخٌ كالضحى أشَمْ

Immortalized by what he sang

Immortalized by what he composed

ذلك الشاعر الذي

فاز بالحب واتَّسَمْ

That is "Naji" and it suffices

That he is the flag poet!

خالدٌ بالذي شدا

خالدٌ بالذي نظَمْ

ذلك «ناجي» وحَسْبُهُ

أنَّه الشاعرُ العلَمْ!