لِيَهنِ الَّذي تَسري إِلَيكَ رِكابُهُ
يُسايِرُ في الوَجهِ العَبوسِ بِها بِشرُ
May he be congratulated, he whose feet walk towards you,
Accompanying the frowning face with good news.
فَأَوَّلَ ما يَمشي يُحاضِرُهُ العُلا
وَأَوَّلَ ما يَسري يُطالِعُهُ الفَجرُ
The dawn is the first thing he sees when he walks,
And the darkness is the first thing that lights his way when it’s night.
وَأَوَّلَ ما يُمسي يُضيءُ لَهُ الدُجى
وَأَوَّلَ ما يُضحي يُطالِعُهُ الزَهرُ
The flowers are the first thing he sees when it’s morning,
If he was among the fallen of his time’s wars,
وَإِن كانَ مِن صَرعى حُروبِ زَمانِهِ
فَقَد جاءَ نَصرُ اللَهِ فَليَهنِهِ النَصرُ
God’s victory came and made him victorious.
My hands are an ocean, and if I were to describe them
أَيادٍ هِيَ البَحرُ الَّتي لَو وَصَفتُها
بِأَفعالِها يُمناً إِذاً نَفِدَ البَحرُ
With their actions, the ocean would run out before I was done.
The ocean has shells and scattered pearls in it,
وَفي البَحرِ أَصدافٌ وَدُرٌّ مُجَزَّعُ
وَصَيدٌ وَهَذا البَحرُ أَجمَعُهُ دُرُّ
And fish, but this ocean, all of it is pearls.
That has a span, destination, and end,
وَذاكَ لَهُ عَبرٌ وَمَقصىً وَغايَةٌ
وَبَحرُكَ في الإِحسانِ لَيسَ لَهُ عَبرُ
But your ocean of kindness has no span.
Take my talk of glory and believe it,
تَغَنَّم أَحاديثي عَنِ المَجدِ وَاِقنَها
فَأَنتَ الَّذي تَبقى عَلى الدَهرِ وَالذِكرُ
For you are the one who remains, for eternities and memories.
The hand of generosity from you is great to me,
يَدُ الجودِ عِندي مِن يَدَيكَ عَظيمَةٌ
وَأَعظَمُ مِنها عِندِيَ الحَمدُ وَالشُكرُ
And greater than it to me is praise and thanks.
Your highest, purest council is a mosque,
وَمَجلِسُكَ الأَعلى المُطَهَّرُ مَسجِدٌ
فَما قُلتُ خُذها خيفَةً أَنَّها خَمرُ
So do not take my words as wine, for they are pure.
My eyes were not surprised by any barrenness,
وَما اِستَغرَبَت عَينايَ قَفراً فَإِنَّني
خَرَجتُ وَبَيني مِثلُهُ صَفصَفٌ قَفرُ
For when I went out, the likes of it were plentiful and barren.
And when I saw the army in its meadow,
وَلَمّا رَأَيتُ الجَيشَ في عَرَصاتِهِ
وَوَفدَ نَداهُ قُلتُ هَذا هُوَ الحَشرُ
And the call of its assemblies drew near, I said "This is the gathering."
