أَيُّ يَومٍ عَلا عَلى الأَيّامِ
أَيُّ نُعمى تَمَّت عَلى الإِسلامِ
What day excelled over days?
What blessing was perfected for Islam?
لَم يُرَالسَيفُ في يَمينِكَ بِدعاً
هَل رَأَوا غَيرَ بارِقٍ في غَمامِ
Your sword was not seen idle in your right hand,
Did they see other than lightning in the clouds?
يا مُنيمَ المُستَيقِظينَ بِفَتكِ
يَسلُبُ النَومَ أَعيُنَ النُوّامِ
O you who rouse the slumbering with killing,
Robbing the eyes of the sleepy of sleep.
لَم تَزِدهُ شَيئاً عَلى النَومِ إِلّا
صِلَةَ النَومِ بَعدَها بِالدَوامِ
Naught increased him over sleep except
The connection of sleep after it continually.
أَتُرى كَأسَ مُرقِدٍ قَد سَقاهُ
أَم سَقاهُ المَقدورُ كَأسَ حِمامِ
Do you see the cup of the sleeper who he gave drink
Or did the determined give him the cup of oblivion?
وَإِذا ما رَمَت يَدُ اللَهِ سَهماً
صارَتِ الدِرعُ مِن قَبيلِ السِهامِ
And if the hand of God cast an arrow,
The coat of mail became the likes of arrows.
ضَربَةُ مِن يَدَيكَ كانَت فُرادى
وَشَطَتهُ فَأَقلَعَت عَن تُؤامِ
A blow from your hands was alone,
Its excess overflowed from perfection.
ضَربَةٌ في الصَوابِ مِثلُكَ في الهِم
مَةِ تَسمو إِلى سَماءِ الهامِ
A blow in judgment, you in zeal,
A characteristic rising to the heaven of resolve.
وَاِدَّعى السَيفُ أَنَّهُ ما جَناها
فَقَبِلنا لِأَنَّهُ غَيرُ دامِ
And the sword claimed that it did not produce it
So we accepted that it was not lasting.
وَلَعَمري أَنَّ السُيوفَ إِذا ما
غَضِبَت أُنسِيَت قَديمَ الذِمامِ
And by my life, swords when they
Become angry, forget old flaws.
لا نَقولُ الكِرامُ تَعفو وَتُعفى
فَلِجودِ الكِرامِ قَتلُ الكِرامِ
We the generous do not say, pardon and be pardoned
For the generosity of the generous, the killing of the generous.
يا هِلالَ المَزيدِ عَمَّرَكَ اللَ
هُ لِذا لا أَقولُ بَدرَ التَمامِ
O crescent of increase, God gave you long life
So I do not say full moon of perfection.
قامَ بِالمُلكِ مِن عُلاهُ فَعَلّا
هُ فَلا كانَ غَيرُهُ في القِيامِ
He took up the possession from his exaltation so no other was in power.
Whoever smelled the scent of kings, leave them in the journal of servants.
مَن لِشُمِّ المُلوكِ لَو خَدَموهُ
دَعهُمُ في جَريدَةِ الخُدّامِ
God shows the extent of your glory among the people
When you sit on the day of peace.
يُظهِرُ اللَهُ قَدرَ مَجدِكَ في الخَل
قِ إِذا ما جَلَستَ يَومَ السَلامِ
And you see the land in gardens of lavender
When clouds of standards fall.
وَتَرى الأَرضَ في رِياضِ رُقومٍ
حينَ تَهوي غَمائِمُ الأَعلامِ
And signatures going out to them
With damsels of provision and divisions.
وَالتَواقيعُ خارِجاتٌ إِلَيهِم
بِجِواري الأَرزَقِ وَالأَقسامِ
And the pregnant ones with bellies and fetuses
Not containing for less than an hour from completion.
وَالأَمانِيُّ ذاتُ حَملٍ وَنَجلٍ
لا لِتِسعِ بَلا ساعَةٍ عَن تَمامِ
Among them none who good news of a female gladdened him
Each man desiring is given good news of a boy.
لَيسَ فيهِم مَن بَشَّرَتهُ بِأُنثى
كُلُّ راجٍ مُبَشِّرٌ بِغُلامِ
O father of the sea your kindness is abundant
To the lands and your servant is ravenous.
أَبُّها البَحرُ إِنَّ جودَكَ طامٍ
لِلبَرايا وَإِنَّ عَبدَكَ ظامِ
You are my master, and I hope from you
That time will become my youthful slave.
أَنتَ مَولايَ وَالَّذي أَرتَجيهِ
مِنكَ أَن يُصبِحَ الزَمانُ غُلامي
I have a complaint against it while you rule over it
Your judgment over rulers.
لي شَكوى مِنهُ وَأَنتَ عَلَيهِ
حاكِمٌ حُكمُهُ عَلى الحُكّامِ
Do not blame me, if I am silent I do not
Remain silent from blaming my blamer.
لا تَلُمني فَإِن سَكَتُّ فَما يَس
كُتُ عَن أَن يَلومَني لُوّامي
A harsh speech prevented me from it
My speech softened from its leniency.
راعَني عَنهُمُ كَلامٌ غَليظٌ
رَقَّ عَن لينِهِ أَشَدُّ كَلامي
So bear me as I bore their harm
You are most deserving of pardon and favor.
فَاِحتَمِلني كَما اِحتَمَلتُ أَذاهُم
أَنتَ أَولى بِالصَفحِ وَالإِنعامِ
O crescent of breaking fast, it rises for people
With their fasting while I with fasting.
يا هِلالَ الإِفطارِ يَطلُعُ لِلن
ناسِ بإفظارِهِم وَلي بِالصِيامِ
Remaining luminous, I do not see myself in your light
Remaining scattered in the darkness.
دُم مُنيراً فَما أَراني في نو
رِكَ أَبقى مُعَثَّراً في الظَلامِ
