هَذا الَّذي كُنتُ بِهِ أوعَدُ

أَنجَزَ وَعدَ الأَمسِ هَذا الغَدُ

This is what I had promised

Yesterday's promise was fulfilled by today

فَالغَدُ قَد أَعجَلَني حَثُّهُ

عَن أَن أَقولَ اليَومَ لا تَبعُدوا

So today urged me on

Not to say "do not go far"

ما لَكَ إِلّا اليَومَ في شِدَّتي

أَنتَ صَديقٌ أَنتَ أَنتَ العَدو

You have only today during my firmness

You are a friend you are, you are the enemy

قُليتَ لا كانَ لِساني لِمَن

لَيسَ لَهُ في كَشفِ خَطبٍ يدُ

I said no, was my tongue for whom

He has no hand in revealing worries

وَأَغيَدٍ أَهيَفَ وَالحُبِّ بي

لَم يَهفُ إِلّا الأَهيَفُ الأَغيَدُ

And the love in me did not sigh

Except the most sighing of lovers

بَدا بِهِ البُخلُ فَأَلحاظُهُ

عَطشى وَفي ريقَتِهِ المَورِدُ

Stinginess appeared in him, so his glances

Were thirsty while in his saliva there was drink

تَستَشهِدُ الأَغصانُ في أَنَّها

كَعِطفِهِ اللَدنِ وَما أَشهَدُ

The branches claim they

Are like his gentle disposition, and I do not claim

وَالناسُ حُسّادٌ عَلى وَصلِهِ

وَما أَلومُ الناسَ أَن يَحسُدوا

And people are jealous of his connection

And I do not blame people for being jealous

إِن شَبَّهوهُ صَنَماً فَاِنْهَهُم

فَإِنَّهُم في الحُبِّ قَد أَلحَدوا

If they compared him to an idol, they

Have strayed in love

وَذَلِكَ الجَمرُ عَلى خَدِّهِ

يُقبِسُكَ النورَ وَلا يوقَدُ

And that ember on his cheek

Lights you up but does not ignite

النارُ في خَدِّكَ لا تَنطَفي

وَالنارُ في قَلبِيَ لا تَبرُدُ

The fire on your cheek does not extinguish

And the fire in my heart does not cool

كَأَنَّما قامَ بِمِحرابِهِ

مِن صُدغِهِ ذو خَشيَةٍ يَسجُدُ

As if he stood in his prayer niche

From his temple, one who bows down devoutly

يَدعو لِأَيّامِ العَزيزِ الَّتي

بِالعَدلِ في أَحكامِها تَخلُدُ

Supplicating for the days of the honorable one which

Through justice in its rulings, eternalize

فَكُلُّ أَرضٍ بِالنَدى جَنَّةٌ

وَكُلُّ دارٍ لِلدُعا مَسجِدُ

So every land with dew is a paradise

And every house for prayer is a mosque

يا نِعمَةَ اللَهِ الَّتي فَضلُها

يوجِدُ إيمانَ الَّذي يَجحَدُ

O God's favor which His grace

Brings faith to the one who denies

يَستَنفِدُ الآمالَ مَعروفُهُ

وَهوَ عَلى المَعهودِ لا يَنفَدُ

His kindness depletes hopes

Yet regarding the promise, it does not run out

لِلَهِ بابٌ مِنكَ في أَرضِهِ

ما دونَهُ مَلجاً وَلا مَقصِدُ

Through you there is a door for Him in His land

With no refuge or destination other than it

وَيَستَوي مَورِدَ مَعروفِهِ

مَسودُ هَذا الخَلقِ وَالسَيِّدُ

And the dark-skinned of this creation attains

The watering place of His favor, and the master

عَبدُهُم حُرٌّ بِإِعتاقِهِ

وَحُرُّهُم بِالجودِ مُستَعبَدُ

His servant is free through His emancipation

And His freeman by generosity is enslaved

كُلُّهُمُ أَسرى نَدىً سَرَّهُم

أَنَّهُمُ في كَفِّهِ أَعبُدُ

All of them are captives delighted

That they are most enslaved to Him