كِلانا جَنى هَذا الهَوى وَاِصطَلَيتُهُ
فَناظِرُهُ أَصلُ الغَرامِ وَناظِري
We both reaped this passion and I made it my companion
Its beholder is the origin of love, and my beholder
أُراقِبُ وَجهَ الأُفقِ حَتّى كَأَنَّما
أُحاوِلُكُم بَينَ النُجومِ الزَواهِرِ
I observe the horizon’s face as if
I seek you among the shining stars
أَمَنّا عَلى المُلكِ اللَيالِيَ بَعدَما
أُمِدَّ بِسَعدِ الناصِرِ المُتَناصِرِ
We secured the kingdom’s nights, after
It was supported by Sa’d al-Nasir’s aid
إِمامٌ أَقَرّوا جَوهَرَ المُلكِ عِندَهُ
وَلا عَجَبٌ لِلبَحرِ صَونُ الجَواهِرِ
An imam whom the essence of the kingdom settled with him
And it is no wonder that the sea guards gems
دِيارُ العِدى مِن نَقعِهِ وَدِمائِهِم
كَرَبعِ الهَوى ما بَينَ سافٍ وَماطِرِ
The enemies’ lands because of his attacks and their blood
Like the abode of love between a torrential rain and a drizzle
يُلاقيهِمُ بِالسَيفِ وَالطَيرِ طاعِماً
فَهُم مِنهُما بَينَ الرَدى وَالمَقابِرِ
He meets them with the sword and the birds, satiating
And they are between perdition and graves
وَلَمّا اِنثَنَت مِنّا عَلَيهِ خَناصِرٌ
جَعَلنا حُلى تَختيمِنا لِلخَناصِرِ
When supple spears recoiled upon him
We made our seal rings the adornment for the spears
لَأَفنَت ظُباكُم في الوَغى وَصِفاتُها
دِماءَ الأَعادي أَو دِماءَ المَحابِرِ
Your hyenas would have perished in the fray and their qualities
The enemies’ blood or the coward’s blood
فَيا عَجَباً لِلمُلكِ قَرَّ قَرارُهُ
بِمُختَلِفاتٍ مِن قَناكَ الشَواجِرِ
So wondrous is the kingdom whose abode settled
With different strokes of your raging camels
طَواعِنُ أَسرارِ القُلوبِ نَواظِرٌ
كَأَنَّكَ قَد نَصَّلتَها بِنَواظِرِ
The gazes that unveil the hearts' secrets are obedient
As if you assembled them with gazes
تَمُدُّ إِلى الأَعداءِ مِنها مَعاصِماً
فَتَرجِعُ مِن ماءِ الكُلى بِأَساوِرِ
They extend protections to the enemies through them
And return from the kidneys’ water with bracelets
لَها غُرَرٌ يَستَضحِكُ النَصرُ وَجهَها
وَتَفهَمُ مِنها العَينُ مَعنى البَشائِرِ
They have coquetries that make victory laugh in its face
And the eye understands the meaning of good news from them
إِذا ما أَتَت تَختالُ بَينَ سُطورِها
فَهُنِّئتَها عَذراءَ ذاتَ ضَفائِرِ
When they come swaying between its lines
You congratulate them, maidens with braids
هِيَ السائِراتُ الخالِداتُ بِمَجدِهِ
وَسائِرُ ما يُؤتى بِهِ غَيرُ سائِرِ
They are the everlasting ones who march with his glory
And the rest of what is brought is not lasting
