يا راعيَ الوُدّ الذي أفعالُهُ
تُغني بظاهرِ أمرِها عن نَعتِها
O shepherd of affection whose deeds
Sing of their essence without description
لو كنتَ حيّاً ما قَطعتُك فاعتذِرْ
عني إليكَ لخُلّةٍ بأمَتّها
Had you lived I'd not have severed you so apologize
To me for the intimacy with its people
فالأرْضُ تَعلَمُ أنّني مُتَصرّفٌ
من فوْقِها وكأنّني من تَحتِها
The earth knows I manipulate
Over it as though I were beneath it
غَدَرَتْ بيَ الدّنيا وكلُّ مصاحبٍ
صاحبتُهُ غَدْرَ الشّمالِ بأُختِها
The world betrayed me and every companion
I accompanied betrayed like the north betrays its sister
شُغفتْ بوامقِها الحَريصِ وأظهرَتْ
مَقتي لِما أظهَرْتُهُ من مَقتِها
It craved the avarice yet revealed
My hatred for what it revealed of its hatred
لا بُدّ للحَسناءِ من ذامٍ ولا
ذامٌ لنَفسِي غَيرَ سَيّئِ بَخْتِها
No beauty lacks a critic, and I have
No critics but the wretchedness of its fate
ولقد شرِكتُكَ في أساكَ مُشاطِراً
وحَللتُ في وادي الهمومِ وخَبتِها
I made you partner in the most intimate places
And wandered in the valley of sorrows and its pits
وكرِهتُ من بعدِ الثلاثِ تجَشُّمي
طُرُقَ العزاءِ على تغيّرِ سَمتِها
After the third separation I disliked
The ways of condolence for the change in its traits
وعليّ أنْ أقضِي صَلاتي بَعدما
فاتَتْ إذا لم آتِها في وَقْتِها
And I must perform my prayers after
Missing them if I did not do them on time
إنّ الصّروفَ كما علِمتَ صَوَامتٌ
عَنّا وكل عبارَةٍ في صَمتِها
The turns of fate as you knew are silent
About us and every expression in its silence
مُتَفَقّهٌ للدّهرِ إنْ تَسْتَفْتِهِ
نَفسُ امرئٍ عن جُرمه لا يُفْتِها
A jurisprudent, if you consult him, of fate
A person's soul does not evade its crime
وتكونُ كالوَرَقِ الذّنوبُ على الفتى
ومُصابُهُ ريحٌ تهُبّ لِحَتّها
And sins upon the lad are like leaves
And his afflictions winds blowing their edges
جازاكَ رَبّكَ بالجِنانِ فهَذِهِ
دارٌ وإنْ حَسُنَتْ تغُرّ بسُحتِها
May your Lord reward you with heavens for this
Is an abode though it looks good in its plateau
ضَلّ الذي قال البلادُ قديمةٌ
بالطّبعِ كانتْ والأنامُ كنَبتِها
Lost is he who said the countries are ancient
In nature, they and the people were like its plants
وأمامنا يوْمٌ تقُومُ هُجُودُهُ
من بَعدِ إبلاءِ العِظامِ ورَفْتِها
And ahead of us is a day its oopulence
Rises after the testing of bones and their decay
لا بُدّ للزّمَنِ المُسيءِ بنا إذا
قَوِيَتْ حبالُ أُخوّةٍ من بتّها
Time that harmed us must when
The ropes of kinship strengthened from its core
فاللّهُ يَرْحَمُ مَن مضَى مُتَفَضِّلاً
ويقيك من جَزل الخطوب وشَختِها
May God have mercy on those who passed excelling
And protect you from grave afflictions and their severity
ويُطيلُ عمركَ للصّديق فطولُهُ
سبَبٌ إلى غَيظِ العُداةِ وكَبتِها
And prolong your life for a friend for its length
Is reason for the enemies' fury and suppression
