صَنعَةٌ عَزَّتِ الأَنامَ بِلُطفٍ

وَعَزَّتها إِلى القَديرِ العَوازي

A craft that gave people dignity through kindness,

And its dignity is owed to the Capable and Mighty.

مَلِكٌ أَنشَأَ السَمَواتِ فَالبَدرُ

لَدَيهِ في صورَةِ الجِلوازِ

A King who created the heavens, so the full moon

Is to Him like a young camel.

كَم لَهُ كَوكَبٌ أَبَرَّ وَأَزَّ النا

سَ حَتّى سَطى عَلى أَبَروازِ

How many stars did He elevate and honor

Until they veiled the Pleiades?

أَغوى زيجُ ناظِرٍ في مَعاني ال

شُهبِ أَم حَلَّ بِالمَنايا الغَوازي

Does a pair of eyes gazing at the meanings of meteors go astray,

Or do they meet their fate through the deceiving meteors?

نَصَّتِ البَينَ في حَوّاءِ زِيادٍ

بارِحاتٌ كَأَنَّهُنَّ الحَوازي

The distance in the environs of Ziyad participates

As if it itself were the desert.

وَنَوى زَينَبٍ تُهونُ عَلى القَلبِ

وَفيهِ مِثلُ الشَرارِ النَوازي

And the resolution of Zainab alleviates the heart

While it contains sparks similar to lightning.

لِنُفوسٍ جَوازِئٍ بِاِصطِبارٍ

يَتَوَقَّعنَ خِلسَةً لِلجَوازِ

For brave souls with patience

They expect secretly the permits.

لَيسَ مُعطٍ في دَولَةِ اليُسرِ مِنهُ

مِثلَ مُعطٍ في دَولَةِ الإِعوازِ

There is no giver in the state of affluence like

A giver in the state of poverty.

وَوَجَدنا خَوازِنَ المالِ ضَيَّعنَ

وَأَبقَينَ مَنفَساً لِلخَوازي

And we found the treasurers of money lost it

And kept barely enough for survival.

وَالرَزايا زَوائِري بِاِختِياري

وَسِواهُنَّ بَعدَ ذاكَ الرَوازي

And difficulties are my visitors by my choice,

And anything other than them are imposters.

وَاللَيالي هَوازِئٌ راجِعاتٌ

في أَبي جادِها وَفي هَوّازِ

And the nights are returning winds

In the valley of her father and in its gusts.

لا أُواريكَ في طِلابِ المَعالي

وَهِيَ في الغَدرِ كَالظِلالِ الأَوازي

I do not cover up when seeking the sublime,

Though it is most cunning like creeping shadows.

لَو مَلَكتِ الأَراكَ أَجمَعَ وَالأَ

سحِلَ لَم تَحصَلي عَلى مِضوازِ

If I owned all thrones and districts,

I would not gain the desired permits.

جَوَزينا وَنَحنُ سَفرٌ بِأَرضٍ

أَظمَأَتنا وَما لَنا مِن جَوازِ

We experienced thirst while traveling in a land

That left us thirsty without any permits.

نَخبِطُ اللَيلَ وَالبَوازِلُ كا

لخُمَّسِ ريعَت مِنَ البُزاةُ البَوازي

We grope the night as the brave stars

Leak out from the grip of the winners.

فَوَزَّ الرَكبُ يَبتَغونَ صَلاحاً

مِن حِمامٍ وَالفَوزُ لِلفَوّازِ

So the troop succeeded seeking righteousness

From a pigeon, and success is for the winnner.

وَإِذا حازَتِ الأَنامِلُ مِلكاً

صارَ هُلكاً في قَبضَةِ الحَوّازِ

And if the destinies rule a kingdom,

It becomes ruin in the grip of Fate.