كَمَ صَرَعتُ مِن أُسُدِ العِرينِ

عَينُ المَهى بِأَسهُمِ العُيونِ

How many lions of the lair have I slain

The eye of desire with arrows of eyes

وَكَم حَشىً سالِمَةٍ مِنَ الأَسى

أَسلَمنَها بَغياً إِلى المَنونِ

And how many does greeted with sorrow

I surrendered to death despite their goodbyes

وَمُقلَةٍ راقِدَةٍ عَنِ الهَوى

أَيقَظنَها بِوَسَنِ الجُفونِ

And slumbering eyelids from passion

I awakened with the blade of eyelids

وَنَفسٍ صَبٍّ بِالجَوى أَذَبنَها

فَاِنبَعَثَت حَزَناً مِنَ الشُؤونِ

And a soul melted with love I revived

So it rose in sorrow from worries

فَما الظُبى أَقتُلُ مِن نَواظِرٍ

لِلظَبياتِ الآنِساتِ العينِ

So I don't kill gazelles out of lust

For the lovely, friendly-eyed gazelles

رَبائِبُ الدَلِّ المَدَلّاتُ عَلى الصَب

بِ بِسَفكِ دَمِهِ المَحقونِ

Maidens of tenderness, soft and supple

With shedding of their blood, the doomed

أَلمُخجِلاتُ الشَمسِ نوراً وَالمَعيرا

تُ اِعتِدالَ القَدِّ لِلغُصونِ

Belittling the sun's light, and straightening

The posture of the branches for the twigs

المُثرِياتُ مِن جَمالٍ وَحياً

الماطِلاتُ بِقَضا الدُيونِ

Enriching in beauty and vitality

Procrastinating in paying back debts

فَإِن أَضعَنَ فَالحِفاظُ مَذهَبي

وَإِن غَدَرنَ فَالوَفاءُ ديني

If they are loyal, loyalty is my creed

And if they betray, faithfulness is my religion

هَنَّ السَرابُ فَاِطرَحَهُنَّ وَمِل

إِلى الحِمى وَوَردَهُ المَعينِ

They are mirages, so discard them and incline

To the protected land and its flowing springs

وَمِل إِلى الخيفِ عَنِ الخَوفِ

إِلى ظِلِّ اللَوى وَالبَلَدِ الأَمينِ

And incline away from fear to peace

To the shade of wishing and the safe country

حِمىً بِهِ آلُ الخَصيبي عِصمَةُ ال

خائِفِ مِن زَمانِهِ الخَؤونِ

A protected land in which live the noble

Khaseebi, safe from the evils of time

بَنو الوَفا وَالصِدقِ إِخوانَ الصَفا

قَومٌ وُفودُ الحَجَرِ وَالحُجونِ

The people of loyalty and honesty, brothers of sincerity

A folk whose gifts and love abound

أَميالَ بَيتِ اللَهِ أَعلامَ الهُدى

الطارِدونَ الشَكَّ بِاليَقينِ

Miles to Allah's house, flags of guidance

Dispelling doubt with certainty