أَمن رَوضة غَناء باكرها القطر
تَحركَت وَالأَفراح أَكثرها نزر
From a garden of melody, the morning dew awakened it
And joys stirred, though most were meager
رَنا نحوك المَنثور مِنها فَأَصبَحَت
دُموعك مِن فرط الغَرام لَها نَثر
It sang to you scattered, so your tears
Became, from intense passion for it, a scattering
وَمال عَليك الآس مِنها كَأَنَّهُ
مَليح عَلى أَغصانِهِ حلل خضر
And sorrow leaned upon you as if
A handsome man in green robes upon its branches
وَوافتكَ أَقلام الرياحين في الضُحى
عَلى صَفحات الماء من ظلِها سطر
And pens of basil met you at dawn
In lines upon the surface of the water from its shade
وَأَضحى البشام اللون مُذ هَبت الصبا
بِأَول فَصل المهرَجان لَهُ عطر
And the air took on a roseate hue when the breeze
Brought the first season of festival its fragrance
وَنمَّ لَكَ النَّمام سراً مكتماً
عَن الجلنار الرَطب لَيسَ لَهُ نَشر
And the gossip whispered to you secretly, concealed
About the moist oleander that had no diffusion
وَشاقَكَ مِنها لازورد كَأَنَّهُ
عَلى أَصلِهِ ياقوتة ضَمها بَدر
And it competed with you in blueness as if
A sapphire upon its origin a ruby the full moon gathered
وَصالَت جُيوش الوَرد حَتّى تَشبثت
مَخالبها بِالشيح إِذ نَزَل النَصر
And armies of roses marched until their
Talons clung to the thorn when victory descended
وَرد كَسيراً إِذ تَصَدى لنرجس
فَعاجله مِن جفنه النَظر الشزر
And the narcissus returned humbled when it opposed
The violet, so it hastened to face it with a withering glance
وَوَرقاء غَنت وَالعَنادل حَولها
فَشاقك من ترديدها المد وَالقصر
And the leaves sang while finches circled them
Your heart was torn between their modulation and rhythm
وَراق صَفير العَندَليب وَهَمزه
عَلى عذبات الرند إِذ نَزَل القطر
And the warbling of the bulbul was pleasing and its
Teasing of the tender sprigs when the dew descended
أَم التفتت هَيفاء مَهضومة الحشا
يرنحها دل وَيثقلها كبر
Has the gazelle, her cheek sunken, turned
Her throat burdened by languor and age?
بجيد كإبريق المدام يَزينه
مِن العَين سمط قَد تخلله در
With a neck like a wine ewer adorned
By a beauty spot from the eye threading it like a pearl
ووَجه حبته الشَمس صورة وَجهها
وَمن كَلَف البَدر التَمام بِهِ صفر
And the sun pictured its face in the image of her face
And the full moon strove to perfect it with paleness
وَحَوراء تَرنو للعباد بِناظر
رَقيق الحَواشي بَعض أَخلاقه الكسر
And a houri glancing flirtatiously with a glance
Of soft edges and some coquettish gestures
نَضا مُرهفاً لوسل في حَومة الوَغى
عَلى جَيش كِسرى في وَقايعه فروا
A delicate, sensitively responsive gaze that would wash
An army of Kisra during his battles with tears
إِذا نشرت لَيل الذَوائب في الضُحى
تَأَلق مِن أَقصى غَدائرها فَجر
When the night of torment spreads at dawn
Dawn glows from the furthest corners of its darkness
فَلا تُنكِروا إِن غابَ في الشعر وَجهها
وَفي اللَيلة الظَلماء يفتقد البَدر
So do not deny if her face is absent in poetry
And the full moon is missed on a dark night
لَقَد حارَت الأَفكار في وَصفها كَما
بِأَوصاف عَبد اللَه قَد حير الفكر
Indeed thoughts were confused in describing her as
In describing Abdullah, thought was confused
سَليل العُلى جبريل خادم جده
عَلى قَلبه القُرآن أنزل وَالذكر
Grandson of the sublime, Gabriel, servant of his grandfather
Upon whose heart the Quran and remembrance were revealed
وَكُرسي عَرش المَجد لَولاه أَصبَحَت
طِباق العُلى وَالفَضل لَيسَ لَها ذكر
And the throne of majesty, were it not for him, would have been
The sphere of sublime and favor would have no mention
عَلا شَرفاً فالشامِخات بِأَسرها
تقدر رَفيع القَدر لَيسَ لَها قدر
He ascended in nobility so the towering heights entirely
Cannot appreciate the esteem of one beyond esteem
وَأشرق ضوء الشَمس مِن نور وَجهه
فَما النيرات السَبع وَالأَنجُم الزهر
And the light of the sun shone from the light of his face
So neither the seven planets nor the sparkling stars
هُوَ الحبر فَالعرفان مِن عَين قَلبه
تَفجر حَتّى تاهَ في وَصفِها الخضر
He is the sea and gnosis from his heart’s eye
Gushed forth til it wandered lost in describing it
هُوَ البَحر وَالإكسير لو ذر بَعضه
لأَصبَح شَمساً ذَلِكَ الجَبل الصفر
He is the sea and elixir, were a speck of him to vanish
It would become a sun – that yellow mountain
هُوَ الآية الكُبرى فَلَو تليت عَلى
طلاسم سحر ذابَ مِن أَجلِها السحر
He is the greatest sign, if recited upon
Spells of magic, for his sake sorcery would melt
هُوَ الدُرة البَيضاء مِن كنز حيدر
خَباها لَنا ذخراً فَكانَ هُوَ الذخر
He is the white pearl of Haydar’s treasure
He hid it for us as a treasure, and he became the treasure
لَئِن بدئ الأَمر الخَطير بجده
فَبالحبر عَبد اللَه قَد ختم الأَمر
If the critical matter began with his grandfather
With the Chosen Abdullah it sealed the matter
فَهُم علة الكَونين قَد جاءَ نَصها
وَوافقه الإِيماء في ذاكَ وَالسير
For they are the cause of the two worlds, its aid came
And gesturing coincided in that and conduct
فَلا الحُكم عَنها في الوَرى مُتخلفاً
وَلا القَلب يَعروها وَلا النَقض وَالكسر
So neither judgment in the world left behind it
Nor heart, stripping it bare, nor rupture and breaking
أَلَم تَرَ أَن الكَون أَصبَح مُشرِقاً
بِطَلعته والست حركها البشر
Have you not seen that the universe became radiant
With his rising, though man set the six in motion?
تهنيه بِالأَعياد جَهلاً وَإِنَّما
تهنى بِهِ الأَعياد لَو أنصف الدَهر
It congratulates him on holidays foolishly, though
The holidays offer congratulations to him, if fate were just
فَلا عيد إِلا مِن أَسارير وَجهه
وَلا يسر إِلا أَن يَكون بِهِ اليُسر
For there is no holiday but from the sanctuaries of his face
No happiness but in ease coming through him
تَقَدم من ذا الشَهر تسع أَعدها
وَبِالسَيد المفاضل قَد تَمت العشر
Nine preceded of this month, then the eminent Sayyid
Completed the tenth
فيا بَهجة الدُنيا وَيا نور عَينها
وَيا سرها المَكتوم إِن ظَهر السر
O delight of the world, O light of its eye
O its hidden secret, if the secret appeared
وَيا شَمسها إِن حَل في الحُوت شَمسها
وَيا بَدرها الوَضاح إِن كسف البَدر
Its sun, if into Pisces went its sun
Its full moon, if its full moon were eclipsed
وَيا وابل العافين إِن ذكر النَدى
وَيا فَخر هَذا العَصر إِن ذكر الفَخر
O clouds of blessings, if the dew were mentioned
O pride of this age, if pride were mentioned
أَتَتكَ مِن النظم البَديع فَريدة
تَميس وَمِن أَردانِها يعبق العطر
There came to you from artful composition a unique poem
It aspires, and from its boughs wafts fragrance
وَما قَصدها إِلا القبول لأَنَّها
طَوَت كُل بَحر دونَ ذياك يا بَحر
It sought you only for acceptance, for it
Circled every sea short of you, O sea!
وَجاءَت تهني العيد فيك لأَنَّها
رَأَت أنك العيد الَّذي ضَمهُ العَصر
And it came to congratulate the holiday in you, for it
Saw that you are the holiday encompassed by the age
وَإِني أَرى ما قَد رَأَتهُ عَقيدة
فَوجهك قَد أَضحى وَمَدحك لي قطر
And I see what it saw as creed
Your face thus became, and praising me, droplets
وَبَعد طَوافي فيكَ سَبعاً مُلَبياً
وَسَعيي وَإحرامي وَقد ثبت الأَجر
And after my circumambulations around you, seven, compliant,
My sa’y, donning ihram, the reward affirmed
حَلَقت بِك الأَعداء ثُم نحرتهم
وَلا شَك أَن الحلق يَعقبه النَّحر
I ritually slaughtered enemies around you, then slaughtered them
There is no doubt that slaughter comes after the stoning
فَدم بِالهَنا يا غايَة القَصد وَالمُنى
يَدوم لَك الإقبال في الكَون وَالنَّصر
With delight, O ultimate goal and purpose
May your prosperity in the universe and triumph endure
مَدى الدَهر ما غنت عَلى الدَّوح هتف
وَما طارَ في أَعلى نَواحي العُلى نسر
As long as the cycle of days, no voice chanted on the pulpits
No eagle soared to the highest horizons of sublimity
