خُذها كَما غَنى الحَمام مُطَوقاً

وَالغُصن صادفه الرَبيع فَأَورَقا

Take it as the pigeon cooed encircled,

And the branch met spring, so it leafed,

زارَتكَ في ظُلم البعاد مُنيرة

وَسرت إِلَيك تلهفاً وَتَشَوقا

It visited you in the gloom of distances shining,

And crept to you yearning and longing,

حَتّى إِذا حَلت بِربعك غدوة

أَبدَت عَن الإخلاص وَجهاً مُشرِقا

Until when it settled in your abode one morning,

It showed sincerity and a shining face,

فاشرب سلافتها عقاراً قرقفاً

وَاستجلها بكراً وَحُباً شَيقا

So drink its first drink a round draught,

And receive it fresh and a passionate love,

ما راعَها إِلا عَروس أَقبَلَت

مِن لعلع تهدي إِلى خبت النقا

Nothing cared for it except a bride who came,

From soft radiance giving to the experienced beloved.

شَرقية الأَعطان لَما أَن بَدَت

مال الوُجود مغرباً وَمشرقا

When the one of generous gifts appeared,

Existence leaned westward and eastward,

للّه درك أَي در مثمن

قلدتها فسمت وتاهت رونقا

God give you success, O rare pearl,

She strung it so it became scattered and lost its color.

ضمنها زهر النجوم كأنما

أَعدَدت للقباء أَصعب مُرتَقى

It included the flowers of the stars as though

It prepared for meeting the most difficult ascent,

لَم يَرض ذهنك أَن يَغوص بِأَبحر

حَتّى بِأَسباب السماء تعلقا

Your mind was not satisfied to dive into seas,

Until with the causes of heaven you clung,

فَنظمتها وَاللَيل يَحنق غيرة

عقداً عَلى جيد الزَمان معلقا

So you strung them while night boiled with jealousy,

A necklace upon the neck of time suspended,

سَطَعت مِن الفَيحاء حَتّى نورت

بشموسها أَرض العِراق وَجلقا

It shone from splendor until it illuminated

With its suns the land of Iraq and beyond,

طالَعت مِنها غرة عَربية

وَرَشقت مِنها بَحر فَضل مغدقا

An Arabian charm emerged from it,

And it sprinkled from it a sea of abundant favor,

حكم الزَمان بِأَن تروح مُهجَتي

فيها وَمُهجة حاسِدي أَن تزهقا

Time ruled that my passion in it departs,

And the passion of my envious enemy vanishes,

طَوقتني مِنها بِأَفضل نعمة

ومَلكتني رقاً وَلَست مرققا

It adorned me with the best blessing,

And possessed me gently and I am not shaken,

تاللَه لا تذوى رِياض مَدائِحي

حَتّى أشيم نَضير غصنك مورِقا

By God, the meadows of my praises will not fade,

Until I smell the scent of your leafed branch,

يا سَيداً مِن عُنصر حلف العُلى

أن لا يَزال بحبله مُستوثقا

O master from the lineage of the covenant of highness,

That it always remains bound to its rope,

يا ابن الَّذي انفلقت سَواطع فَجره

فَمَحا الظَلام عَموده وَتَمَزقا

O son of him whose dawn’s lights split,

So it erased darkness its pillar and ripped,

يا ابن الَّذي خَدم الأَمين رِكابه

وَالعرض تاه بِنعله لَما رَقى

O son of him who the trusted one served his throne,

And honor was lost to his slipper when he ascended,

يا سادة سادوا الوَرى بِفعالهم

مُذ أَسموا شَرف السِيادة بِالتُقى

O masters who ruled creation with their deeds,

Since they named the honor of mastery with piety,

أَبرَزت در خَزانة لَكنه

لَما تَبَدى صارَ دُراً مُنتَقى

You brought out a treasure but when it appeared

It became a select pearl extracted,

وَأَبنت مِن منهاج فَضلك منهَجاً

أَضحى لَهُ صدر الشريعة مُشرِقا

And you built from the approach of your favor an approach,

Which became for the breast of Shariah shining,

وَغَدَوت عمدة من نَحا رَوض الهُدى

وَنِهاية المَأمول عِندَ المُلتَقى

And you became the pillar of guidance’ garden,

And the hope’s endpoint for those headed there,

يا تُحفة الإِخوان يا حاوي الندى

يا مَن زَكا أَهلاً وَأبدع مَنطقا

O jewel of the brothers, O container of dew,

O you whose people purified and speech created,

شَيدت أبنية العُلوم بِفطنة

مِن نورها ضوء الذكاء تَأَلقا

You built the structures of knowledge with insight,

From its light the light of intellect sparkled,

وَسَبقت شاء السابِقين بِهمة

تَقضي عَلى فرس الصبا أَن يلحَقا

And you preceded the forerunners with ambition,

To defeat the horse of youth to overtake,

وَوَرثت عَن آبائك الغُر العلى

مسك العُلوم مفتقاً وَمفرقا

And you inherited from your noble fathers,

The musk of knowledge extracted and separated,

فَغَدوت ياسين السَعادة لِلعلى

تاجاً وَعالية المجرة مفرقا

So you became, O Jasmine of happiness for the most high,

A crown and prominence of Aquarius separated,

مني إِلَيك سَلام خل عاشق

مَولى يحق لمثله أَن يعشَقا

From me to you, greetings of a passionate lover,

My master whom is befitting to be loved,

يَهوى شَمائلك الحِسان عَلى النَوى

وَالسمع يعشق قَبل آن المُلتَقى

Who adores your beautiful traits in wishes,

And hearing loves before the time of meeting,

كَم حامد لَكَ شاكر لَو رامَ أَن

يخفي علاك لرام نَهجاً ضَيقا

How many praising you thankful, if he wished,

To hide your virtues he would wish a narrow path,

وَلرب مَقروح الفُؤاد مِن الجَوى

أَدمَيت قرحته وَأَصبح موثقا

And for many a broken hearted from passion,

You soothed his wound and it became bound,

فانزل ذرى الفَخر الرَفيع مكرماً

وَاصدع عداك بِهِ خطيباً مفلقا

So bestow the scattering of noble pride generously,

And address others with it as an eloquent sermon,

وَاجمع وَحز غرر الفَضائل كُلها

وَاضرب عَلَيها مِن كَمالك خندقا

And gather and reap all the gems of virtues,

And strike your perfection upon it as a barrier,

لا زلت تَسرح في حَدائق نعمة

تَهوي إِلَيك مسدداً وَموفقا

You still roam in the gardens of blessing,

Inclining to you prosperous and successful,