لَوْ وَجَدَ الّلائِمُ بَعْضَ مَاوَجَدْ
في الحُبِّ مَافَنَّدَهُ هذا الفَنَدْ
If the critic found some of what he found
In love, he would not have denied it so
يَسُومُهُ صَبْراً وَمَا أَبقَى الهَوَى
تَاللّهِ لا صَبْراً لهُ وَلا جَلَدْ
He advises me to be patient, but passion
By Allah! Gives me no patience or composure
سَلْ بي وَقَدْ حُمَّ الفِراقُ مَوْقِفاً
أَلْزَمُ فِيهِ كَبِداً مِنّي بِيَدْ
Ask those engulfed by the catastrophe of separation
That forces upon my liver an eternal bond
يَضُمُّنا طِيبُ عِناقٍ ضَيقُهُ
قَدْ أَلَّفَ الرُّوجَيُنِ مِنَّافي جَسَدْ
The sweetness of a tight embrace that has acquainted
Our two souls into one body
كِدْنَا وَقَدْ رَقَّ العِتَابُ بَيننا
نَحُلُّ مِن عَزْمِ الفِراقِ ما انْعَقَدْ
We were tested when reproach crept between us
We must resolve to face the inevitable separation
إنَّ ابنَ مُوسى فى الكِرام وَاحِدٌ
أُعِيذُهُ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّه أَحَدْ
The son of Musa is peerless in nobility
I seek refuge for him in “He is The One God”
تَلا أَباهُ في العُلا وَحَبَّذا
كَيْفَ جَرَى ذاكَ القِياسُ واطَّرَدْ
He surpassed his father in supremacy and excellence
How beautifully did that comparison pan out
مَا أَجْدَرَ الفَرْعَ بِسِرِّ أَصْلِه
وَأَخْلِقْ الشِّبْلَ بِأَخلاقِ الأَسَدْ
How apt for the branch to inherit the secret of its origin
And for the cub to assume the manner of lions
مِن آلِ يَغْمُورَ الذينَ مَجْدُهُمْ
تَشابَهَ الوَالدُ فِيهِ وَالوَلَدْ
From the house of Yaghmour, whose glory
Spans across generations of fathers and sons
قُلْ لَحسُودٍ قَدْ عَوَى سَماءَهُمْ
لمَّا رَأَى شِهَابَهُمْ وَقَدْ وَقَدْ
Say to the envious enemy who has declared war on their sky
When he saw their flaming meteors
لا تَعْبأُ الأُسْدُ بِذُؤْبانِ الفَلا
إذا عَوَتْ فَكَيْفَ تَعْبا بالنَّقدْ
Lions pay no heed to powerless hyenas
So how can they possibly heed mere criticism
سَلْ بِهُمُ لَيْلَ القَتَام إذْ دَجَا
وَسُمْرُهُمْ تُوقِظ أَجفانَ الزَّرَدْ
Ask the dark night when it descends
And their wakefulness kindles the eyes of the sleepy
وَبِيضُهُمْ عَارِيَةٌ لكنَّها
مِن الجِسَادِ قَدْ تَبدَّتْ في جَسَدْ
Their swords are unsheathed but
Bodies appear through bodies
مُخضرَّةً مُحْمَرَّةً كأَنها
آسُ عِذارٍ من شَقِيقٍ فَوْقَ خَدّْ
Green and red as if they were
Arms of lovers above cheeks
