مَلِكَ المُلوكِ نَداءُ ذي شَجَنِ

لَو شِئتَ لَم يَعتِب عَلى الزَمَنِ

O King of Kings, a call filled with sorrow

Had you willed, time would not blame me

الخَطبُ هَينٌ مَع صَفائِكَ لي

وَإِذا كَدَرتَ عَلَيَّ لَم يَهُنِ

Troubles are trivial with your purity towards me

And if you become troubled with me, I will not despair

أَلقى زَماني بِاللِيانِ وَيَل

قاني الزَمانُ بِجانِبٍ خَشِنِ

My time has tossed me with tribulations and woe

Time has lodged me in a rough side

عِدَةٌ عَلى الأَيّامِ أَطلُبُها

وَالدَهرُ يَفتِلُني وَيَمطُلُني

I seek from the days a number

As time tricks me and makes me wait

ما لي رَأَيتُ الدَهرَ يَنصُبُني

وَلِغَيرِ وَجدٍ ما يُؤَرِّقُني

I have not seen time plot against me

Nor for meaningless passion trouble me

وَأَبَيتُ كَالمَلسوعِ في كَبِدي

مِن شِدَّةِ الإِقلاقِ لا بَدَني

I refused like an afflicted liver in my chest

From the intensity of worry, I have no excuse

إِنّي أَتاني عَنكَ آوِنَةً

لَذعٌ يَضيقُ بِوَقعِهِ عَطَني

There came to me from you for a while

A sting, its occurrence tightens my body

وَتَنَكُّرٌ بَدَرَت بَوادِرُهُ

مِن غَيرِ ذَنبٍ كانَ مِن لَدُني

And an estrangement whose first signs appeared

Without sin, it was always with me

أَهدى إِلى قَلبي لَواذِعَهُ

وَأَطارَ عَنّي واقِعَ الوَسَنِ

It passed its afflictions to my heart

And removed from me the occurrence of temptation

إِنّي وَما رَفَعَ الحَجيجُ لَهُ

عِندَ الجَمارِ شَعائِرَ البُدُنِ

I and what the pilgrims raised for it

Are the same in sanctifying physical bodies

وَالبَيتِ ذي الأَستارِ يَمسَحُهُ ال

نُزّاعُ مِن شامٍ وَمِن يَمَنِ

And the house with curtains, the

Disputes from Syria and Yemen wipe it

ما زِلتُ عَن سَنَنِ الحِفاظِ وَكَم

زالَ المُعادي لي عَنِ السَنَنِ

I have not deviated from the ways of guardians, and how much

My opponent has deviated from the ways

سَتَرَ الَّذي أَظهَرتُ مِن كَرَمٍ

وَطَوى الَّذي أَبدَيتُ مِن حَسَنِ

It has cloaked what generosity I displayed

And folded what beauty I exhibited

لَم أُوتَ مِن نُصحٍ وَلا شَفَقٍ

فَالشَرُّ وَالأَعداءُ في قَرَنِ

I was not given any advice or sympathy

So evil and enemies are together

إِحباطُ أَجري مَع زَكا عَمَلي

طَرَفٌ مِنَ الخُسرانِ وَالغَبَنِ

Invalidation of my reward with the purity of my work

Are parts of loss and fraud

إِن كانَ لي ذَنبٌ فَلا نَظَرَت

عَيني وَلا سَمِعَت إِذاً أُذُني

If I have a sin, then my eyes have not

Looked, nor my ears heard

أَنسى بِأَيِّ يَدٍ رَدَدتُ يَدي

لَمّا نَزَعتُ إِليكَ مِن وَطَني

I forget by what hand I retracted my hand

When I inclined to you from my homeland

أَلبَستَني النَعماءَ في قَفَلي

وَأَنَلتَني العَلياءَ في ظَعَني

You clothed me with blessings in my lock

And allowed me supremacy in my transgression

وَمِنَ العَجائِبِ أَنتَ بِالإِحسانِ تَب

نيني وَبِالإِعراضِ تَهدُمُني

And of the wonders is that you with kindness

Build me and with indifference destroy me

أَنا عَبدُ أَنعُمِكَ الَّتي نَشَطَت

أَمَلي وَأَنهَضَ عِزُّها مُنَني

I am a servant of your blessings which

Revived my hopes and raised its honor my gifts

وَالحُرُّ إِمّا شِئتَ تَملِكُهُ

بِالمَنِّ يُملَكُ لَيسَ بِالثَمَنِ

And the free, however you wish, you possess him

With a gift, he is possessed, not with a price

وَغَرَستَني بِنَدى يَدَيكَ فَلا

تَدَعِ الزَمانَ يَعيثُ في غُصُني

And you planted me with the dew of your hands, so do not

Let time wreak havoc on my branch

أَيَجُرُّني عَن رَعيِ أَنعُمِهِ

مَن كانَ قَبلُ أُجِرُّهُ رَسَني

Will he prevent me from shepherding his graces

He who was prevented before grazed me

لا أَتَّقي طَعنَ الخُطوبِ إِذا

لا قَيتُها وَرِضاكَ مِن جُنَني

I do not fear the stabbing of afflictions if

I meet them and your approval is my insanity

لَو رُمتُ لَيَّ الجيدِ عَنكَ لَقَد

عَطَفَتهُ أَطواقٌ مِنَ المِنَنِ

If I inclined away from you, indeed

Collars of graces would have inclined it

لا تَسمَعَن قَولَ الوُشاةِ وَمِن

غَرَسَ الأَضالِعَ لي عَلى الإِحَنِ

Do not listen to the words of defectors and he who

Planted sorrows for me due to sadness

يَتَطَلَّبونَ لِيَ العُيوبَ وَيَر

موني بِأَفرادٍ مِنَ الظِنَنِ

They seek out my faults and pelt me

With individual suspicions

النَقصُ أَخَّرَهُم عَلى ظَلَعٍ

مِن غايَتي وَالفَضلُ قَدَّمَني

Inferiority delayed them to

A rib from my peak and grace put me first

فَالفَرقُ ما بَيني وَبَينَهُمُ

كَالفَرقِ بَينَ العَيِّ وَاللَسَنِ

So the difference between me and them

Is the difference between blindness and languages

إِنّي أَرى الأَيّامَ مومِضَةً

لَكَ عَن بَوارِقِ عارِضٍ هَتِنِ

I see the days flashing

Signals of a visitor's disdain to you

فَكَأَنَّني بَعِداكَ قَد حَبَطوا

حَبَطاً لِما شَبّوا مِنَ الفِتَنِ

So it is as if after you they failed

A failure for what they ignited from strife

وَكَأَنَّني بِالهامِ قَد جُعِلَت

مِنهُم عَمائِمَ لِلقَنا اللُدنِ

And it is as if I am protected

From their turbans against degrading sorrows

تَبكي دِيارُهُمُ كَما بَكِيَت

مَطموسَةُ الأَطلالِ وَالدَمَنِ

Their homes cry just as

The razed ruins and edifices cried

فَاِسلَم بَهاءَ المُلكِ ما سَلِمَت

عادِيَّةُ الأَطوادِ وَالقُنَنِ

So hand over the splendor of the kingdom while

The transgressive and malicious displeased

الوَجهُ طَلقٌ وَالبَنانُ نَدٍ

وَالوَعدُ نَقدٌ وَالعَطاءُ هَني

The demeanor is bright, the expression pleasant

And the promise cash and the gift easy

سَتَرى مُخالَصَتي وَتَخبُرُني

طَبعاً عَلى غَيرِ النِفاقِ بُني

You will see my loyalty and inform me

Of a nature without hypocrisy I was built

وَإِذا الزَمانُ رَمى بِنائِبَةٍ

وَنَأى الأَقارِبُ فَاِلتَفِت تَرَني

And if time casts adversity at us

And relatives distance, look to find me