هي سلوة حلت عقود وفائها

مذ شف ثوب الصبر عن برحائها

She is a consolation that untied the knots of his loyalty

Since the dress of patience uncovered her meadows

وبقلبه الريم الذي لو رامها

طيف الكرى لم يخف عن رقبائها

And in his gentle heart that if

The specter of worries did not hide from her neck

محمية بشبا الأسنة لم تزل

سمر القنا يحمين سرب ظبائها

Protected by youths of spears, she never ceased to be

The watcher of the spear that protects the herd of gazelles

فازت ظهور جمالها بجمالها

يوم الرحيل وخاب ظن خبائها

She won the beauty of her back with her beauty

The day she left and her hiding place's assumption was in vain

وتأرجحت أطلالها إذ عرجت

أشجاننا يسألن عن أنبائها

And her ruins swayed when she ascended

Our passions ask about her news

دمن يضل عن الهدى من لم يسر

نحو الهوى العذري في أهوائها

Who strays from guidance but who did not walk

Towards innocent love in her passions

لم أسأل الركبان عن أسمائها

كلفاً بها لولا هوى أسمائها

I did not ask the caravans about her name

Obliged to her were it not for the love of her name

وسألت أيامي صديقاً صادقاً

فوجدت ما أرجوه جل رجائها

And I asked my days, a sincere friend

And found what I hope for, most of her wishes

ولرب معسول اللقاء ترى له

قولاً تسر به وفعلاً شائها

And for the one with sweet meeting, you may see for him

A saying you are happy with and a deed you desire

يلقاك بالحسنى وإن تك غائباً

عن طرفه أمسى بذمك فائها

He meets you with kindness even if you are

Absent from him, he spends the evening slandering you

ولقد خرجت إلى الجليس مهاجراً

عصباً يضيم الدهر جار فنائها

And I went out to the friend emigrating

A band that tightens the ages of her neighborhood

مستنجداً لأبي المعالي همة

تغدو المعالي وهي بعض عطائها

Seeking help from the ambitions of my father

That spend the heights and it is some of her gifts

لما مدحت علاه أيقنت العدى

أن الزمان أجار من عدوائها

When I praised her top, the enemies were certain

That time protected those she shelters

وأغر سعدي الأواصر أبلج

يلقى سقيمات المنى بشفائها

And Saadi made the ties lighter, shining

Meeting the hopes of wishes with her healing

شتان ما بين الرجال وبينه

إن قست فضل غنائه بغنائها

Far apart is what is between the men and him

If the virtue of his singing narrowed with her singing

وردوا ثماداً للمكارم شابها

كدر وفاز بغمرها وصفائها

They returned metals to the generosity she lacked

And won through its turbidity and her clarity

نذرت مصافحة الغمام أناملي

فوفت غمائم كفه بوفائها

I vowed to shake the clouds hands

So I fulfilled the clouds of his palm with her loyalty

لو سمته نيل الكواكب أصبحت

وسماؤها كفاك دون سمائها

If the reaching of planets was his mark,

His sky would suffice you below her sky

وإذا غدت لك شافعاً في حاجة

أغنتك نخوته عن استقضائها

And if you become an intercessor for you in a need

His pride would enrich you without her judgement

وعقتها منه بأكرم شافع

لا ينتهي منها إلى إنهائها

And I tied it from him with the most generous intercessor

That does not end from her to her ending

ما ضيقت حيل الملوك ملمة

إلا وقابل ضيقها برخائها

The stratagems of kings did not narrow

Unless he met their narrowness with her tranquility

لما تعين حق خدمته ولم

أنهض بفرض حقوقها وأدائها

When the right of his service was certain and I did not

Rise to the obligation of her rights and her payment

ووجدت أنفس ما يليق بمجده

فقراً نفيس الدر من حصبائها

And I found the selves what befits his glory

Precious generosity of the pearls of her coasts

أهديت منها كل بكر حرة

أجرى عليها الرق صدق ولائها

I gifted from her every free first born girl

Loyalty poured on her the flow of slavery

لا تبتغي غير القبول مثوبة

وتعد ذلك من أجل جزائها

Do not seek reward but acceptance

And count that among the greatest of her rewards