من كانَ عبداً لقوْمٍ فلْيُوَفِّ بهم
شرط العُبودِيَّةِ الخَلْصاءِ بالأَدَبِ
Whoever is a servant of a people should be loyal to them
The condition of true servitude is courtesy and refinement
ويشتغِلْ بهمِ عن شأْنِ غيرِهِمِ
ولو تمزَّقَ بين الكَدِّ والنَّصَبِ
He should busy himself with their affairs, not others’
Even if torn between hardship and fatigue
ما أَعجَبَ البعضَ في دعوَى الهَوَى زَلَقوا
وقد تَمادَوْا وجاسُوا الحيَّ بالكَذِبِ
How strange are those who falsely claim passion
They have transgressed and debased the living with lies
الحُبُّ من شَرطِهِ بذلُ الفُؤادِ به
فأَينَ أَنتَ من الأَعراضِ والنَّشَبِ
Sacrificing one's heart is a condition of love
So where are you in gallantry and vigor?
الحُبُّ يأخذُ أهْليهِ ويدفَعُهُمْ
عن كلِّ إِبنٍ تقيٍّ صالِحٍ وأَبِ
Love seizes its people and protects them
From every sinful, deviant, and immoral person
الحُبُّ لا شِركَ فيه واحِدٌ أَبداً
عن الإِضافاتِ قدُّ الحبلِ والنَّسَبِ
There is no partnership in love, one alone forever
Beyond any associations, family ties or ancestry
الحمدُ للهِ لي قلبٌ كَنَزْتُ به
حِبِّي مَصوناً فلم يحضَرْ ولم يَغِبِ
Praise be to God, my heart is a treasure
Where my secret love is protected, absent yet present
أَلفاً تجرَّدَتْ عن عِلمي وعن عَمَلي
وعن فُهومي وعن ذَوْقي وعن أَدَبِي
Thousands have stripped themselves of my knowledge, deeds,
Discernment, taste, etiquette, manners and breeding
وعن مَعاريجِ رُوحي في تَسَلُّقِها
وعن فَضائِلِ أَقوامي وعن حَسَبي
And the spiritual ascension of my soul
And the merits of my people and pedigree
ما قلتُ للقلبِ إِلاَّ حينَ أذْكُرُ من
حِبِّي مَعانيهِ غِبْ عن فرحَةٍ وطِبِ
I have not spoken to my heart unless I recall
The meanings of my love, beyond joy and commotion
العَرْشُ والفَرْشُ والأَفلاكُ تشهدُ لي
بأَنَّني قاطِعٌ عن غيرِهِ سبَبي
The Divine Throne, the earthly throne, and the orbits bear witness
That I have severed all connections save my cause
أَحيى أَموتُ على طَوْرَيَّ في وَلَهي
ما بينَ مُبْتَعِدٍ منه ومُقْتَرِبِ
I live and die in rapture, in exaltation
Whether distant from it or drawn nearer
يا للعَجائِبِ قد ذابَ الفُؤادُ له
ولم أَقلْ يا فُؤادي في الغَرامِ ذُبِ
Wondrous that my heart melted for it
Yet I never called "O my heart!" in passion
أَصبَحْتُ سُلطانَ حِزْبِ العاشِقينَ له
إِذا برزْتُ جَثَوْا ذُلاًّ على الرُكَبِ
I have become the sultan of the lover’s allegiance
When I come forth they bow down submissively
من هاشِمٍ نبَعَتْ بي طينَةٌ شرُفَتْ
فالماءُ ماءُ أَبي والبئرُ بئرُ أَبي
From Hashim I inherited a noble essence
The water is my father's water, the well my father's well
وحُرمَةِ النَّفحَةِ الخضراءِ وارِدَةٌ
من روضَةِ البانِ بين الشِّيحِ والكُثُبِ
And the sanctity of the verdant breeze comes
From the meadow between Shih and Kuthub
وروضَةٍ داهقَتْنا من كُؤوسِهِمْ
خمراً لذيذاً أَتى بالمشرَبِ العَذِبِ
A meadow whose cups intoxicated us
With delicious wine of the sweetest draught
وضجَّةٍ من كَمينِ الشَّوقِ مُفْرِطَةٍ
قامتْ لأَهلِ الهَوَى بالعسكَرِ اللَّجبِ
An intense clamor rose from the ambush of passion
For the lovers, at the impregnable stronghold
وشارِفاتِ بُروقٍ من مظاهِرِهِمْ
أَجَّتْ لنا أَيمَنَ الضِّلعَيْنِ في القُبَبِ
Gleaming lightning bolts from their presence
Brought good fortune to the two sides within the domes
وكلُّ سرٍّ لطيفٍ من مُحاضَرَةٍ
ضمنَ الصُّدورِ ولم نُسْنَدْ إِلى الكُتُبِ
Every subtle secret from their company
Held in breasts, not supported by books
ولوحِ أَحكامِهِمْ يَفْتَرُّ عن حِكَمٍ
بديعَةٍ تستفِزُّ العقلَ للعَجَبِ
The tablet of their wisdom breaks forth
With amazing wisdom that astounds the mind
ما خِلْتُ يوماً وُجودي ى وعزَّتِهِمْ
ولا التفَتُّ إلى عَوْدي ومُنْقَلَبي
Never in my existence, by their might,
Did I turn to consider my coming and going
كم أَجتلي لحَياتي رُوحَ نسمَتِهِمْ
مستأْنِساً فعلِ ذي لُبٍّ فتًى دَرِبِ
How often their soul-refreshing breath
Brought life to my life, by the manners of an amiable companion!
كم أَسأَلُ الريحَ عن أَخبارِ دولَتِهِمْ
أَفدي بأُمِّي نُسَيْماتِ الحِمى وأَبي
How often I asked the wind about news of their kingdom,
I would sacrifice for the south winds of the sanctuary and my father
كم أَقرعُ البابَ والرُّكْبانُ هاجِعَةٌ
واللُّبُّ ما بين مَوْجودٍ ومُنْسَلِبِ
How often I knocked at the door while the travelers slept
With my heart wavering between presence and absence
وأَسْتَثِجُّ عَجاجَ الرَّكبِ عن هِمَمٍ
والقومُ ما بين مندوبٍ ومُنْتَدِبِ
I incited the crowing roosters about resolves
While the people were halfway between envoys and commissioners
تلك المَعاهِدُ لاحَتْ يا فُؤادي فَطِبْ
وافْرَحْ بحِبِّكَ في أَمنٍ من التَّعَبِ
Those pacts shone, O my heart, so rejoice
In your love, safe from exhaustion and fatigue
جادَ الحبيبُ علينا بعدَ مَسغَبَةٍ
وقد أَمِنَّا اغْتِيالَ الخوفِ والرَّهَبِ
The beloved was generous to us after an absence
And we felt secure from the murder and terror of fear
الحمدُ للهِ جَمْعٌ دون تفرُقَةٍ
بهِمَّةِ الهاشِمِيِّ السَّيِّدِ العَرَبي
Praise be to God! An assembly without separation
By the resolve of the Hashimi Arab nobleman
